Primary Early Career Teachers

• Working Pattern: Full Time/Part Time/Term Time
• Hours: Full time and part time opportunities.
• Closing Date: 17/05/2026 at 23:59
• Reference: Pri/26/328913

Are you currently training to become a teacher? We have outstanding opportunities for you to start your career in our great schools providing excellent professional development and support in your induction years and beyond.

We are a small, innovative local authority that offers early career teachers exceptional career choices in our maintained schools and academies. We recognise that to invest in you is essential to the young learners you teach.

You will follow a managed induction programme supported by your personal mentor, to encourage you to reach your full potential throughout your career.

Our schools look for individuals who have the ability and imagination to inspire and challenge the children they teach to energise them to achieve their potential.

We recognise that to invest in you is essential to the young learners you teach.

Our well-resourced schools provide the setting for you to flourish and develop, and can offer:

• Training developed in line with changing requirements and feedback from previous ECTs to form structured, professional but fun sessions enabling interaction and the ability to network with other ECTs.
• excellent and ongoing support and training at the start of your teaching career and into subsequent years, including courses for those who aspire to and are recognised in their own school as potential leaders.
• the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from other schools in Bracknell Forest

Unlike with some agency placements, as an employee of a Bracknell Forest maintained school you receive pay in line with Teacher’s National Pay Conditions, this includes:

• Pay throughout school holidays
• Sick pay/maternity pay
• Option for July start for some ECTs
• Employee Assistance Programme including lifestyle savings

Vacancies for Early Career Teachers are advertised from January, so register early to access the widest range of opportunities.

Following a preliminary shortlisting process, you will be invited for an initial interview. This general interview will allow you to expand on your application by demonstrating your strengths and knowledge and enable us to identify suitable posts for you. All initial interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.

Once successful in this first interview, your application will be circulated to all Bracknell Forest primary schools with suitable vacancies.

Individual schools interested in your application and with vacancies to match your skill set and preferences, will then contact you directly and invite you for a school visit and a second interview. You will get to choose which school you work in.

Many of our schools choose to use our Pool Systems to fill autumn term vacancies suitable for ECTs – easier for the schools and easier for you!

Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to Apply - Only applications received on Bracknell Forest application forms will be considered.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people. This position requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check because it involves contact with (or access to data concerning) children.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to providing equality of opportunity to all. Our aim is to treat all employees and prospective employees with integrity, respect and consideration.

We are a Disability Symbol User and as such have made a commitment to guarantee an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria of the person specification. We will make reasonable adjustments to help a person with a disability through the application & selection process and, if successful, to assist you in carrying out the duties of your job.

As a condition of the Offer…