Teacher Recruitment

Welcome

Suffolk is a good place to live and work. Compared to most other counties, Suffolk is safer and healthier, and our community satisfaction rate is one of the highest in the country.

As part of an integrated Children and Young People’s Plan we are working to develop a world-class education system for the 21st Century.

We strongly value high calibre teachers and will provide opportunities for professional development at every stage throughout your teaching career.

By choosing Suffolk as the right place for you to teach, your professional skills and enthusiasm will be welcomed by us.

When you join us, to work with the children and young people of Suffolk, you will share in our vision:

To enable all children and young people in Suffolk to aspire to, and achieve their full potential, giving them the basis for a successful life as active members of their community.

Your career in Suffolk

If you relish a challenge and enjoy working with a team of supportive colleagues, then you can do no better than to launch or continue to develop your teaching career in Suffolk.

Join us and you will belong to an authority that has: 

  • excellent working relationships with schools;
  • one of the best induction programmes in the country;
  • a commitment to continuing professional development.

We can also offer a wide choice of living environments from small, picturesque villages, to large towns with excellent shopping, leisure and water sports facilities. If you prefer, you can live by our award winning coastline.

‘Taster’ course for aspiring secondary school teachers, for members of the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) community – March 2012

Suffolk’s Teacher Recruitment Service (TRS) will be running a three day ‘taster’ course for members of the BME community who are considering a career as a teacher in a secondary school.

This course is supported by St Alban’s Catholic High School in Ipswich, where the course will be based, and the Suffolk and Norfolk Initial Teacher Training (SNITT) team.

The course will have two ‘taught’ days (26th and 28th March 2012, at St Alban’s), with 27th March being spent in a Suffolk High or Upper School.

Course participants should be graduates (or be an undergraduate who is due to complete their degree within a year) and have GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) at grade C or above.

You can download more details and an application form from here:
1. Course information (pdf, 38KB)
2. Application form (Word, 101KB)
3. Self-evaluation and needs analysis (Word, 46KB)

If you would like the information posted to you, or if you have any questions about the course, then contact the Teacher Recruitment Service at teachsuffolk@suffolk.gov.uk or telephone 01473 583517.


Find out more about teaching in Suffolk

Additional information about  education and learning and schools is available here.