Work with us
Lorraine Heath
CEO. Blackdown Education Partnership
Many of our staff have started their careers in our schools as trainees or as early career teachers, stayed with us and gone on to hold promoted positions.
A significant number of staff have also been pupils and are now working in those very schools that nourished their own talents.
Happy and fulfilled staff who are committed to playing their part in creating a happy and safe school environment where all children feel seen and valued is what we are about.
Thus, great behaviour, fantastic opportunities and the highest of standards characterise our schools.
But that is not enough for us: we also want to promote kindness and compassion and care just as much about our children being good people as we do about their examination results.
If you share these values, we would love to hear from you.
Careers
The Blackdown Education Partnership is a newly formed Trust created by the merger of two founding trusts who share important similar values and believe that collaboration, partnership working and sharing our best ideas will enable us to deliver our mission which is:
• To nurture and develop the ambition, talents and interests of every child;
• To break down the barriers that inhibit the opportunities and achievements of disadvantaged pupils so that they can go on to lead lives of choice and opportunity;
• To create a family of schools that are deeply and purposefully connected to their communities.
We know that achieving our mission will only be possible if all our people share our values and are determined to work together to drive the success of the Trust.
To recognise the huge important part our employees play in the achievement of our mission, we offer fantastic benefits, a wide variety of career opportunities and continuous further professional development across the Trust within our 10 schools who are all based in Devon and Somerset.
Employee Benefits
In return and in recognition of the valuable contribution all our employees make to the work of the Trust, we offer:
• The option of joining one of two defined pension schemes, depending on your role, this will either be the Teachers Pension or the Local Government Pension.
• Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
• Trust wide charity events designed to encourage our people to participate in meaningful activities.
• Access to a range of wellbeing provisions, including counselling, cognitive behaviour therapy, physical fitness support and specific health related interventions.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• Enhanced pay for parents who take time off due to maternity, adoption or paternity leave.
• Free car parking.
• On site catering facilities, all of which provide healthy and nutritious meals at a low cost.
• Gym membership. Many of our schools have on-site gyms, the use of which is available to employees at a discounted rate.
• Cycle to work scheme which enables employees to purchase a bike and accessories for their commute to work.
• Free tea and coffee.
What our people say
Employee Wellbeing
Looking after our people is important to us. We know that by supporting our employees to achieve positive physical and mental wellbeing, this will translate positively to the work they do at the Trust.
We offer our employees access to a range of services including:
• confidential counselling
• cognitive behavioural therapy
• physical fitness support
• nutrition advice
• injury rehabilitation
• menopause support
• reflexology
