Your questions answered
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Thank you for your interest in a career at Wellington College. We’re sure you will have plenty of queries concerning the application process before considering a vacancy at Wellington, so with this in mind you’ll find a number of our most frequently asked questions on this page.
Should you have any further queries you don’t see answered here, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
FAQs
The application process
Under the latest Keeping Children Safe In Education 2021 statutory guidelines for schools and Colleges, and as a regulated environment, we are required to take up references on all short listed candidates prior to interview, and explore any issues as part of the interviewing process. For teaching and teaching support staff, this is a mandatory requirement.
For College staff, whilst again it is a mandatory requirement, if a short listed candidate is concerned about their current employer finding out about their intention to leave sooner than they would like, we suggest you ring the Wellington College HR team on 01344 753292 to discuss and agree a plan. Please note that no offer of employment will be made until all references have been completed and considered satisfactory.
You need to complete the application form for the vacancy that you want to apply for.
Please ensure you include a full history of employment post-secondary (or equivalent) education, all periods not in education or employment need to be accounted for, for child safeguarding purposes, we will not be able to accept incomplete applications.
A tour of the school will be given if you make it through to interview. However, there is a visual walk through tour here.
The salary is always dependent on your experience and the nature of the position.
The only way to apply for a role is completing an online application form.
We do not accept agency applications. The only way to apply for a role would be by filling out an application form.
A job description is attached to each vacancy, any additional questions can be answered at interview if you are successfully shortlisted.
Yes, you can apply for any role where you have the required skills/experience.