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More pay, more time, and more support

Teaching is an incredible career, that changes lives for the better. Teachers deserve to be rewarded, and our pledge, to all our academy teachers, is that by working for us you will benefit from more pay, more time, and more support.

More pay:

We pay an average of 5% above national scales – the best rates of pay in the sector.

We offer starting salaries of £42,000 in Inner London, and £35,000 nationally.

We offer a health cash plan giving you money towards essential medical treatment.

Our staff discount scheme saves you money on supermarket shopping, gym memberships, holidays and more.

More time:

All our academies start every term with an additional INSET day set aside for your own planning (in addition to the usual five INSET days - giving you eight in total).

At least one guaranteed paid personal day each year, to use as you want.

We offer opportunities for flexible working.

More support:

We provide high quality training and development for every stage in your career.

Every teacher benefits from a bespoke development plan to support your progression and aspirations.

We give you access to a high-quality curriculum with excellent resources.

Benefit from support from expert subject advice.

Access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme, providing support with issues from legal and financial to family and housing; access to free counselling; and other wellbeing support.

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Our teachers share how this personal day benefit supports their wellbeing, family life, and professional balance.

A brilliant and lovely opportunity for us to be able to attend important events during a school term

This is another great thing the school does for staff that no other school around here does. It’s a real strength and a valuable thing to be able to offer staff.

Definitely plan to use my personal day this year for my daughter's graduation. I think it's a really valuable benefit and hope it continues.

Allowed me to spend my birthday with my twin

A paid personal day gives me the chance to rest and recharge without financial worry, helping me return to work more focused and more balanced.

Allowed me to compete in a hyrox competition. Invaluable day!

As a mum with young children, I really appreciate the opportunity to take the day off to create special memories for them

Amazing incentive and great for staff morale

As a parent of a young child, I often miss a lot of events and this enables me to attend one of these during the academic year as they are nearly always during the school day

As a parent, this day was invaluable as I spent it with my husband who I would normally not be able to spend time with without my children

As a working parent, I often miss important school events for my own children. I spent the day at my five year olds sports day and he couldn’t have been happier. This is a massive perk for me that I really appreciate.

Had a lovely family day at Alton Towers whilst it was quiet with my family and son before he moved to University.

I used it partially to catch up on a few things… but in my garden in the sunshine! It felt amazing to have that luxury.

Working in education and having my son in the military there have been numerous occassions where I have missed out on waving the ship off and homecoming. This day enabled me to take part in that experience with my family and was the most amazing day to see my son again after a long deployment.

When I tell other teacher friends about this, they think it’s a great idea and wish their school did the same.

This day made a huge difference, thank you for the support!

This is a huge benefit. Knowing that I can have a day for an important occasion is amazing for my wellbeing.

This iniative has been ground breaking in my experience. As someone who arrives at school early and leaves late, having a personal leave day gave me the rare opportunity to take my children to school and collect them. I'm truly grateful for this day, it made a real difference.