How To Apply

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you have read all the relevant documents contained in this site. You should ensure that you address each of the points within the Person Specification in your application.

Please download an application form via the "Apply Today" link below. Please address your application to:

Tracy Simmonds, Schools HR, Civic Offices, 3rd Floor, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7AT.

Email: schoolsrecruitment@bexley.gov.uk
Direct Dial: 0203 045 5050

If you have any difficulties downloading your application form please contact Kent-Teach on 03000 410203 or email kent.teach@kent.gov.uk.  

Further Information

• All posts are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, health clearance, receipt of satisfactory references and verification of your entitlement to work within the UK. Please note, copies of teaching certificates or any further professional qualifications will need to be provided at interview stage.
• Please note that we require one referee to be from your current school and the other should be from the Local Authority. If you currently work within Kent, then you must provide a Local Authority referee. Applicants from outside Kent should ensure the Director of Education is given as their Local Education referee. This is applicable only if you are applying to work within a Kent maintained school.
• If you are shortlisted we will write to your referees, and references will be considered at the interview stage. Referees must be able to comment authoritatively on your personal and professional competence.
• Reference is made on the application form that you must disclose whether you are related to any senior officer in the Borough Council’s service, to an elected or co-opted member of the Governing Body. Canvassing for appointment disqualifies.
• Please only enclose a CV if it contains additional, relevant information that is not included on your application form. Please limit any additional material to two single sides of A4 paper, typed in black for photocopying purposes.
• If you apply for this post and are shortlisted, any discrepancies or anomalies in the information you provide, and any relevant issues arising from your references will be taken up at interview.
• You will be required to provide copies of certificates for verification of qualifications.

Whether or not you are selected for interview will be determined solely on the information provided in your application form. It is very important that the form you return to us contains the information that the selectors want and the information that you want to give us.

We value diversity in our workforce – fair treatment for all is vital to the quality of services to the public. Bexley Council has an equality policy to ensure that all groups and individuals within the community are given full opportunity to benefit from the services and jobs we provide.