The Thomas Hardye School values the diversity of our workforce and
welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
The Thomas Hardye School is committed to safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which
we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be
required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the
Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will
need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order
1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and
activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do
not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers
cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about
which convictions must be declared during job applications and related
exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the
DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
The Thomas Hardye School will conduct online searches of
shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and
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 on the appointment panel will conduct the
searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and
of concern.