Havering Primary Schools - ECT Pool September 2025 Start

We are excited to invite passionate and enthusiastic Early Career Teachers (ECTs) to join our schools. This is an excellent opportunity for educators to begin their teaching career in a supportive and inspiring school community.  You’ll be joining a thriving educational community in Havering where innovation, creativity, and care come together.

By joining our pool, with one application primary school leaders can view your application and make contact when there is a suitable role. This makes it easy for you to find your perfect role, leaving you time to focus on completing your training.

The benefits of joining the pool are:

• 1 applicationform to complete - You'll save yourself hours of time and avoid having to write numerous applications and personal statements.
• Choose yourKey Stage (you can select more than 1) (EYFS - KS1 - KS2)
• No supporting statement - just answer 3 Key Questions.

 

About Havering Schools

We know our teachers are at the heart of our schools’ success. As a borough, we have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. Our schools invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top quality training programmes delivered at every level from Early Career Teachers to Executive Leaders.

There is a rich mix of foundation, community, voluntary aided schools plus academies to give the perfect opportunity for career development.  Our Havering Academy of Leadership offers a range of inspirational training opportunities, enabling teachers to become outstanding practitioners. We are proud to say 97% of primary schools are good or better.

Find out more about the Havering Academy of Leadership here:

https://haveringacademyofleadership.co.uk/ 

 The Application Process

Once you have applied, you will be invited to join us on 10^th February 2025 to meet our school leaders, find out more about starting your career in Havering and have a short interview to be able to join the pool.

Once in the pool, your details will then be shared with schools and when a vacancy arises and Headteachers will get in touch with you directly.  You are not under any obligation to take a role, but this approach opens up many more opportunities, without having to make multiple applications.

To apply, click on the link below and begin your application, ensuring that you cover these three areas within the supporting statement section:

• Outline a lesson or topic you have taught during a school placement. Explain what you did to make your teaching effective and how it supported pupil learning.
• Explain your approach to lesson planning. How do you adapt your lessons to address the strengths and needs of all pupils, ensuring that every pupil has the opportunity to achieve their learning objectives?
• Teaching is a journey of constant learning. Reflect on a challenge you faced during a school placement and explain how you approached it. What did you learn from the experience, and how has it influenced your teaching practice?

Havering offers a number of benefits (subject to qualifying conditions):

• July start with July and August paid (subject to headteacher approval)
• Outer London Allowance
• An excellent early career programme
• A strong support network across Havering

Please apply online via the link below.

Closing date for applications Friday 24^th January 2025.

Pool interviews to be held at CEME, Rainham. Monday 10^th February 2025.