Staff Vacancies
The Thomas Hardye School is a 13-18 mixed comprehensive school with 2300 on roll including 800 in the Sixth Form. It is a part of the Wessex Multi Academy Trust. We can offer excellent working conditions, a supportive environment and plenty of opportunity for further development at one of the most successful comprehensive schools in the country. The superb facilities include an on-site nursery and a new sports complex with subsidised membership for staff.
Wessex Multi-Academy Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This will be part of a safeguarding check, the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of the advert and this will be paid in 12 equal instalments. In the first year of service this salary may need to be adjusted to ensure you are paid accurately to reflect your holiday entitlement. A similar adjustment may be made at the point your employments ends to ensure that you are paid accurately for the number of days worked in any academic year.

Current Vacancies
Teacher of Business
Contracted Hours: | Full or Part Time Considered |
Starting Salary: | MPS |
Applications Close: | Friday 31st March 2023 |
Within the Social Sciences Faculty, we require an outstanding and inspirational teacher of business for September 2023. You will be responsible for planning and delivering high quality lessons and achieving excellent results for your students, instilling in them a love for the subject and a desire to learn. The post will include teaching at both KS4 and sixth form level. There could also be the opportunity to teach economics for a suitably qualified candidate.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with a good sense of humour and the drive and energy to thrive in this outstanding school. This post would suit either an NQT or a more experienced colleague.
We can offer excellent working conditions, a supportive environment and plenty of opportunity for further development at one of the most successful comprehensive schools in the country. Students at the Thomas Hardye School typically want to be successful so their attitude towards learning is excellent. The superb facilities include an on-site nursery, a sports complex with company membership for staff and the possibility of subsidised accommodation for a suitable candidate.
Please send a letter of application together with a completed application form to Mrs Anita Pullen (Headteacher’s PA) by the deadline.
Teaching Assistant
Contracted Hours: | 30.58 hours per week, term time only plus two inset days |
Starting Salary: | Grade 5, point 5, £11.18 per hour - £21,575 per annum with possible increments to £21,968 (pro rata: £15,102 - £15,377) |
Applications Close: | Monday 17th April 2023 |
We require a Teaching Assistant to join an outstanding team at the Thomas Hardye School to work with students aged 13-18 with additional learning needs. We are an inclusive school and currently have two resourced provisions, one for supporting young people with complex communication needs (autism) and the other for supporting young people with physical difficulties. The team are constantly working creatively and supportively to enable these young people to fulfil their potential. Our TAs do an amazing job, and are key to the success of our school.
The right applicant will be:
- Enthusiastic, confident and able to build strong relationships with staff and students
- Calm in challenging situations
- Adaptable, flexible, proactive and relentlessly optimistic
- Willing to join a close-knit team and good at building relationships with young people and other adults
- Able to assist students with problem solving in and out of the classroom
- Able to model good social skills to our young people and be committed to the needs of all young people
- Qualified to at least level 2 (great C or above at GCSE) in English and Maths
We Offer:
- A chance to work with and learn from supportive colleagues
- The opportunity to help some amazing young people grow in confidence and ability, in order to progress academically and develop life skills
- Training opportunities and excellent working conditions
Please send a letter of application together with a completed application form to Mrs Anita Pullen (Headteacher’s PA) by the deadline.