Our staff experience a collaborative professional community, with quality development opportunities to inspire our students. Staff wellbeing is of high importance and staff will be trusted and valued. We want Haydon School to be a great place where everyone works together on a daily basis to be their best. Below a list with some of the good reasons to join us. 

• All teaching staff get a laptop;

• Two-week October half-term holiday;

• More generous upper pay scale;

• Automatic pay progression up the main teaching pay scale;

• High potential for career progression;

• Department offices;

• Only one directed meeting per week;

• Meeting free weeks spaced out throughout the year and an encouragement to leave work early;

• Flexible personalised CPD programme;

• Subsidies for appropriate academic studies;

• Discounted on site nursery places;

• Staff social events;

• Free on site flu vaccinations;

• Long service award -Enjoy a well deserved day off with full pay during term time;

• Free subscription to the Employee Assistance Programme for individual advice/counselling;

• Free access to the Education Support Partnership for advice on work and personal matters;

• Flexible working opportunities. Approx. 20% of teachers are part-time.

• Family friendly Leave of Absence policy;

• Balanced and well planned calendar - deadlines and parents evenings are well spaced out;

• Only three data drops per year group per year and no written reports;

• Email curfew (no evening, weekend and holiday emails);

• Wide variety of extracurricular activities;

• Opportunity to accompany students on trips in UK and abroad;

• Working area in staff room with computers and printers;

• Ample car parking on site;

• Free tea and coffee;

• Photocopiers in all subject areas;

• Use of apps to reduce workload and increase collaborative sharing e.g. Satchel, SAMpeople, Google Drive;

• Centralised data analysis department;

• Support with exams - the school will pay exam fees and allow the exam to be taken at the school;

• Receipt of personal deliveries to school;

• Wellbeing awareness days;

• Induction days for all teaching staff before starting work;

• ECTs all have a subject specialist mentor and a teacher buddy;

• Annual staff survey

• Sabbatical and career break leave policy;

• Staff garden;

• Access to a well-equipped gym;

• Non graded lesson observations;

• Discounted membership at nearby Gym and Leisure Centre;

• Opportunity to lead whole school projects;

• Governor afternoon tea events for staff feedback