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Uplands Academy, a successful and popular rural 11-18 school, is an excellent place to work.  Our staff team are supportive and helpful.  Our students are polite and friendly.  Staff benefit from free gym membership and will work in a school with one of the most amazing views in England.  In January 2021 we moved into a fabulous new building which is bright, light, and fully stocked with the modern technologies that make teaching and learning relevant to the working world. 

Uplands converted to an Academy in September 2022 and is a member of the MARK Education Trust (formally Beacon Community College Academy Trust).  The acronym MARK was selected because staff who work in the trust are motivated, ambitious, resourceful, and knowledgeable. This partnership will provide many exciting opportunities for professional development, and the sharing of good practice across the two schools. This is the start of a new era for Uplands and an excellent time to join our thriving rural school. 

We offer a full range of continued professional development for both teaching and support staff.  We recognise that our staff are our greatest asset, and we value teamwork and a collegiate approach.  We want to assist you in developing skills and knowledge so that you can have an enjoyable and fulfilling career.

Staff will benefit from a positive working environment, with strong support for professional development and specialist teaching rooms.  We aim for high standards, helping every student to reach their full potential through the development of skills, concepts, and knowledge, within the framework of a caring community.  Relationships between staff and students are based on trust, mutual respect, and a determination to succeed. 

Some of the vacancies offer term time only, part time and flexible working within school hours. Some require no school experience and offer exciting opportunities to support our student focussed departments and other administrative areas. Some roles are new, put in place to offer further support to our students, staff and our wider expanding trust. These roles are a superb opportunity for anyone wishing to gain experience in a school environment, possibly as part of their career development.

MARK Education Trust is in a phase of expansion and opportunity. If you would like any further information or would like to discuss any of these posts, please contact our Human Resources department in the first instance by emailing hr@uplands-academy.org com or call 01892 786611.

We would love to welcome you to our team.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to references and enhanced DBS clearance.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.   

Please note that we will only accept CV’s if they are accompanied by an application form.  We shall review applications as we receive them.     

Under data protection law, individuals have a right to be informed about how the school uses any personal data that we hold about them. We comply with this right by providing ‘privacy notices’ (sometimes called ‘fair processing notices’) to individuals where we are processing their personal data.

This privacy notice explains how we collect, store and use personal data about individuals we employ, or otherwise engage, to work at our school.

We, Uplands Academy, are the ‘data controller’ for the purposes of data protection law.

As part of your application to join us, we will gather and use information relating to you. Information that we hold in relation to individuals is known as their “personal data”. This will include data that we obtain from you directly and data about you that we obtain from other people and organisations. We might also need to continue to hold an individual’s personal data for a period of time after the recruitment process, even if you are unsuccessful. Anything that we do with an individual’s personal data is known as “processing”.

This document sets out what personal data we will gather and hold about individuals who apply for a position with us, why we process that data, who we share this information with, and your rights in relation to your personal data processed by us.

What information do we process during your application process?

We may collect, hold, share and otherwise use the following information about you during your application process.

Up to and including shortlisting stage:

  • Your name and contact details (i.e. address, home and mobile phone numbers, email address).
  • Details of your qualifications, training, experience, duties, employment history (including job titles, salary, relevant dates and working hours), details of driving licence (if relevant for role), membership of professional bodies and interests.
  • Your racial or ethnic origin, sex and sexual orientation, religious or similar beliefs.
  • Information regarding your criminal record.
  • Details of your referees.
  • Whether you are related to any member of our workforce; and
  • Details of any support or assistance you may need to assist you at the interview because of a disability.

Following shortlisting stage, and prior to making a final decision:

  • Information about your previous academic and/or employment history, including details of any conduct, grievance or performance issues, appraisals, time and attendance, from references obtained about you from previous employers and/or education providers.*
  • Confirmation of your academic and professional qualifications (including seeing a copy of certificates).*
  • Information via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) process, regarding your criminal record, criminal records certificates (CRCs) and enhanced criminal records certificates (ECRCs), whether you are barred from working in regulated activity.*
  • Your nationality and immigration status and information from related documents, such as your passport or other identification and immigration information.*
  • Medical check to indicate fitness to work.*
  • A copy of your driving licence (or other appropriate documentation as listed on the DBS list).*
  • If you are a teacher, we will check the DfE Teachers Services about your teacher status, whether you are subject to a prohibition from teaching order and any other relevant checks (for example Section 128 direction for management posts and EEA teacher sanctions).* and
  • Equal opportunities’ monitoring data.

You are required (by law or in order to enter into your contract of employment) to provide the categories of information marked (*) above to us to enable us to verify your right to work and suitability for the position. Without providing us with this information, or if the information is not satisfactory, then we will not be able to proceed with any offer of employment.

If you are employed by us, the information we collect may be included on our Single Central Record. In this scenario, a further privacy notice in relation to data we collect, process, hold and share about you during your time with us, will be issued to you.

Where do we get information from during your application process?

Depending on the position that you have applied for, we may collect this information from you, your referees (details of whom you will have provided), your education provider, any relevant professional body, the DBS, NCTL, and the DfE, during the recruitment process.

Why do we use this information?

We will process your personal data during your application process for the purpose of complying with legal obligations, carrying out tasks which are in the public interest, and taking steps with a view to entering into an employment contract with you. This includes:

  • To assess your suitability for the role you are applying for.
  • To take steps to enter into a contract with you.
  • To check that you are eligible to work in the United Kingdom or that you are not prohibited from teaching; and
  • So that we are able to monitor applications for posts in the School to ensure that we are fulfilling our obligations under the public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010.

How long will we hold information in relation to your application?

We will hold information relating to your application only for as long as necessary. If you are successful then how long we need to hold on to any information will depend on type of information. For further detail please see our Data Protection and Information Security Policy.

If you are unsuccessful we will hold your personal data only for six months, after which time it is securely deleted.

Who will we share information with about your application?

We may share information gathered during your application process with the Local Authority, or professional advisors such as legal and HR advisors.

Rights in relation to your personal data

All individuals have the right to request access to personal data that we hold about them. To make a request for access to their personal data, individuals should contact:

Please also refer to our Data Protection Policy for further details on making requests for access to personal data.

Individuals also have the right, in certain circumstances to:

  • Object to the processing of their personal data.
  • Have inaccurate or incomplete personal data about them rectified.
  • Restrict processing of their personal data.
  • Object to the making of decisions about them taken by automated means.
  • Have your data transferred to another organisation.
  • Claim compensation for damage caused by a breach of their data protection rights.

If the school does not intend to comply with the request then the individual will be notified of the reasons why in writing.

Complaints

We take any complaints about our collection and use of personal information very seriously.
If you think that our collection or use of personal information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate, or have any other concern about our data processing, please raise this with us in the first instance.

To make a complaint, please contact our data protection officer.

Alternatively, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office:

  • Report a concern online at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
  • Call 0303 123 1113
  • Or write to: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Contact

If you have any questions, concerns or would like more information about anything mentioned in this privacy notice, please contact our Data Protection Officer: