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Staff Benefits

There are a wide range of reasons to work at Mark Rutherford School.  We offer a wide range of benefits to support our staff, including:

  • A strong commitment to continual professional development, with a substantial budget for whole school training and individual courses.
  • A calendared internal CPD programme designed to focus on our whole school development plan.
  • Free access to our up-to-date and well-resourced CPD library.
  • Teacher led research groups in collaboration with University of Bedfordshire.
  • Funded leadership qualifications to support career progression.
  • Experienced mentors for staff at all levels.
  • Wellbeing activities including yoga, football and fitness sessions.  Run by staff for staff.
  • Free access to BLMK mental health webinars for all staff.
  • Access to the 'Bike to Work' scheme.
  • Access to an annual flu vaccination.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • A designated wellbeing member of staff and a wellbeing Governor.

This list is not exhaustive and we pride ourselves on working with individual staff to provide a bespoke level of support, as required.

In our most recent staff survey:

  • Over 90% said they were proud to work at our school, and;
  • Over 95% said they enjoy working at our school.