Benefits

We offer a wide range of financial benefits to support our colleagues, including pay progression schemes for both teaching and corporate staff, excellent defined benefit pension schemes, financial education and support, staff discount schemes, Cycle to Work, tech purchase schemes, and other benefits designed to help you make the most of your salary.

We take your wellbeing seriously – the more support we give you the greater the contribution you can make to our students. We have our Thrive commitment to Emotional, Physical and Emotional wellbeing, ensuring that all staff feel valued, supported and able to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Through a range of wellbeing initiatives, professional support and development opportunities we aim to encourage staff to thrive both professionally and personally.

We are proud to be recognised as a menopause friendly employer. Guided by our M Powered staff group, we offer a wide range of support including regular check-ins, coaching, menopause yoga, sleep support courses, newsletters, and dedicated wellbeing resources to ensure colleagues feel informed, supported, and empowered.

We are committed to helping our people thrive in their roles. Our dedicated Teacher Development Team and the SGS Ambition Academy offers a bold, future-focused approach to professional development, bringing together CPD, teacher training, leadership programmes, and coaching for colleagues at all levels. We also provide opportunities to take part in courses that support personal interests, hobbies, and wellbeing.

We offer the best family leave package in the sector, with generous maternity, adoption and paternity leave, alongside support for fertility treatment and kinship leave. Combined with generous annual leave, the option to buy additional holiday, and flexible working opportunities, we help our colleagues balance work with the time that matters most with loved ones.

We are proud to foster a supportive and inclusive working environment where every colleague’s voice matters. Through strong people voice initiatives, active staff inclusion groups, and recognised trade union representation, we work together to shape positive change, promote belonging, and ensure everyone feels heard, respected, and empowered.