Over recent years, the College has gone from strength to strength, earning Ofsted's ‘Outstanding’ rating, proving to be one of the top education providers in the country.

The College has also been featured in the ‘Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For’ list and the top-ranked college nationally.

Furthermore, the College holds the highest possible Investors in People ‘Platinum accreditation, which demonstrates our commitment to continually invest in our staff to achieve their full potential.

Our higher education provision University Centre Weston is graded ‘Gold’ by TEF, putting us amongst the top universities in the UK, and in 2018 we received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.

All staff at Weston College are entitled to a minimum of 30 days plus statutory bank holidays per year (allocated on a pro rata basis for part time staff).

All staff are automatically entered into a pension scheme relevant to their role with generous employer contributions.

Business support staff are automatically entered into the Local Government Pension Scheme, provided by the Avon Pension Fund.

Teaching staff are automatically entered into the Teacher’s Pension Scheme, a contributory scheme administered by Teachers’ Pensions on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

We provide an excellent programme of staff development and CPD opportunities to all staff through internal development courses and training or through programmes such as LinkedIn Learning.

Not JUST available to students, college staff are also eligible to purchase a student discount card through Totum. Employees also have automatic access to exclusive discounts, vouchers and offers through the “Weston College Perkz” scheme.

As well as access to the college’s in house student-led training restaurant, staff members also receive a 10% discount at The Green House coffee shop and Lasseter's Restaurant at The Winter Gardens Pavilion.

All employees of Weston College, are able to benefit from a free subscription to Microsoft 365 whilst employed by the College.

All staff are eligible for the Discount for Teachers scheme offering a wide range of discounts across all sectors.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is very important, so as well as an excellent Occupational Health referral system, the College offers the following to all staff:

Health Assured EAP Scheme (Employee Assistance Programme)
This health programme is available to all staff. The service provides free and confidential support that is available 24 hours a day.

A dedicated Staff Welfare Officer.

Eyesight tests
The College will contribute towards the cost of your eye examination and up to £40 towards the cost of glasses, if it is deemed necessary for your role.

College Fitness Suite
All staff have access to the fully equipped, sport and fitness centre on the 7th floor of the Knightstone Campus. There are no membership fees involved, however a full gym induction must be completed.

Hair, beauty and relaxation treatments
Discounts are available to all staff across the College on a wide range of hair and beauty treatments including hair cuts and colours, massage and manicures. The treatments are carried out by our Weston College students under the close supervision of the highly qualified hair and beauty lecturers.

We recognise that many of our staff have responsibilities for family or dependants and operate a number of initiatives to help colleagues balance these responsibilities with work.

The College has a number of schemes that cover the following family circumstances:

Maternity leave
Paternity leave
Adoption leave
Parental leave
Dependant's leave
Fertility treatment leave.

We are happy to consider requests for flexible working in line with the flexible working policy.