Wednesday 30 May 2012

Applying for your first teaching position

Newly qualified teacher application form

Applications for January 2012 positions will be accepted from 31 October 2011.

Applications for Easter and January 2012 positions will be accepted from 3 January 2012 until 31 March 2012(primary) and 31 May 2012 (secondary).

Those applicants wishing to submit Early Years/Primary applications for Easter and September 2012 positions are advised to do so as early as possible, to stand the best possible chance of securing a Pool interview - historically, those received by the end of February are usually able to secure an interview (subject to application acceptance), and those received by mid-March stand a chance of securing an interview through withdrawal of candidates offered an interview.

Instructions and things to note

Please do not submit a CV with your application, as this cannot be accepted.
Please complete the application form fully, noting any instructions for how to answer questions.

Open the Lambeth NQT Application Form

Your Personal Statement

Please make sure you write your personal statement using the person specification, and its headings, which can be found on the 'Person Spec' tab (light blue) of the application form.
You should put your name into the left header section of your personal statement, in the format

LAST NAME First Name

for example, CORAM Dave
The headings for your personal statement should be written in bold, underlined 12-point Arial font, and the text of your personal statement should be written in plain 11-point Arial font.
Your personal statement should be no more than three A4 sides in length - any text in addition to this will not be considered.

Saving and submitting your application

Please save both your application form and your personal statement using the naming format

LAST NAME First Name

for example, CORAM Dave.
If you are using Microsoft Office 2007 or Open Office on your computer, you will need to save and submit your application form and personal statement in file formats suitable for use in Microsoft Office 2003 applications.
Please do not attach documents to your submission e-mail using SkyDrive - we are unable to retrieve attachments sent in this way.
Please submit your application, for the attention of Dave Coram, to nqt@lambeth.gov.uk

After submitting your application

You should check the junk or bulk mail folders of your email accounts for responses to applications or invitations to interviews.

The filters of some email providers, particularly Yahoo, filter correspondence into these folders.

Publication Date

Monday, October 24, 2011

Publisher

Schools Human Resources

Formats Explained

Documents on the Lambeth website will be in Adobe PDF format or Microsoft Office formats such as Word or Excel. These formats determine what software you will need on you computer in order to be able to read them. This software is free and can be downloaded using the links below.