Join Our Team

Here at Concordia Multi Academy Trust we are focussed on both retaining and acquiring the best talent to support in the delivery of Education to our pupils.

Current Roles

Central Team

Please visit our Linkedin Page to see current roles within the central team - Concordia Linkedin

Academies

We are really excited that you are considering joining one of our Academies, currently any positions within our Academies are advertised on the local authority jobs sites, click the below links:

Cheshire West and Chester

Wirral

Cheshire East

We also advertise some roles on Gov.uk which can be found here: https://teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/

Why join Concordia?

Find out more below about progression, wellness, culture and benefits, and more, at Concordia. We think it's a pretty great place to work, and we're proud to share some insight as to why.

Introduction from Chief Executive Officer

Thank you for your interest in Concordia Multi Academy Trust and welcome to our page dedicated to potential future employees.

We have tried to cover as much as possible to help you make a decision when looking for a new role, however, if you have any further questions please contact the person who posted the role.

As Chief Executive Officer of the Trust I am extremely proud of our Trust both in its journey so far and in our aspirations for the future as we improve the education of our pupils and wellbeing of our staff.

I hope you choose Concordia in your next career step and wish you the best of luck.

Vision and Values

The Vision of Concordia Multi Academy Trust is to create system leaders within our family of schools who collaborate, support and challenge one another to ensure that all children are happy, confident learners who achieve the very best they can.

Our ambition for our pupils in all academies are to:

  • Be happy, successful learners who enjoy coming to school
  • Ensure that all children regardless of their social background or starting points achieve the expected age related standard or above or make at least good progress from their starting point
  • All pupils in the early years achieve a good level of development by the time they move from the early years into key stage 1
  • All pupils are provided with a curriculum that meets their needs and provides opportunities for them to succeed in the next stage of life
  • Within our communities, families choose to apply for their children to attend our academy schools because they know that they will be provided with the best educational opportunities in a good or outstanding school
  • Our ambition will be achieved through the following aims:
  • Emotionally Health Schools
  • To have a shared vision, culture and ethos
  • To provide inspirational education
  • Outstanding governance
  • Robust compliance and accountability
  • To be an employer of choice
  • Financial excellence

Life as Concordians

“Concordian”, let’s firstly give both credit and a wacky award to our COO for the introduction of this phrase - what started out as a bit of fun has actually started to fit in to our vocabulary as we want that Trust wide feeling.

Culture is such an important part of the decision making process as you want somewhere you can fit in and to develop your career. We are on our journey of creating a thriving culture across the Trust and all Concordians play a huge part in what it looks like.

We could write lots of words here, however, you’ll see we have introductions and hellos from our staff below and if you progress through the interview process you will be welcomed to our office or school to see the culture in real life.

What our Staff say

See below some quotes from our staff:

Town Lane ECT: “During my NQT year I felt very supported by my NQT mentor who provided great next steps for teaching. I was able to attend many NQT CPD courses with other newly qualified teachers in the area and this provided valuable insight for many different areas of teaching and learning. I felt extremely well supported by the Year 2 team in planning and delivering lessons to ensure consistent high expectations across the year group. This included valuable team teach opportunities with other members of staff to support my own development.”

Town Lane Teaching Assistant: Since starting my role as teaching assistant a few months ago, I feel so lucky to have found the most friendly and welcoming team here at Town Lane.

Everyone is so supportive and we work together to make our school a caring, safe and happy place to be.  We all share the same vision and are dedicated to creating a family like environment.  People care about me as a person and about my professional development too.

I love seeing our children learn and grow and them challenging themselves.  It's also great to be able to share ideas with my colleagues and feel appreciated, valued and listened to.  Our Head Teacher, Deputy Head and Assistant Management Team, are always thinking of new ways to encourage us all.  Ensuring we meet regularly for wellbeing meetings and providing us with lots of information about upcoming training for us to easily action our next steps and ideas for continuing our professional development.

I am very happy being part of such a lovely team here at school. “

Parklands Teaching Assistant: “Working at Parklands is like being part of a family. Everyone looks out for each other and all of the staff help and support each other.  It is amazing to see our children thrive in such a calm and purposeful environment; our school is a great place to work.

The experiences that our school provides for our children has such an impact on their life and educational journey and it is great to watch them grow. “

Parklands HLTA: “Everyone is made to feel welcome, there are no outsiders and we really are like one big family. All staff are valued and have an important role to play. We are united in ensuring we provide the best for the children we teach and work together to do so. “

Parklands Teacher: “While I have worked at Parklands, I have been well supported and mentored by the leadership team and other experienced colleagues. I really have joined one big team.  

I have been able to develop as a subject leader and feel valued as a member of staff.  Working at Parklands has been great for my own professional development and the links with other schools within the MAT have been really useful to share ideas and work together with colleagues.“

Highfields Teachers:

“There was an excellent level of support during my NQT and RQT years. During this time, I was able to access lots of relevant courses to improve my teaching. As well as this, there were opportunities to visit different year groups to learn from other teachers.”

“I feel well supported in school, senior leaders listen, they care about our well-being and work life balance.”

Highfields Teaching Assistants:

“There are great opportunities to develop my professional skills in school.”

