BEST Non-Teaching Application Form

Introduction

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in our current vacancy. To complete the application and monitoring form, please follow the instructions below.
1. To begin the application click the Next button at the bottom of this page.
2. The fields marked with an asterisk require an answer before you can move onto the next stage of the application.
3. The progress bar at the head of the page indicates the percentage of the application form that you have completed.
4. To save your progress on the application click the Save For Later button at the bottom of the page

Bedfordshire Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Please read the information provided before you complete the form.

Your completed application form will be assessed and if you are shortlisted for interview we will contact you by email, letter or telephone to invite you for an interview. It is our policy to inform every applicant of the outcome of their application. Please note that any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

Sometimes we are asked to keep copies of application forms or CVs on file for future consideration. It is our policy not to retain applications for more than 6 months and every applicant will be asked to reapply unless their original application is less than two months old.

Please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on 01462 413512 if you have any questions about the application form or the application process. We look forward to receiving your application.

1. Personal Information

SECTION A. Job Details

Job applied for* Location* Where did you see this vacancy advertised Other (please specify)

SECTION B. Personal Information

First Name* Surname* Address (including postcode)* Telephone Number/s* Email Address*

2. Employment History

SECTION C. Current or most recent Employment/Voluntary Work

Name and address of school/organisation* Job Held* Date of Appointment* Current Salary/Pay Rate* Length of Notice* Brief summary of duties and responsibilities*

Are you currently in employment?*YesNo

If no, please state the date when the last employment ended and the reason

SECTION D. Further employment history

Please give details of your full employment history in date order starting with the most recent. You must list all employment, career breaks and periods of unemployment, education and voluntary work since leaving secondary education; without any gaps.

Employment History* Give details of any gaps in work history

3. Qualifications

SECTION E. Educational and Professional/Specialist Qualifications

Please list details relevant to the post, in chronological order. If shortlisted, you will be required to bring proof of these qualifications to interview.

Name and address of school, college or university attended* Qualifications & Results (e.g. GCSE, NVQ, A level, Degree)*

SECTION F. Training relevant to this post

Please list details relevant to this post.

Name of organisation, name of specialist training courses and results*

4. Additional Information

SECTION G. Additional Information

With this application form you will have received a person specification describing the skills and attributes we require for the job for which you are applying. Please take this opportunity to explain how you meet each of the requirements of the job. It will help the short listing process if you address each area of the person specification separately, preferably using sub-headings. Please provide examples to illustrate your knowledge, skills and experience.

Please list any additional information*

5. References

SECTION H. References

Please give the names of two referees who can provide professional or educational references (not character). The first must be from your present or last employer/voluntary organisation, if applicable. The person you name must hold a managerial or personnel position in that organisation and have access to your records. If you do not give permission for your current employer to be contacted before interview, please provide us with an additional relevant referee to allow for two references to be available to the interviewing panel.

Where you are not currently working with children or vulnerable adults but have done so in the past, you are required to nominate a referee from the organisation where you were most recently employed to work with children or vulnerable adults as one of your nominated referees. If you are recommended for appointment in these circumstances we will then seek to gain your current employer as a referee.

If you are unable to provide your employer’s details for reference purposes at that time your application will not be pursued further. In the event that you are not currently employed we will require details from your last employer.

The referees provided will be asked if you have any live disciplinary offences and also about any ‘time expired’ disciplinary offences where they relate to children. They will also be asked if you have been subject to any child protection or vulnerable adult protection concerns, and if so, the outcome of any enquiry or disciplinary procedure.

PLEASE NOTE THAT Bedfordshire Schools Trust reserves the right to ask you for permission to contact a referee from any organisation you have been associated with. This can be in addition to, or instead of, the names you supply.

Referee Name* Job Title* Address (including postcode)* Contact Telephone No.* Email Address* I agree to this reference being taken prior to interview* Referee No.2 Name* Job Title* Address (including postcode)* Contact Telephone No.* Email Address* I agree to this reference being taken prior to interview* Referee No.3 Name Job Title Address (including postcode) Contact Telephone No. Email Address I agree to this reference being taken prior to interview

7. Monitoring Information

SECTION I. Further Information

1. Working for our Multi-Academy Trust your role may require you to be based at / work from any of our Academies (or wider Trust Schools) whenever operational demand requires it. Would this present any difficulty for you?* 2. Are you subject to any legal restrictions in respect of your employment in the UK? You will be required to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK and any information given may be checked with the Home Office or the Immigration Service.* 3. Are you, to your knowledge, related to or have a close relationship with any Director, Governor, member of Bedfordshire Schools Trust staff or Central Bedfordshire Local Authority staff or representatives?* 4. Do you hold any other appointment that would continue if you were appointed to this job?* 5. Are you subject to a sanction or have you been at any time barred from working with children or vulnerable adults by the DCSF, GTC or been placed on List 99, POVA or PoCA?* If you have answered ‘yes’ to questions 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 please give details: 6. The post you are applying for is exempt from the ‘Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974’. You will be required at interview stage to declare any unspent convictions, spent convictions, pending charges/current Police investigations, bind overs, warnings/cautions or reprimands. Do you understand the above and agree to declare this information?*

SECTION J. Declaration

I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information given on this application form and supplied with it, is correct. I understand that any subsequent contract of employment with the Trust will be made only on this basis, and that, if I falsify or deliberately omit any relevant information I could be dismissed. If you lobby Directors, Governors or employees of the Trust, either directly or indirectly, in connection with your application you will be disqualified.

*I agree

Data Protection Notice

Throughout this form we have asked for some personal information about you. We will only use this data in line with data protection legislation and process your data for one or more of the following reasons permitted in law:

• You have given us your consent
• We must process it to comply with our legal obligations
• We need to process it for our legitimate interests

For further details relating to what personal information we hold relating to staff, why we require it and how we process it, see the staff privacy notice (www.bestacademies.org.uk/join-us-1). If you would like details of our retention of information policy, please see our GDPR policy (www.bestacademies.org.uk/legal).

This section of your application is now complete. You may review your answers by using the PREVIOUS button or click SUBMIT to move onto the Monitoring Information section.