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PLEASE COMPLETE ALL SECTIONS OF THIS APPLICATION FORM.

A CURRICULUM VITAE AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED ALONGSIDE THIS COMPLETED FORM.

Please note that failure to complete all sections of this form may result in your application being discounted.

The School’s Privacy Notice can be found on our website via the following link:Privacy Notice

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:

Abbot’s Hill School is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all communities.

DISABILITY & ACCESSIBILITY:

Abbot’s Hill School is committed to ensuring that applicants with disabilities or impairments receive equal opportunities and treatment. If you have a disability or impairment, and would like us to make adjustments or arrangements to assist if you’re called for an interview, please state the arrangements you require:

GENERAL MEDICAL FITNESS

In accordance with the guidance published by the DfES, any offer of employment made by the School will be conditional upon the School verifying the successful applicant’s medical fitness for the role. Therefore, if your application is successful, you will be required to complete a medical questionnaire the responses to which will be assessed by the School’s medical advisor before any offer of employment is confirmed. There may be circumstances when it will be necessary for the School’s medical advisor to be given access to your medical records and/or for you to be referred to a specialist clinician.

Please supply the name and contact details of two persons from whom references may be requested. Referee 1 must be your current or most recent employer. Referee 2 must be a person who is able to comment on your aptitude for the post.

We reserve the right to seek any additional references we deem appropriate.

References will be requested for applicants who accept an invitation to interview.

The School is legally obligated to process a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions and bind-overs, as well as pending prosecutions, which aren’t “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

We will use the DBS check to ensure we comply with the Childcare Disqualification Regulations.

Any data processed as part of the DBS check will be processed in accordance with data protection regulations and the School’s privacy statement.

If you have lived or worked overseas for more than three months in the last ten years, the School will require additional information in order to comply with ‘safer recruitment’ requirements. If you answer ‘yes’ to the question below, we may contact you for additional information in due course.

It is the School’s policy to employ the best qualified personnel and to provide equal opportunities for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion or religious belief, disability, age or gender re-assignment.

Abbot’s Hill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application is successful, the School will retain the information provided in this for (together with any attachments) on your personnel file. If your application is unsuccessful, all documentation relating to your application will ordinarily be confidentially destroyed after six months unless you indicate below that you would like the School to retain your details on file so that you can be notified of future vacancies which may be of interest to you.

- I confirm that the information I have provided on this Application Form and attachments is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

- I confirm that I am not on List 99, disqualified from work with children or subject to sanctions imposed by a regulatory body.

- I understand that providing false information is an offence which could result in my application being rejected or (if the false information comes to light after my appointment) summary dismissal and may amount to a criminal offence.

- I consent to the School processing the information given on this form, including any “sensitive” information, as may be necessary during the recruitment and selection process.

- I understand that the School will only use this data in line with data protection legislation and process my data for one or more of the following reasons permitted in law: