Apply for a career at GFS

To see all of our latest vacancies please visit our careers site found here.

Any applicant who is interested to visit us in advance of an application or interview please contact the Headteacher's PA Miss Hemmings via [email protected] or on 02083193692

• Why work at Greenwich Free School?

• “To ensure every pupil succeeds, regardless of background or previous attainment, by providing outstanding teaching and pastoral care.”

  As we continue to grow and expand we are looking for the right kind of teachers to join our close-knit community.

  About GFS:

• A small, close-knit school that believes in academic excellence for all, regardless of background or prior achievement.
• A school that places a primacy on the quality and rigour of the taught curriculum and the role of subject disciplines.
• A school with a clear moral purpose and a belief that great teachers make a great school.
• A school that is innovative and outward looking, thriving on the latest research in education.
• A school that highly values evidence-based thinking above Ofsted or league tables.

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  GFS’ ten differentiating features: what makes GFS distinctive?

  1. Ethos. We follow a ‘high expectations; no excuses; no shortcuts’ approach to attitude, work and discipline – for pupils and staff.

  2. Curriculum. Our curriculum is central to school life and drives many of our strategic decisions. We have developed a precisely codified, carefully tested, evidence-based curriculum in all subjects. The curriculum is based on the notion of mastering domain-specific knowledge and ways of thinking. We expect our teachers to love their subject and to enable their pupils to immerse themselves within that subject area; learning to think, talk and write the way an expert does.

  3. Enrichment. Our curriculum also incorporates a second strand: enrichment. We want our pupils to love school. We want them to learn how to focus, persevere, tackle challenges and pick up the many other skills one learns from mastering a challenging hobby. So at GFS, every pupil undertakes two hours of mandatory extra-curricular activity a week – and the whole school has twelve full days of enrichment activity a year where the routine timetable is suspended and pupils learn through more intensive experiences.

  4. Teaching. It is uncontroversial that the quality of teaching is the biggest driver of outcomes. We invest in that thesis by recruiting, developing and managing outstanding teachers. We give each teachers space to plan better lessons and develop your subject expertise.

  5. Staff training. We expect every teacher to want to develop by observing one another teach and undertaking serious curriculum development work. Teachers also receive 60 minutes of more formal, personalised, professional development training each week, with an internal accreditation scheme helping ensure the school invests in developing, embedding and scaling strong practice in a precise, systematic manner. This model seeks to ensure staff are constantly refining their practice.

  6. Evidence-based pedagogy. GFS operates a precisely codified pedagogical model. Staff are actively encouraged and given time to research and propose adaptations to this model, to co-create a constantly improving system based on the latest research into what works – not just on gut-feel.

  7. Assessment. We don’t believe in written comments in books or marking class work in order to fulfil a checklist. The GFS assessment system is domain-specific rather than generic – and forms an integral part of the curriculum.

  8. Pastoral care. As a core part of GFS’ founding vision, we place a high premium on outstanding pastoral care. GFS is structured to feel like a small school, with closer in-school communities.

  9. Collaboration. GFS improves itself and others by working closely with a wide range of partner schools and organisations. Our core premises are to be intellectually curious about what works elsewhere and generous with spreading practice we’ve found to work well.

• Prospective Governors information booklet

GFS maintains a register of people interested in becoming Governors, which the Members and / or Governing Body consider when vacancies arise. To put down your name for this register, please review our information booklet and review the information available about the school on this website before emailing a CV and short letter to the Chair of Governors, Jonathan Simons:

Your letter should set out why you would like to be a Governor and what you think you could bring to the role.

There may also be other ways to contribute to the development of the Greenwich Free School on our advisory body, even if there is not currently a specific Governor vacancy. Please do contact us to indicate if you would be willing to contribute in other ways.

Greenwich Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced CRB disclosure and other employment checks. The school is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.