Job Vacancies and Careers
Windsor Academy Trust is a brilliant place to work. We are a leading multi academy trust with 8,000 staff and students in nine excellent schools across the West Midlands.
Known for our innovative approach and investment in developing our staff, our Trust has an excellent reputation in the sector and is viewed as an example of good practice. We have grown significantly in the past 10 years and have an exciting future ahead with two new free schools due to open and a number of new major projects taking place.
Working for us is about much more than just a job, it means that you become part of the WAT family. All staff in our family take pride in excellence and work collaboratively to achieve our goal of unlocking the academic and personal potential of our students. We support our staff to develop their skills and grow, alongside offering a wide range of benefits and an outstanding working environment.
We look to recruit the best individuals who are committed to achieving our aims. If you share our values and want to take your career to the next level with an organisation that invests in its staff, we would love to hear from you.
You can view our job vacancies and register for job alerts here.
Benefits of working for us
- Industry leading professional development – We offer extensive continuous professional development for staff which is recognised as an example of best practice in the education sector. Our staff are ambitious and strive to improve every day. Our professional development programme helps them do just that
- Extensive induction programme - Including our bespoke Early Career Framework induction programme for teachers in their first two years
- Pension scheme – Local Government Pension Scheme for professional services staff and Teachers Pension Scheme for teachers
- Generous holiday allowance – Starting from 26 days for professional services staff
- Work life balance – We understand the importance of a work life balance and have a range of flexible policies to help you manage your personal commitments
- Armed forces friendly organisation - We are proud to support the armed forces community and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant
- Wellbeing support - Our employee assistance programme delivered by Education Support offers a range of emotional and practical support for mental health and wellbeing
- Cycle scheme (tax free)
- Free eye tests
- Free annual flu jab
- Access to health and fitness facilities at Windsor High School and Sixth Form
Staff referral scheme
If you work for Windsor Academy Trust and refer an applicant who is successfully appointed you can be rewarded with a £200 Amazon voucher.
A referral must be submitted prior to the candidate applying for the role. The referred candidate will be tracked through the recruitment process and the vouchers will be provided to you upon successful completion of one term (teachers and leaders) or probationary period (ECTs and professional services staff).
All staff (including casual staff) are eligible for the vouchers. Headteachers are eligible for referring another Headteacher but not for referring teachers or support staff.
To refer someone, simply send the details of the person and the role you are referring them to recruitment@windsoracademytrust.org.uk