Why work at Welling?

Choosing where to work is one of the most important decisions you can make, and Welling School stands out as an exceptional place to build a rewarding career. At Welling School, we are dedicated to fostering a supportive, innovative, and inspiring environment where staff can thrive both professionally and personally. Our commitment to excellence in education is matched by our passion for nurturing a strong community, encouraging continuous growth, and empowering every member of our team to make a meaningful impact.

If you’re looking to join a forward-thinking school that values collaboration, creativity, and development, Welling School offers the perfect opportunity to grow and contribute to shaping the future of young minds.

Benefits
  • We have a dedicated Behaviour and Engagement team who fully support a centralised behaviour policy. 
  • We are committed to an outstanding, bespoke, developmental CPD for every role at every stage 
  • We prioritise wellbeing by reducing teaching hours on our CPD and meeting days
  • Our leadership team, including our headteacher, all teach
  • We are supported by a large Trust and have the freedom to ensure we incorporate initiatives our way 
  • Our whole class feedback policy has ready-to-go, bespoke marking codes in every department, saving hours of time
  • We have a bespoke coaching programme available to every member of staff 
  • We have a two week October half term
  • Praise is plentiful with staff being ‘shouted out’ each Monday morning - the best way to start every week
  • There are child care facilities next door with a secure car park shared with the school. 
  • Google based school with full use of the Google suite of applications
  • A large bank of bookable Chromebooks for introducing technology into your lessons
  • A bespoke PD programme that is unique to other secondary schools with it's pledges system and range of residential and international visits. 
  • A house system that ties to Weling's history which all students and staff are full engaged in and part of
  • A range of digital tools to help support your work life balance such as Seneca Learning, AI Marking through OLEX.Ai
  • A dedicated performance management system that is user friendly and removes the endless amounts of paperbased evidence
Welling and Wellbeing Suite

Welling School are also pleased to announce their success in a recent funding application to Sport England. The funding has enabled the school to implement a new Wellness and Wellbeing Suite, which will be used by the staff and students at Welling School.

The wellbeing suite consists of :

  • 1 x Treadmill
  • 2 x Cross Trainers
  • 4 x Upright Cycles with 7" Tactile Key Console
  • 4 x Club Line Indoor Rowing Machines
  • 1 x Club Line Multi Pulley 1 x 100kg Weight Stack Tower
  • A selection of training bumper plates 5kg - 20kg
  • A selection of dumbbells and Kettlebells 4kg - 32kg
  • 4 x Club Line adjustable incline benches
  • 1 x Counterbalance Smith machine

The school recognises the importance of health and fitness and how this can improve better mental health, academic performance, increased energy levels and improve social skills, it can also help to reduce the risk of chronic disease.

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TKAT Benefits
  • DAS Employment Assistance Programme
  • Free Specsavers Eye Tests
  • TKAT WiderWallet Discount Programme
  • Learning and Development through Trust INSET days
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Wellbeing