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How to Apply for Jobs
Please apply Online via the My New Term portal
Please use the ‘Further Details’ section to tell us how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the Person Specification. Tell us about yourself, why you would like to work at Coleham? what experience you have? what personal qualities and knowledge you have? what can you offer the school? What support you would like from us to grow and develop?
Careers at Coleham
🏫 About Coleham
Looking to join a caring, creative and successful school at the heart of its community?
When it comes to recruiting, people often ask, what are we looking for? Not what, but who? We believe in matching individuals super strengths to the right role and place in school. Coleham is a really special place and so we look for people who love it as much as we do! Someone who enjoys life, is ready and willing to support the team and share their hobbies & interests with us. We value kindness, a strong work ethic and a positive attitude. This is because we strongly believe that being a genuinely nice person speaks volumes, above anything else we look for individuals with integrity, positivity to inspire a happy workplace and the heart to genuinely care about everyone. Sound like you? Then you’re definitely the kind of person we’re looking for!
🌟 But more importantly, What Coleham Can Offer You
- a warm, friendly close-knit team where staff are valued and wellbeing is high on everybody’s agenda;
- a creative and inspiring environment where staff come up with ideas and make things happen and achievements are celebrated;
- a school that thrives on developing strong relationships with everybody, especially our local community;
- a creative curriculum where every subject is celebrated with a vast array of enrichment opportunities; we regularly leave the classroom behind and take advantage of our town centre location;
- a school where individuals matter, be this pupils, families, staff or one of our many stakeholders;
- pupils with high aspirations who enjoy their learning and are immensely proud of their school;
- a reflective and ambitious staff team who are in pursuit of excellence in all that we do, keeping things fresh and seeking new opportunities, but are humble enough to apologise when we get things wrong, who aren’t afraid to make changes but above all else put the children at the heart of all decision making.
Every role is valued in our school! #Coleham Community
❤️ Investing in Our Staff
At the heart of our organisation is a simple belief: when we invest in our staff, we invest in the future of every child we serve. That’s why we are deeply committed to nurturing the talent, ambition, and wellbeing of every member of our team.
We provide high‑quality training and fully supported professional qualifications that can be completed on the job, ensuring development is accessible, meaningful, and rooted in real experience. Many of our Teaching Assistants are currently working towards their Level 3 SEND qualification, and we couldn’t be prouder of their dedication.
Whatever your passion or career pathway, we will champion you. We don’t hold people back; we lift them up. We want our staff to be ambitious, to grow, and to progress — even if that journey eventually takes them beyond us. Because ultimately, when someone becomes the best version of themselves, children everywhere benefit.
We see it as our duty to develop, empower, and inspire the people who choose to work with us. Their success becomes part of our story, and their impact reaches far beyond our walls
🌿 Staff Wellbeing
To give the very best to our pupils, we know we must first look after ourselves and one another. Staff wellbeing sits at the heart of our culture. We strive to create a happy, supportive workplace where everyone feels cared for, trusted, empowered, appreciated, and valued. Every member of the Coleham Team plays a vital role in nurturing this ethos.
Just as we teach our children to be ambitious and reach their full potential, we role‑model this by investing in our staff. Through clear development pathways and rich CPD opportunities, we help colleagues grow in their careers and flourish both personally and professionally.
We proudly sign up to the DfE Wellbeing Charter, demonstrating our commitment to a healthy, positive working environment. Our Wellbeing Representatives actively monitor and champion the wellbeing work taking place across the school, ensuring that staff voice, support, and care remain central to everything we do.
DfE Wellbeing Charter – DfE Commitment
🛡️ Safer Recruitment
The 3-18 Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). Guidance on disclosing convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Under the Immigration Act 2016, candidates for customer-facing roles must meet the necessary standard of spoken English. It is an offence to apply if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Employment is subject to medical fitness, satisfactory references, right to work in the UK, and an Enhanced DBS check. Online social media checks will be carried out on successful applicants.
Safer Recruitment and Selection Policy
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy 25-26
Coleham School Volunteer Programme
We’re proud of our Coleham School Volunteer Programme. We want to help people gain an insight into school life and provide a pathway for those wanting to work in education. We are passionate about helping you achieve your goals, developing people and providing classroom experience, mentoring and support.
This programme is ideal for adults undertaking a relevant course or qualification in their own time or indeed anyone seeking a change of career who enjoys spending time with children. It might be that you are at the other end of the job market and already have experience and lots to offer and are looking for a friendly environment to volunteer in or help children read. We will act as mentors and allocate you a class to be part of so you feel 1fully included in the Coleham Team.
We appreciate volunteers time and want to give back and invest in your personal development whether that might be practical experience, liaising with college tutors, providing you with free training/qualifications or recruitment advice/support for applications and interviews. Therefore, we require a level of commitment from Volunteers for at least half a day per week for an ongoing length of time. This ensures quality and consistency for our children. Our programme is very successful with many of our volunteers going on to secure employment at Coleham as Teaching Assistants or other educational settings.
We have had lots of success stories, meet Liz below who started volunteering and has progressed as a TA, HLTA and is now Squirrels Class Teacher after completing her PGCE at Coleham.
Interested in being part of our Volunteer community? We would love to hear from you, filling out an application is the first step.
Volunteer form
Please send your Volunteer Applications to admin@col.318education.co.uk.
Mrs Hilbert our Admin Manager will be in touch with you regarding your application and volunteer placement.
The same stringent Safeguarding checks are also undertaken for all volunteers at Coleham School.