Your benefits

Staff CPD

All staff have access to the Ambition Hub. The Ambition Hub provides professional development opportunities for staff with diverse roles across the Trust, as well as for staff at differing career stages.

The Ambition Hub is also home of the Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub, meaning all staff have access to high quality professional development programmes in a range of different areas. Great for teachers wishing to progress within their careers or learn new and exciting skills.

Pay

Members of our central team, like those in schools, receive automatic annual pay progression each September up to the top of their grade. All colleagues benefit from a personalised, supportive and developmental approach to career progression and effectiveness in their current role.

Discounted access to our BWT Schools Extended Provision

BWT employees can get 20% off the cost of childcare with access to our Trust schools extended provisions and wrap-around care facilities.

Flexible and family friendly policies

BWT have generous policies for maternity leave, paternity leave, flexible working and discretionary leave. All staff have the right to request flexible working from the first day of their contract. We include an informal stage in our flexible working policy to ensure that any concerns or worried can be discussed and talked through and explored with a senior manager before having to proceed to a formal stage.

Emotional and legal support

All staff have free access to Health Assured, a confidential counselling service which has been developed to support the physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing of employees, as well as offering legal advice. Health Assured also offers staff access to a wellbeing portal with a number of resources, guides and plans for a healthy lifestyle.

Collaborative working

As a family of 10 schools in a close geographical area, we have the luxury of being able to work collaboratively with those doing similar roles in different schools, picking up best practice and sharing great ideas. For example, to support our staff to develop the best curriculum possible, we believe in collaborative planning and sharing ideas and best practice. We have a team of subject specialist Directors of Subject, who support this collaborative approach and are up to date with the latest subject developments.

Breakfast and lunches

Completely subsidised meals for all members of staff who chose to eat in our restaurants and dining areas. BWT is proud to provide all of our catering in-house with fresh and nutritious meals prepared every day in our kitchens delivered by our in-house catering teams.

Finder’s fee offer

The most important and valuable asset of our Trust is the committed and passionate staff who contribute to improving the life chances of our young people. However, recruiting good quality teachers can be difficult at times. To help us recruit yet more excellent teachers into our organisation BWT offers a ‘finder’s fee’ of £1000 (per teacher recruited) to any member of staff, whatever their role in the Trust, who introduces a new teacher who fills a vacancy in any of our schools, and is still employed as a good teacher 6 months down the line.

Additional benefits

All staff can borrow up to £1000 to buy a bicycle through the Bike2Work Scheme and save up to 42% on the cost of bicycles and/or safety equipment, reducing your carbon footprint as you go! The Trust also offers a salary sacrifice scheme to enable our employees a tax efficient way to afford a brand-new car. Put simply, an employee can swap some of their salary before it is taxed, which means they get more car for a lot less.