Recruitment guidelines and forms
Application forms for teachers and support staff posts
Note: Once you have added the details of the vacancy at the top of page 1 of the application forms, schools should ‘restrict editing’ of the application form, before sending it to candidates or uploading it to their website or advert.
- Teacher's application form (including leadership) (doc)
- Guide to teacher's application form
- Support staff application form (doc)
Guidance for recruiting to senior teaching posts
This document is designed to assist headteachers, governors and those staff in the local authority who are involved with headteacher, deputy headteacher and assistant headteacher appointments. It includes guidelines and examples of checklists, evaluation, interview letters, reference requests, proforma, generic job description, person specifications, interview programmes and analysis forms.
Guidance for recruiting other school staff
Recruitment of overseas teachers from January 2021
Recruiting teachers from overseas: guidance for schools (GOV.UK)
Teaching in England: guidance for overseas teachers
Recruiting trainee teachers from overseas: guidance for accredited ITT providers
Training to teach in England: guidance for overseas graduates
Schools policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf)
Recruitment and selection guidance for schools May 2013 (word)
Appointment checklist
As part of the recruitment process, schools HR request that schools complete an appointment checklist.
Apprentice agreement appointment checklist
Support staff appointment checklist
Teaching staff appointment checklist
Leadership teaching staff appointment checklist
Volunteers
Advice on recruiting volunteers and safeguarding (word)
Generic job description and person specification for volunteers (word)
Application form for volunteers June 2021(word)
Medical questionnaire
The pre-employment screening page offers guidance on filling out the pre-employment medical questionnaire, which needs to be completed by all prospective employees.
Job evaluation
When you recruit support staff, job descriptions should go through the job evaluation process prior to advertising, unless you use a generic job description and even then you should notify schools HR.
HRSSC - new vacancy advertising form
The Ealing Council and TES advertising form (word) requires completion for vacancies being advertised with TES and the Council website. If you have any questions please contact hrsscops@ealing.gov.uk
