Vacancies
Cotham Gardens Primary School is a wonderful place to work.
We are proud to serve our diverse, vibrant community and celebrating this diversity is central to the school’s vision. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Many of our staff are very long serving, and we pride ourselves on being a happy workforce where everyone is supported.
We are able to offer:
- A team of hard working and supportive colleagues
- Interested and involved parents and trustees
- Opportunities to get involved in whole school and wider community events
- Cycle to work scheme
- A commitment to your professional development
- A commitment to staff wellbeing, including a staff Employee Assistance Programme available to all staff
If you are interested in joining our staffing team please keep an eye out on our eteach recruitment page. This is where we advertise all of our vacancies..
Privacy Notice for Job Applicants
Who we are
Cotham Gardens Primary School is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal information about you during and after your relationship with us, in accordance with data protection law including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
What information do we collect?
We will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about you:
- Personal details (name, current and former names, address, national insurance number, date of birth)
- Contact details (telephone number, email address)
- Details of your present (or last) employment and reason for leaving
- Full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment
- Qualifications, the awarding body and date of award
- Details of referees/references
- Information about your right to work in the UK
- Information regarding your criminal record (where applicable)
- Equal opportunities monitoring information (this is optional and kept separately from your application)
How we collect your information
We collect personal information about you through:
- The application form you submit
- References from current and previous employers
- DBS checks (where applicable)
- Online searches as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates
- During the interview process
Why we use your information
We process personal information fairly and lawfully and keep the information we hold safe and secure, as required by the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR.
We will use your personal information to:
- Assess your skills, qualifications, and suitability for the role
- Carry out background and reference checks (where applicable)
- Communicate with you about the recruitment process
- Comply with legal or regulatory requirements, including safeguarding checks as we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
- Keep records related to our recruitment processes
- Comply with our obligations under employment law and safeguarding legislation
Our legal basis for using your information
We process your personal information under the following legal bases:
- Consent: You have given us permission to process your data for the recruitment process
- Legal obligation: We must process certain information to comply with our legal obligations, particularly around safeguarding and safer recruitment
- Legitimate interests: We have a legitimate interest in processing your information to assess your suitability for employment
Safeguarding checks
Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For roles working with children, we will:
- Request an enhanced DBS check
- Check the Children's Barred List
- Verify your identity and right to work in the UK
- Request references and verify employment history
- Check your qualifications
Who we share your information with
We may share your personal information with:
- The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for criminal record checks
- Referees (with your consent)
- The Teaching Regulation Agency (for teaching roles)
How long we keep your information
If your application is unsuccessful, we will retain your personal information for 6 months after the recruitment process has concluded. This allows us to respond to any queries or legal claims.
If your application is successful, your information will become part of your personnel file and will be retained in accordance with our staff data retention policy.
Your rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Access: You can request a copy of the information we hold about you
- Correction: You can ask us to correct inaccurate information
- Erasure: You can ask us to delete your information in certain circumstances
- Restriction: You can ask us to restrict how we use your information
- Objection: You can object to our processing of your information
- Portability: You can request your information in a portable format
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer.
Contact information
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how we handle your personal information, please contact office@cothamgardens.co.uk
Right to complain
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). However, we would appreciate the chance to address your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.