Vacancies and Volunteering

Would you like to join our team?

All current vacancies are listed on The Good Shepherd Trust website, which can be found here.

Would you like to volunteer?

To let us know that you are interested in volunteering to support learning in our school, please contact the school office on 01306 881136.

Every regular volunteer will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, to ensure proper safeguarding of our children and an induction session, including safeguarding training, will be held to support everyone to make their role a success.

DBS Filtering Rule

All employees and volunteers in regulated activity, will require an enhanced DBS check. This is completed by the school, prior to appointment. From 28 November 2020, the filtering rules for Standard and Enhanced DBS checks changed. These changes are the result of a Supreme Court Judgment which identified that some elements of the existing filtering rules were disproportionate. Legislation has been changed, and from 28 November 2020, DBS certificates will disclose criminal records according to this new legislation.

This means that the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) will no longer disclose youth reprimands, youth warnings, or youth cautions. They will also no longer automatically disclose all convictions where an individual has more than one conviction – instead, each individual conviction will be assessed against the appropriate rules.

Further information can be found here. 

This flowchart helps to explain what candidates should disclose:

DBS Filtering Rules Flowchart

Candidates and employees can obtain independent advice on this matter from organisations such as Unlock and NACRO.

Policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders

Join our Talent Pool

Please visit our careers page at MyNewTerm to join our talent pool and we will review your application.

There are additional opportunities available across The Good Shepherd Trust.

St John’s Church of England Primary School where the rewards of teaching are numerable.

As a Church school we hold our Christian Values at the heart of everything we do and our school culture of 'Trust, Love, Cooperation, Courage, Resilience, Respect' begins with the needs of the child and reaches out to the family and to the future.

We want St John’s Church of England Primary School to continue to be a place where we all inspire a love of learning and respect for all, and staff are encouraged to reach their full potential.