Assistant Curriculum Leader of Maths
Burnside College, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 7LQ6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
25 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS + TLR2c
Additional allowances
TLR 2c
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are proud to offer an exciting opportunity to work at Burnside College. We’re looking to appoint an energetic and driven candidate who wishes to develop their leadership in a dynamic department. This is a full time, one year maternity cover post commencing on 1st September 2026.Applicants will be highly motivated and have a passion to ensure that our learners achieve the very best that they can at all times. The core purpose of the role will be to uphold the fundamental standards of pride, respect and achievement with all learners but also ensure that all students receive the highest standard of bespoke support.
Burnside College is a good school, with outstanding sixth form provision. We are focused on our commitment to ensuring every student reaches their full potential in a calm and engaging environment. We provide a high quality teaching and learning experience with personalised CPD for all staff to support this, the best possible student support and the most appropriate and innovative curriculum.
Applications are invited from enthusiastic and ambitious practitioners, where you will work closely with the Curriculum Leader of Maths in continuing to improve outcomes at all stages, including GCSE and A level.
This is an ideal post for somebody who would like to develop their leadership skills and who has aspirations of leading a Maths Department in the future.
Your roles and responsibilities:
- Promote the highest possible standards of achievement in Maths for all students (including those for whom we receive a pupil premium, or those that have additional educational needs)
- Take on a supporting role within an agreed area of responsibility
- Ensure that students meet or exceed their target grades
- Support the Curriculum Leader of Maths in developing a vibrant and exciting curriculum for all learners
- Support the Curriculum Leader of Maths to lead, manage and develop other staff in the department
- Support the Curriculum Leader of Maths with departmental behavioural issues and tracking
- Serve as a point of contact for staff in the absence of the Curriculum Leader of Maths
- Lead and attend curriculum leader meetings (internal/external) in the absence of the Curriculum Leader of Maths
- Contribute to the monitoring and tracking within the department
- Set cover when necessary
As Assistant Curriculum Leader in Maths you will support the Curriculum Leader of Maths in producing and maintaining:
- Clear, written aims, plans and objectives
- An agreed Raising Achievement Plan
- Agreed schemes of work which include all students
- An agreed SEF evaluating strengths and weaknesses
- High quality assessment and feedback
- Clear, simple records on pupils’ progress
- Analysis of data & standards and how well different groups are doing
- Well deployed resources, including support staff and supply teachers
- Plentiful, accessible and high quality resources, often available online
If you would like an informal conversation about the post please contact Michelle King, Curriculum Leader for Maths, at m.king@burnsidecollege.org.uk
What the school offers its staff
Thank you for your interest in joining our team. Burnside College is characterised by its strong community spirit and friendly working environment. Respect is one of our core values and is tangible throughout the school. We believe that strong relationships are the fabric of any successful school. Interactions at Burnside between staff, and with pupils, are based on mutual respect and are positive.
In our most recent inspection in November 2024 OfSTED recognised that Burnside College
continues to be a good school. Inspectors found that:
- Pupils enjoy working with their teachers
- Pupils behave well and meet the high expectation that the school has for their conduct
- Classrooms are calm and orderly places to learn
- Staff appreciate the positive strategies to manage their workload and support their wellbeing
These continued improvements were secured through a relentless focus on teaching and learning; we routinely consider the latest educational thinking in order to reflect on and refine what happens in classrooms. This goes hand in hand with a strong, caring, system of pastoral support and a focus on the personal development of our pupils.
Standards continue to remain high at Burnside because staff are determined to do the very best for the young people of Wallsend and always work positively, with the best interest of young people at heart.
In return the school offers excellent support and professional development. We offer high quality staff training which is personalised to the experience and needs of the individual. A particular strength is the effective programme of support in place for early years teachers.
School leaders are considerate of the workload and wellbeing of staff and the school provides good career progression opportunities.
We were delighted to once again receive the Wellbeing Award for Schools in 2023 and the inspection report stated that “Burnside College is a happy place to work and learn.”
We are looking to recruit staff to our team that are committed to high standards and to improving the life chances of young people. Further details about our school are available on the school website.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Burnside College is committed to safeguarding and all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance and other pre-employment checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Burnside College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 959 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Burnside College website
- Email address
- k.drury@burnsidecollege.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 259 8500
Burnside College is characterised by its strong community spirit and friendly working environment. Respect is one of our core values and is tangible throughout the school. We believe that strong relationships are the fabric of any successful school. Interactions at Burnside between staff, and with pupils, are based on mutual respect and are positive.
The school has been through a considerable period of change in recent years in order to raise standards and provide the best possible quality of education for our pupils. We were delighted that this was recognised in our 2020 Ofsted inspection. Burnside College was acknowledged to be a good school in all areas with outstanding sixth form provision. Staff are proud to work at our school and proud of the young people in our community.
These improvements have been secured through a real team effort between school leaders and staff. We have a relentless focus on teaching and learning and ensure we routinely consider the latest educational thinking in order to reflect on and refine what happens in classrooms. This goes hand in hand with a strong, caring, system of pastoral support and a focus on the personal development of our pupils.
There is an expectation at Burnside that staff will be determined to do the very best for the young people of Wallsend and always work positively, with the best interest of young people at heart. In return the school offers excellent support and professional development. We offer high quality staff training which is personalised to the experience and needs of the individual. A particular strength is the effective programme of support in place for NQTs and early years teachers. School leaders are considerate of the workload and wellbeing of staff, and the school provides good career progression opportunities.
We are looking to recruit staff to our team that are committed to high standards and to improving the life chances of young people. Further details about our school are available on the school website.
Arranging a visit to Burnside College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email k.drury@burnsidecollege.org.uk.
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