The School is legally required to carry out a number of pre-appointment checks which are detailed in the School's Recruitment and Selection Policy. The information you are being asked to provide in this form is required so that the School can comply with those legal obligations should your application be successful.  Please note that in order to be considered for a position at the School, you must complete this application form.  A curriculum vitae will not be accepted in place of a completed application form, although we are happy to receive them in addition. Please note that the School may carry out online searches on applicants as part of the shortlisting exercise (see the School's Recruitment and Selection and Disclosure policies and procedures for further information).

Personal Details                                                                          

TEACHING POSTS ONLY:

Details of all academic/professional/vocational qualifications and training received relevant to the role you have applied.

Please provide date obtained, subject/title of qualification, institution & awarding body, class/grade (if applicable).

Employment History and Voluntary Work - starting with most recent role first

                                                                                                                                      

Personal Statement                                                                                       

Please give your reasons for applying, explaining how your experience, skills and training are relevant to the post in question. Please provide any additional information which you feel is relevant to your application including description of any personal qualities you have gained in other jobs or similar environments which demonstrate your ability and aptitude to undertake the duties of the post. If you are applying for an academic post, please attach a list of your publications to this application if applicable.

Please feel free to deal with this section in a covering letter and/or by reference to your CV, if you prefer.

iPad users are advised to send any attachments by email to recruitment@st-albans.herts.sch.uk 

Referees                                                                                                    

Please provide two referees. One referee should be your current or most recent employer. Where you are not currently working with children but have done so in the past one referee must be from the employer by whom you were most recently employed in work with children. Please note, references will not be accepted from relatives or from referees writing solely in the capacity of friends. The School intends to take up references on all shortlisted candidates before interview. The School may take up references from your overseas employer/previous employer. If the School feels it is necessary to take up additional references for any reason, we will contact you to discuss this before approaching any party for an additional reference. The School may also telephone your referees in order to verify the reference they have provided. The School treats all references given or received as confidential which means that you will not usually be provided with a copy.

                                                                                                                                          

In compliance with regulatory requirements for Safe Recruitment, we reserve the right to contact any of your previous employers, but if you have not named them as a referee, we will not do so without first advising you.

Disclosure and Barring Service checks, criminal record and Children's Barred List

Please be aware that the School applies for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for all positions at the School which amount to regulated activity.  The role you are applying for meets the legal definition of regulated activity with children.  If you are successful in your application you will be required to complete a DBS Disclosure Application Form.  Employment with the School is conditional upon the School being satisfied with the result of the Enhanced DBS Disclosure.  Any criminal records information that is disclosed to the School will be handled in accordance with any guidance and / or code of practice published by the DBS.

The School will also carry out a check of the Children's Barred List.  Please be aware that it is unlawful for the School to employ anyone to work with children if they are barred from doing so, and it is a criminal offence for a person to apply to work with children if they are barred from doing so.  The declaration at the end of this Form therefore asks you to confirm whether you are barred from working with children.

The role you are applying for is also exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask you to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which would normally be considered "spent") in order to assess your suitability to work with children.  If you are successful in being shortlisted for this role, you will be required to provide information about your suitability to work with children by completing a self-declaration form.  In this form you will be required to provide details of all spent and unspent convictions and cautions.  However, you will not have to disclose a caution or conviction for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules. 

Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from taking up employment with the School.  Instead, the School will assess each case on its merits and with reference to the School's objective assessment criteria set out in the School's Recruitment and Selection Policy and Disclosure Policy.

 

Recruitment and use of information

It is the School's policy to employ the best qualified personnel and to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, religion or religious belief, disability or age.  New employment appointments are subject to a probationary period.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

A copy of the School's Recruitment and Selection Policy (which includes the School's policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders'), Disclosure Policy and Safeguarding Policy can be found within the Policies & Notices section of our website.  Please take the time to read them.

If your application is successful, the School will retain the information provided in this form (together with any attachments) on your personnel file for the duration of your employment.  If your application is unsuccessful, all documentation relating to your application will normally be confidentially destroyed six months after the date on which you are notified of the outcome.  Please see our Data Retention Policy for information on how long we keep your personal data.  This can be found on our website.

Information on how the School uses personal data is set out in the School's Workforce Privacy Notice, which is available to you as part of the School’s online application process.

Prohibition from teaching, prohibition from management and disqualification from providing childcare

The School is not permitted to employ anyone to carry out 'teaching work' if they are prohibited from doing so. For these purposes 'teaching work' includes:

• planning and preparing lessons and courses for pupils;
• delivering lessons to pupils;
• assessing the development, progress and attainment of pupils; and
• reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils.

The above activities do not amount to 'teaching work' if they are supervised by a qualified teacher or other person nominated by the Head.

The School is also not permitted to employ anyone to work in a management position if they are prohibited from being involved in the management of an independent school. This applies to the following positions at the School:

• Governors;
• teaching posts on the senior leadership team;
• teaching posts which carry a departmental head role; and
• support staff posts on the senior leadership team.

The declaration below therefore asks you to confirm whether you are prohibited from carrying out 'teaching work' or prohibited from being involved in the management of an independent school. You do not have to complete these aspects of the declaration if you are not applying for a relevant role. If you are unsure whether the role for which you are applying involves teaching work or is a relevant management role please contact a member of the HR department.

The School will also carry out a check to determine whether successful applicants for relevant roles are prohibited from teaching and / or prohibited from involvement in the management of an independent school.

Declaration                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                             

Where this form is submitted electronically and without signature, electronic receipt of this form by the School will be deemed equivalent to submission of a signed version and will constitute confirmation of the declaration above.

If you would like to keep a copy of this form for your own records please click "Print Form" before clicking "Submit".

 

After you submit your completed Application Form, you should also complete the mandatory Equal Opportunities Form in order to complete your application. You will see a link to the form after you click "Submit".