South Lake is a great place to work! We have a friendly, welcoming atmosphere and visitors always comment on how lovely our school is. Our children are a pleasure to work with, and staff turnover is low.

We are committed to reducing staff workload and have a family-friendly absence policy. We have a staff benefits package that includes access to medical services and a trained Mental Health first-aider on the staff team. 

Please see below for any vacancies, and you might be lucky enough to come and be part of our team.

Current vacancies - updated June 2022

Internal Appointment:

The Governors would like to recruit an Assistant Head.

As we do not have a teaching post available, this will be an internal appointment. Senior members of staff with a good level of teaching experience, evidence of whole-school impact and recent senior leadership experience are invited to express an interest. Interviews will be held with members of the resource committee.

Applicants need to provide a short letter as an expression of interest to the Headteacher. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 29^th June.

South Lake is a high achieving, caring school where children are valued as individuals and are keen learners.  We are proud of our positive ethos and have a strong commitment to our children, families and staff.
We are looking for someone with

• A passion for teaching
• A rigorous approach to ensure the best outcomes for all pupils
• A good sense of humour and an understanding of how to achieve a life balance
• The skills to build positive relationships with children, families and colleagues

We can offer:

• A forward - thinking school team with a commitment to managing workload
• Membership of an active and engaging partnership with local schools
• A well-resourced, high quality learning environment
• A caring and inclusive school
• Happy, well-motivated children
• High standards of learning and behaviour
• A friendly local community

Please complete the WBC application form below and email it to Mrs Jacques:  admin@southlake.wokingham.sch.uk

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. Successful candidates will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.