The Literacy Pirates Application Form

Welcome and thank you for applying to work at Literacy Pirates.

Shortlisting Questions

We shortlist applications based on the answers to these five questions.
Your personal details from pages 2 to 4 will be removed from your application before we begin shortlisting to make sure that we combat our own biases.
After shortlisting we use your work history to help us prepare for your interview.

Question One:

Why are you interested in applying for this role with The Literacy Pirates; why leading our programmes, why us and why now?

(Max 200 words)

Question Two:

Every week over 100 children join us online and in person with volunteers, teaching staff and support staff. Using your experience of managing or being in a team, what do you think is important in managing a busy team to perform well?

(Max 200 words)

Question Three:

We are aiming to grow our virtual delivery term on term in the next two years. What do you think is the power of digital teaching and how can it help us deliver our mission?

(Max 200 words)

Question Four:

Tell us about a development you implemented in your own or others’ teaching and what difference it made.

(Max 200 words)

Question Five:

We work with families with fewer opportunities and socioeconomic challenges. Tell us about your experience in delivering services or learning that are accessible and inclusive.

(Max 200 words)

Declarations

Are you a UK citizen or have a valid visa to work and live in the UK

Yes

No

Do you have any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not "protected" as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Order. If yes, please submit written details. This does not automatically bar you from applying.

Yes

No

Do you qualify to teach in England (hold QTS)?

Yes

No

Are you identified on the DBS barred list of individuals who are unsuitable for working with children? We carry our Enhanced DBS checks before employment.

Yes

No

Personal Information

All information you provide here is removed during our shortlisting process so we can counteract our own biases.

Contact Details

First name

Surname

Email

Mobile number

Postal address

Postcode

Education

Are there qualifications that you would like to tell us about?

Making Adjustments

Do you consider yourself to have a disability that you wish to declare in making this application

Yes

No

If yes, are there adjustments that you would like us to make to ensure you can apply and attend interviews?

Work Experience

Please upload your CV. Include a full work history, which for safeguarding reasons, should have no unexplained gaps.

16-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39
40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60+
Prefer not to say

Female	Male
Transgender female	Transgender male
Gender non conforming	Non binary
Other gender identity	Prefer not to say

Heterosexual or straight	Gay or lesbian
Bisexual	Prefer not to say

African	Arab
Asian background	Bangleshi
Black/African/Caribbean background	Caribbean
Chinese	Gypsy or Irish Traveller
Indian	Irish
Pakistani	Welsh/English/Scottish/Northern Irish/British
White and Asian	White and Black African
White and Black Caribbean	Any other White background
Mixed/Multi ethnic background	Another ethnic group
Prefer not to say

No religion	Christian	Buddhist
Hindu	Jewish	Muslim
Sikh	Any other religion	Prefer not to say