Clarity Independent School
"Refreshed learning that changes lives."
Championing our staff!
At Clarity, we value our staff highly. We appreciate that they are our PRIZE ASSET and proven to be the most successful route to impacting changes for the good of children and young people, through positive, fun, strong relationships between them and all students across the school. We therefore have a range of benefits we offer staff, to ensure that Clarity Independent School is the best place to work!
We offer our staff:
-Annual pay increases
-Health Benefits Scheme for private health appointments and treatments
-Shorter term times (37 weeks) through 10 staff wellbeing days at beginning / ends of terms for your own use
-13 INSET days each year for whole-school CPD
-From September ’25 - weekly CPD time and budget for your own
tailor-made CPD programme
"...I feel so valued at work. I feel that my opinions and ideas matter and make a difference..."
-24/7 Wellbeing support from the Employee Assistance Programme (including 6 free face to face counselling sessions)
-Protected 1/2 hour lunch break every day in our quiet, staff retreat area (no duties)
-Refreshments provided throughout every day
-Supportive, empathic, professional team
-Designated Senior Mental Health Lead for Staff
-Therapeutic approach to pupil behaviour and provision
-Maximising professional nurturing of children using up-to-date Psychological research-based strategies
-Whole year workflow across the school is planned out to avoid stress 'pinch-points'
-Schemes of work provided
-Generous budgets for resources for subject delivery, plus generous ICT budget
"...I like that you get to work with different staff and different children. I like that we are here to nurture the children and are able to support their needs. I like how the whole team is friendly and warm and I feel comfortable with everyone. I feel that we are all working together and I especially think daily briefing is a great way for us all to communicate. Coming from a mainstream school, this setting and the values and ora is exactly what mainstream schools need..."
-Complimentary staff 'thank you' events to show our appreciation throughout the year
We are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted!