Working at WeST: Rewards, Benefits and Wellbeing Support

Working at WeST (our offer)

Grow your career without moving house – “stronger together”

WeST is a values-led family of schools in the South-West, where colleagues do work that matters and can grow their careers — supported by Trust-wide development, wellbeing support, flexible ways of working and practical benefits.

What WeST stands for (our culture)

Our culture is shaped by the WeST values: Collaboration, Aspiration, Integrity, Compassion and Respect, with behaviours made explicit through the WeST Values & Leadership Framework.

Our employer offer:

1. Purpose & impact: Mission-led work improving life chances for children and young people, aligned to WeST’s mission and vision.

2. Growth & development: Access to Trust-wide professional development and structured routes through the WeST training offer.

3. Wellbeing & workload: WeST commits to staff wellbeing support and provides routes to practical support.

4. Fairness & consistency: Clear, consistent employment frameworks (e.g., policies and toolkits signposted for staff).

5. Belonging & mobility: A connected Trust community, with shared services and collaboration across a family of schools, supporting career mobility and peer support.

Benefits Headlines

WeST colleagues can expect access to:

1. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (Care First), plus routes to Able Futures, Connect to Work support and Occupational Health.

2. Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to Work and Home & Tech (formerly Techscheme).

3. Staff savings schemes: Employee Benefits Choice and Discounts for Teachers.

4. Health offers: eye care vouchers and a Trust flu vaccination programme.

5. Flexible ways of working.

6. Enhanced family friendly and leave provisions.

7. Sabbatical / career break options.

8. Pension schemes, including TPS and LGPS with flexible retirement options.

Key benefits of joining LGPS can be found here. 

Key benefits of joining TPS can be found here.