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- Recruitment: your step-by-step guide Keep on top of every stage in the recruitment process with links to our guidance and resources all in 1 place. Get to grips with everything from finding applicants and shortlisting candidates, to pre-employment checks and staff induction. Plus, see our tips for safer recruitment every step of the way.
- Recruitment and retention policies See example recruitment policies from schools, and read guidance on what to include in your own.
- Recruitment checks: cheat sheet Do you know your DBS check from your section 128? Barred list check from prohibition from teaching? Learn the difference between the key recruitment checks, why they're important and how to do them. Download our cheat sheet for a handy reference.
- How to advertise your school when recruiting Find out what to include in your recruitment adverts and where to post them so that you stand out and attract the best candidates.
- How to recruit internally Learn how to recruit existing staff into a new role at your school fairly, and download our handy checklist to make the process easier.
- Recruitment and retention awards Read guidance, including union advice, on when staff can receive recruitment or retention awards. Download our template letter for notifying teachers when you want to grant a payment.
- Safer recruitment policy: model Use and adapt our model safer recruitment procedures (which you'll find in appendix 2 of our model child protection policy) to help save you time and stay compliant.
- How to reduce unconscious bias in your recruitment process Take steps to make sure that you're carrying out fair and equal practices at the advertising, CV shortlisting and interview stages of your recruitment process.
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How to advertise your MAT and schools when recruiting
Find out what to include in your recruitment adverts and where to post them so that you stand out and attract the best candidates. Look at examples of how other multi-academy trusts advertise roles.
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- Recruiting school staff: template application form Adapt our template job application form for all your teaching and support staff roles. Find out when you can ask about criminal records and be clear on your requirements when recruiting staff who are from, or have lived or worked, outside the UK.
- Self-declaration form: template and guidance Use our template to help you collect self-declarations from shortlisted candidates during your recruitment process – you can adapt it based on the role you're recruiting for. Find out how to manage self-declarations appropriately.
- Employing teachers from overseas: what you need to know Find out how Brexit has changed your requirements when hiring teachers from overseas. See how these teachers can get qualified teacher status (QTS), and understand how to recruit them – by becoming a visa sponsor or by other routes.
- Head of school: model job description Use our model job description and person specification to help you recruit a head of school.
- Executive headteacher: model job description Use and adapt our model job description and person specification to help you recruit an executive headteacher for your trust.
- HR tasks and processes: checklist Download our handy checklist to stay on top of HR tasks and processes related to recruitment, staff training and wellbeing, performance management, parental leave, absence and leavers.
- Sustainability lead: model job description Recruiting for this new DfE-mandated role? Download our model role description to help you set out the duties and responsibilities of a sustainability lead.
- Headteacher: model job description Use our model job description to help you recruit your next headteacher – it's based on the Headteachers' Standards 2020.
- Senior mental health lead: model job description Download our model job description and person specification for a senior mental health lead. Adapt it to meet your school's needs and use it to help you recruit or appoint the right person for the role.
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Moving and sharing staff between schools in a MAT
Get to grips with how to manage staff movement - whether it's sharing staff to plug recruitment gaps or creating flexible, cost-effective roles based across your schools.
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- Preparing for headship: what to expect in an interview Get an overview of the headteacher interview process and read top tips from our experts on how to prepare, so you can feel confident going into the recruitment process.