Primary General Teaching Talent Pool

Are you searching for a new teaching role?

Do you have UK QTS or are you on a ITT route to achieve this? 

• Start date: January 2025/ April 2025 / September 2025
• Full-time, permanent and FTC posts across multiple schools
• Outer London starting salary Teachers' Main Pay Scale
• Diverse, multi-cultural borough with good transport links
• Results well above local and national averages - 98% of Hounslow schools are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.

The Teacher Recruitment team, part of the Schools' HR function for the London Borough of Hounslow, manages recruitment of teaching staff into schools across our large, diverse borough. 

Our Primary Teaching Pool for the next academic year will open for application to posts in Hounslow Primary Schools in September.  Our Pool is for all Primary qualified staff or ECTs, requiring a teaching role in Hounslow schools.

Hounslow is a great place to learn and to teach with results above the local and national averages. Teachers appointed to our borough stay longer with us than an average across the UK.

With our Teaching Pool, express your interest in teaching in schools in the London Borough of Hounslow.

• Save time with just 1 application to Hounslow Primary Schools.
• Choose your Key Stage (EYFS - KS1 - KS2)
• Choose your location (Chiswick - Brentford - Isleworth - Hounslow - Cranford - Heston - Bedfont - Hanworth - Feltham)
• Applicants who pass through initial shortlisting will have their details shared directly with Hounslow schools who have vacancies. Schools will invite applicants to interview. 

OPEN TO:

• Those on current ITT routes who will have acquired UK QTS by Summer 2025
• Existing ECTs in their first or second year of the ECF Induction 
• Experienced class teachers
• Middle leaders - Head of KS, Year or TLR
• Specialist teachers
• SENCo 
• Overseas Trained Teachers awarded UK QTS or with relevant UK classroom experience 

"Everyone has been supportive since the day of my interview, so I feel really lucky to be working here and I’m glad to have relocated to London for this position. "

- current Hounslow Teacher

As the LA Employer, we support our schools with recruitment and retention of staff, including workload and well-being, as part of the wider School Effectiveness remit.

Once you have submitted your application, your application will be considered against the shortlisting criteria. Successfully shortlisted applicants will have their details released to schools. Headteachers will invite applicants to interview in school.

You will be supported through the process by our dedicated Recruitment team with advice and information to help you find the right post for you.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a rolling recruitment campaign open for applications from September 2024 - July 2025 for applications during the next academic year.

We encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible due to the timeframe and nature of teaching recruitment in schools. Peak recruitment times are typically from January - May.