Why work with us?
Competitive pay and benefits for all staff
Occupational pension scheme
Continued Professional Development
Staff at Clapton Girls’ Academy are offered a range of professional learning opportunities to support and develop their practice. Staff can apply to attend internal and external Inset courses and nationally recognised programmes such as NPQML and NPQSL are offered to relevant staff to support the progression into leadership roles. Some financial support is also available for staff studying for a Masters. We are part of the Hackney Teaching Schools Alliance (HTSA).
Employee assistance programme
Our Employee Assistance Programme offers free and confidential advice with access to structured counselling of up to six sessions There are also a range of other services available via our partnership with Smart Clinic including: cognitive behavioural therapy, stress coaching, physiotherapy, eye care and anxiety management.
GP Services
Through our partnership with Smart Clinic, we also offer 24/7 telephone access to GP services. You can speak to a GP at any time and if appropriate treatment requires medication, the GP can offer you a private prescription.
Other benefits include:
Excellent central London location, close to transport hubs
On site car parking
Outstanding facilities and great environment
Dedicated office space for all staff
Planning rooms for all faculties
Flexible working
Two week October half term
Family friendly policies
Priority admissions for children of staff from September 2026
End of term staff celebration events
Free Tea and Coffee
Free use of the academy gym
Cycle to work scheme
A discount on Better Health and Fitness UK Gym Membership
A range of discounts via Blue light card and discount for teachers' membership
with our Smartclinic wellbeing membership, our staff have access to the following services
HALO HAIR CODE
Introducing The Halo Code We are excited to announce that Clapton Girls’ Academy has adopted The Halo Code, the UK's first Black hair code. No Black employee should have to change their natural or protective hairstyle in order to thrive at work. We hope that the Halo Code will move us one step closer to a world free from discrimination, where all Black members of our community have their identities fully recognised and celebrated.
Bringing down barriers to success
We are proud of our stance as an anti-racist school and recognise the importance of having a staff body and Leadership Team that reflect Hackney’s rich and diverse community.
If you have the experience and passion to be an inspirational role model for the next generation of female leaders, then we want to see how we can support you in that pursuit.
We particularly welcome applications from people from groups who are under- represented amongst senior teaching staff. We want the best staff, and we know that means a diverse staff.
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A key priority at Clapton Girls' Academy is teamwork. We pride ourselves on listening to staff and working together to move the academy forward for the benefit of all our staff members and students. Here are some recent examples of this:
“Fewer meetings”
We reviewed the amount of meeting time and reduced down from five whole staff briefings per week to two.
“More faculty time together”
We devolved some of the training time to faculties and enabled them to set their own meeting schedules so they have full ownership.
“More focus on staff wellbeing”
We introduced a wellbeing programme to encourage staff to socialise, make time for fun and keep fit.
“Fewer lesson observations”
We reduced the number of lesson observations for teachers and stopped using the Ofsted grading system.
“Better work life balance”
We introduced an email policy which set out expectations for staff not to use emails at weekends and after 7pm. We reviewed our action planning and streamlined our approach to it. We also consult all staff on our term dates each year and respond accordingly.
