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Welcome to Blackdown Education Partnership
Welcome to Blackdown Education Partnership
Thank you for your interest in finding out more about us. We are establishing ourselves as a dynamic, collaborative and values driven Multi-Academy Trust in the beautiful South West. We have a very simple mission which is founded in a belief in the potential of every child.
This is expressed in three clear values:
- Equity
- Opportunity
- Community
We believe that education is transformative: it changes lives; and that schools are uniquely placed to engineer social change through powerfully addressing disadvantage in all its forms. The trust that is placed in us to nurture and support our pupils into flourishing and confident young people is one which we are committed to justifying.
We serve a diverse range of communities in Devon and Somerset and are dedicated to working in partnership with everyone invested in these communities to enrich our children’s lives and empower them to carve out positive futures for themselves.
This is expressed through an absolute commitment to our local areas and an ambition to serve all the children and families within them.
We believe that working together enables each of us to travel further than we could go alone. However, we are also very respectful of the unique place each school has at the heart of its community. Our schools each have their own vibrant and individual character. Our role is to add value, not to produce identikit institutions.
There is no greater privilege than working with children and the vital role that we play in helping them to dream and believe in the beauty of their dreams is one to which we are totally committed.
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CURRENT OPENINGS
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Job Title
Assistant Headteacher - Belonging
Location
Wellington, Somerset
Posted
9th September 2026
School
Court Fields School
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Salary
L10-L14
Hours
Full Time
Description
ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER - BELONGING Full time, 195 days per year Leadership scale L10 – L14 To start 1st January 2027 We are seeking an exceptional and values-driven leader to join ...
Job Title
School Cleaner
Location
Wellington, Somerset
Posted
9th September 2026
School
Court Fields School
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Salary
NJC Point 3 - £12.85 per hour (pay award pending)
Hours
Part Time
Description
CLEANER 12.5 hours per week Monday to Friday Term time plus inset days and 5 weeks holiday hours NJC Point 3 (£24,796 FTE) £12.85 per hour Join Our School Community Are you ...
Job Title
Learning Support Assistant
Location
Tiverton, Devon
Posted
8th September 2026
School
Tiverton High School
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Salary
NJC Grade C
Hours
Full Time, Term Time
Description
Tiverton High School is seeking a caring, enthusiastic and committed Learning Support Assistant to join our dedicated SEND team. This is a rewarding opportunity to work with stude ...
Job Title
Nursery Manager
Location
Wellington, Somerset
Posted
1st September 2026
School
Wellesley Park Primary School
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Salary
Grade 11
Hours
Full Time
Description
Nursery Manager Full Time To start as soon as mutually agreed Wellesley Park Primary School in Wellington, is home to 270 children, including Wellesley Park E ...
Job Title
Classroom/SEND 1:1 Teaching Assistant
Location
Taunton, Somerset
Posted
24th August 2026
School
Orchard Grove Primary School
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Salary
£25,185 pro rata. Actual pay £17,307. £13.05 ph
Hours
Part Time, Term Time
Description
Orchard Grove Primary School is part of the Blackdown Education Partnership, we believe that our schools should sit at the heart of our communities; that there are no limits to wh ...
Job Title
Assistant Caretaker
Location
Wellington, Somerset
Posted
19th August 2026
School
Court Fields School
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Salary
NJC Point 4
Hours
Part Time
Description
ASSISTANT CARETAKER Part time, permanent, all year round 25 hours per week NJC Point 4 (£25,185 FTE – pay award pending) Actual salary - £17,017 plus shift allowance 25 days holid ...
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What Our People Say
Polly Matthews
Court Fields School
Jon Scott
Holyrood Academy
Susie Fernandez Gomez
Holyrood Academy
Employee Benefits
In return and in recognition of the valuable contribution all our employees make to the work of the Trust, we offer:
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Free car parking.
- Free tea and coffee.
- Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
- Enhanced pay for parents who take time off due to maternity, adoption or paternity leave.
- On site catering facilities, all of which provide healthy and nutritious meals at a low cost.
- Trust wide charity events designed to encourage our people to participate in meaningful activities.
- Cycle to work scheme which enables employees to purchase a bike and accessories for their commute to work.
- Gym membership. Many of our schools have on-site gyms, the use of which is available to employees at a discounted rate.
- The option of joining one of two defined pension schemes, depending on your role, this will either be the Teachers Pension or the Local Government Pension.
- Access to a range of wellbeing provisions, including counselling, cognitive behaviour therapy, physical fitness support and specific health related interventions.
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Our Schools
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Axe Valley Academy
Axminister, Devon
The Castle School
Taunton, Somerset
Court Fields School
Wellington, Somerset
Holyrood Academy
Chard, Somerset
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Primary School
Wellington, Somerset
Neroche Primary School
Ilminster, Somerset
Orchard Grove Primary School
Taunton, Somerset
Tiverton High School
Tiverton, Devon
Uffculme Primary School
Uffculme, Devon
Uffculme School
Uffculme, Devon
Wellesley Park Primary School
Wellington, Somerset
Bishops Hull Primary School
Taunton, Somerset
Cullompton Community College
Cullompton, Devon
Our Mission
Blackdown Education Partnership (the Trust) is a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) whose mission is to enable effective collaboration and partnerships that will support outstanding educational experiences for the pupils attending each of the Trust’s schools and academies.
Our mission is underpinned by our core beliefs and values that:
- To nurture and develop the ambition, talents and interests of every child
- To break down the barriers that inhibit the opportunities and achievements of disadvantaged pupils so that they can go on to lead lives of choice and opportunity
- To create a family of schools that are deeply and purposefully connected to their communities
The Trust is creating and supporting a network of exceptional schools in which:
- each school within the Trust sits at the heart of its community
- aspirations and expectations are high, and achievable, for everyone
- every pupil makes excellent progress and is enabled to achieve ambitious personal targets
- trust and mutual respect are at the core of all the relationships across the Trust
- enrichment is valued, planned for and resourced
- diversity is welcomed and celebrated
- pupil and parental engagement is high
- collaboration and partnerships across the Trust mean that all our staff may apply and develop their skills and experience, and
- teachers enjoy teaching and pupils enjoy learning.