How to Apply as an Newly Qualified Teacher

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If you are a Newly Qualified Teacher the Borough has an online database ‘Talent Pool’ which offers NQTs an opportunity to register for appointments in both Primary and Secondary schools in Kingston.  

The website can be accessed on:
http://kingstonuponthames.talentpool.eteach.com

The benefit to you is that you will need to register only once. Your application will then go live on the site and all Schools will be able to view your CV and contact you directly with offers of interviews if they have positions which are suitable. Selection of candidates will be carried out by each School. If you are successful please note that you will be asked to sign certain declarations before you start working for us.

Our Schools also advertise their vacancies on eteach.com and in the TES. If you see a post advertised by a Kingston school which you are particularly interested in, please contact them and let them know that you have registered on the ‘Talent Pool’.

There will be no actual closing date, the process will continue until all of our schools' NQT posts are filled. However, the process will be advertised from October until May of the year of appointment.  

To help you find a place once our NQT positions are filled, we will share your data with the South London Group - a partnership of all South London Boroughs. We do this every year on or after the 12 June, unless you request us not to do so in writing when you apply.

Stages in the Process

As part of the registration process, please ensure you read the person specification below and address all the selection criteria for NQT when you apply or your application may not be accepted. Please complete all the required fields and press ‘submit’ at the end to fully register.  You will receive an email to confirm that registration has been successful.

For guidance, please refer to the Candidate User Guide.

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames NQT Person Specification

Please ensure that you have addressed all of the Selection Criteria and give evidence of how you meet them (you may which to give examples from your teaching practice or studies).

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) as recognised by the DfES

• Successful teaching practice with at least two year-groups

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning, specifically
  • For Key Stage 1 – 4 teachers, National Curriculum requirements and national strategies to raise achievement
  • For early years teachers, the Foundation Stage curriculum
• Knowledge and ability to implement strategies to maximise progress and achievement for all children, (including pupils with special educational needs, pupils with English as an additional language, and high-achievers)
• Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities and multi-cultural education

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and excellent ICT skills
• The ability to create a stimulating and safe learning environment for all pupils by:
  • establishing high expectations and promoting purposeful learning
  • implementing effective classroom management and organisation
  • assessing the needs of individual pupils and accurately recording and reporting their progress
  • good planning based on the Foundation Stage or National Curriculum,
  • utilising schemes of work, and information from the assessment of pupils’ learning needs

• Working closely with parents to develop pupil-focused, tailored learning
• Contributing to school life and building effective relationships with all members of the school community
• Evaluating, reviewing and, where necessary, adapting teaching to maximise pupils’ achievements
• Developing professional skills and knowledge through induction and continuing professional development
• Equality of opportunity in all aspects of teaching and learning
• Commitment to working either in an all boys' or in an all girls' school (where appropriate)

Further Information

For more information please contact:

The HR Business Partner Team
Learning and Children’s Services
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Guildhall
2 High Street
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1EU

Telephone: 020 8547 5165 Fax: 020 8547 5188

Email: rsm@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is an equal opportunities employer.