Wrotham School forms part of the Character Education Trust, a 2 Academy Trust that aims to provide students with high quality academic and ‘Character Education’.

Our vision is to support and encourage the students within our Trust to develop good character; to be confident and kind; to have integrity; to respect difference and to make a positive contribution to the community around them. A link to our website for more information can be found here https://www.charactereducationtrust.org/

The school has been recognised for its excellent work on Character Education by being awarded the prestigious School of Character Kitemark - a formal acknowledgement of the work the school has done to promote and develop good character in the school community.

We are a progressive and innovative school that provides a positive and productive place to work for teachers of all experience levels.

Why Work at Wrotham School?

-A trusting and caring workplace that looks after its staff. -A school that respects and values its staff team. -A high performing school that rewards good teaching. -Great students and families that give back in support and appreciation for good teaching.

An incredible provision of staff benefits from day one including:

• Flexible working arrangements that ensure every member of staff has an “offsite” flexible working period of 75 minutes+ at the start or end of at least 1 day per week. • Strict and well established out of hours communication restrictions that protect evenings, weekends and holiday periods. • Free lunch for all staff – every day. • No directed or preferred teaching style or method other than sharing and learning from good practice. • Access to short term/ emergency staff counselling by qualified psychotherapists – on site. • Free breakfast cereal for all staff and students – everyday. • Excellent transport links via motorway/ nearby train station. • Regular staff welfare surveys with clear outcomes and actions. • Bespoke and personalised CPD programme • An innovative “target free” teacher appraisal system that is exclusively based on continuous development of teaching and learning. • An excellent ECT and trainee programme of support and development. • Aspirant leadership courses (in house) and access to NPQ qualification at all levels. • A supportive behaviour and sanction system that relieves burden on teaching staff.
• A culture of trust of staff to manage working hours with no expectation to work on site when not required. • A regular and supportive check in and on boarding system.
• Access to excellent Teacher and LA pension schemes. • 3 days paid leave per rolling year for care of dependents. • Clear and transparent directed time

Wrotham is a small village in the heart of Kent, surrounded by a scenic rural landscape and beautiful countryside with excellent (5 minute) access from the A20/M20 and close proximity to the A2/M2/M25/M26. Journey by road from nearby Bromley/ Dartford/ Bexley/ Orpington varies from 15-30 minutes. The local mainline station is a 10 minute walk from the school and is on the direct commuter line to Victoria Station in central London; this line includes stops at Bromley South.

For further information visit our website www.wrothamschool.com