“Highfields is lovely place to work, there is a positive team spirit and everybody cares.”

Professional Development

Here are some examples of our approach to professional development across our Trust:

  • Clear vision for succession planning across the schools and Trust. This includes qualifications such as NPQSM, NPQSL, NPQH and HLTA.
  • Mentoring and coaching for new staff joining the Trust including team teaching and support with planning.
  • Mentoring and support for Early Career Teachers including support with planning, report writing, meeting with parents and SEN.
  • Be part of established networking across the Trust from moderation to subject clusters or idea sharing.
  • Opportunities to move to other schools in the Trust to develop skills.
  • Cross Trust moderation opportunities across early years, key stage 1 and key stage 2.
  • Shared inset day annually across the Trust celebrating successes and sharing best practice.

Diversity Equality and Inclusion

From operating No Outsiders and Jigsaw in the schools to the objectives from our policies, below, we are increasingly focussing on the need to embrace diversity, ensure equality whilst being fully inclusive.

  • We promote the principles of fairness and justice for all through the education we provide in our schools.
  • We ensure that all our children have equal access to the full range of educational opportunities provided by the school/Trust.
  • We constantly strive to remove any forms of indirect discrimination or prohibited conduct that may form barriers to learning.
  • We ensure that all recruitment, employment, promotion and training systems are fair to all, and provide opportunities for everyone to achieve.
  • We challenge stereotyping and prejudice whenever it occurs (e.g. – when talking about gender identities/gender roles).
  • We celebrate the cultural diversity of our wider community and show respect for all minority groups.
  • We are aware that prejudice and stereotyping is caused by low self-image and ignorance. Through positive educational experiences and support for each individual’s point of view, we aim to promote positive social attitudes and respect for all.

Health and Wellness

Happy and healthy staff across the Trust will ensure that the education of our pupils is maintained at high levels and we don’t underestimate the analogy: happy staff (Concordians), happy customers (pupils).

Each school operates it’s own approach to staff wellbeing that is linked to the Department for Educations Wellbeing Charter and collaborated across the Trust including a wellbeing cluster where ideas are shared and proposals debated.

As well as this we also operate health care benefits including Virtual GP, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, stress coaching and physiotherapy to ensure that if anyone needs extra support a high quality service is available to them.

From Mental Health First Aiders through to an open door policy we are there to support the staff across the Trust.

Kick Start your career

If you're passionate about helping children achieve their potential, start your journey with Concordia Multi Academy Trust.

Whether you're a university leaver exploring a career in teaching, seeking your first post as a Newly Qualified Teacher, or considering apprenticeship training opportunities. Our Trust can offer a range of entry-level career paths for those who are looking to make a difference in education.

Newly Qualified

Our NQT programme is designed to build on your training year, to further develop your classroom practice, self-evaluation, professional, and subject and curricula knowledge and also to provide a supportive network of colleagues with whom to share ideas, experiences and best practice.

Apprenticeships

Our apprenticeships offer training and development to help you gain technical and functional knowledge, whilst acquiring on the job practical experience.

As an apprentice you will earn a competitive salary as part of your professional training, which once completed, you will gain a nationally recognised qualification. As you earn while you learn, you will develop a range of new skills with a mentor assigned to support you throughout your training. As an apprentice, you will work as a full-time employee onsite at one of our academies, receiving fully funded apprenticeship training and support.

Return to Teaching

Do you miss making a difference? Return to teaching

We provide a supportive, flexible approach for individuals looking to get back into the classroom. No matter what stage you left off at in your teaching career, we have a diverse range of supported routes back into teaching. We want to ensure you can make your first step back to teaching, a confident one.

You will benefit from a phased approach to help you regain your confidence under the guidance and supervision of outstanding experienced teachers – while our students will benefit from your new-found, real-world experience gained outside the profession.

Recruitment Process

We want you to be yourself throughout the recruitment process as the more relaxed you are the more we will see the best side of you.

One of the biggest mistakes we see during the application process is that all required documents or information are not completed so please check before submitting.

All roles within the Trust follow Safer Recruitment processes so DBS and reference checks will always take place.

The process changes depending on the role you are applying for, we have included the most common below:

Teachers:

  • Following receipt of applications, we will shortlist and invite those successful to an interview
  • During the interview you will be asked to carry out a whole lesson which we will observe, following this you will then meet with our senior team for a short interview
  • We will update all candidates on whether they are successful following the interviews

Teaching Assistants:

  • Following receipt of applications, we will shortlist and invite those successful to an interview
  • During the interview you will be asked to work with a small group of children (such as guided reading) and will then meet with the senior leadership team for an interview lasting approximately 30 minutes
  • We will update all candidates on whether they are successful following the interviews

Office staff, site managers or central team:

  • Following receipt of applications, we will shortlist and invite those successful to an interview
  • During the interview you will meet with senior leaders for a competency based interview that will last between 30 and 60 minutes
  • We will update all candidates on whether they are successful following the interviews

For those successful candidates as well as following Safer Recruitment we will contact you with a contract and to arrange a medical screening with our health partner.

If you would like to contact us about the process please email us at [email protected].