Assistant Head of Mathematics
The Winsford Academy, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 2BTThis job expired on 9 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025. For exceptional ECTs we will consider a start date of 1st July 2025 or earlier if available.
Closing date
9 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS £31,650 - £49,084 with TLR2b (£5,644)
Assistant Head of Mathematics job summary
Ambition and Excellence for All
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and energetic Assistant Head of Maths to join the Maths team at WA. WA is a fully inclusive school so the ideal candidate will be passionate about social mobility and have a determination for all students to achieve their potential.
As an Assistant Head of Maths, Qualified Teacher Status and a degree in an area relevant to the subject is essential, experienced teachers who are committed to raising aspirations and attainment of all our young people.
Our commitment to professional growth includes additional subject specific CPD linked through the Maths Hub and NCETM.
Benefits of working at WA:
Alongside knowing that you are making a positive difference to the lives of young people, working at WA means that you will benefit from:
- High quality professional development including weekly collaborative planning meetings
- A generous and secure pension scheme
- Generous staff hospitality
- Cycle to work scheme
- Leisure centre discounts and access to fitness suite on site
If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the Principal’s PA jane.fox@winsfordacademy.org.uk.
We reserve the right to extend, withdraw or close vacancies at any time and without notice. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Winsford Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
About us
Why Work For Halliard? – Halliard Trust
How to apply
We ask all applicants to apply through SAMpeople Recruit/Face-Ed; our recruitment software. This enables us to efficiently carry out our safer recruitment checks, but we recognise it can take some time for the applicant. The good news is, you will only need to register for Face-Ed once to apply for any role in the Halliard Trust's 11 schools.
Our top tips for a painless process are as follows:
Why work for the Halliard Trust?
Who we are
We educate over 5,000 children and employ 800 teaching and support staff to deliver our vision to ensure every student leaves school with the values, skills, qualities and aptitudes to thrive in society combined with highest possible learning outcomes. Our core values of Respect, Integrity and Optimism underpin everything we do.
Formerly named The Fallibroome Trust, we have engaged with all of our stakeholders to choose a new name and are now called the Halliard Trust and are a school-led multi-academy trust which encourages its schools to work with a high level of autonomy and keep their own ‘personality’ and close ties to their local communities – always underpinned by strong support from the Trust leadership and the school improvement and business teams. We offer a wide-ranging programme of professional development for all employees to support those taking their first steps in education to those working as exceptional leaders.
The people you work with will support and motivate you in achieving your ambitions. Our exceptional teachers, support staff and leaders come from a wide range of backgrounds, but they all share a deeply held commitment to give our students an outstanding education in an inspiring and happy school environment. The Trust has grown organically to three secondary and seven primary schools based in Cheshire. The Trust operates from its headquarters in Macclesfield, Cheshire where the School Improvement and Business Support teams are based.
Working with the Trust
Everyone who works with us is crucial to the Trust’s success and learning and development plays a vital role in how we work. Successful teams are full of people who not only care but feel cared for and valued and subsequently take care in all they do. This leads to increased job satisfaction and retention and to improved outcomes for our pupils and ourselves. Our commitment and passion, and the core purpose in all that we do in the Halliard Trust, are to create the conditions for each child to be the very best that they can be. We believe our staff are the most important resource and key to this endeavour. Bringing together capacity, skills, and the talents of our teams enables us to work together to transform the lives of young people. In order to attract and retain the best people to work with our children, we aim to ensure deliver opportunities to encourage and support every individual to develop themselves to achieve their full potential.
Putting our vision into practice
From the moment you are appointed and throughout your time in the Trust, we are keen to ensure you have the confidence in yourself and your role, feel trusted, supported, empowered and appropriately challenged.
When you join, you will have a mentor to support you alongside your line manager. Your mentor will be your informal support during your induction and will be able to answer day to day questions to help you settle quickly into the team and the routines. Your line manager will assign, oversee and evaluate your work. Your line manager also has responsibility for supporting your performance, and development. You will become part of an amazing network that makes a huge difference to children’s lives, each and every single day. Staff networks offer a place for colleagues to come together, share experiences, talents and skills and facilitate learning and development. Our established networking groups aim to reduce workload and share good practice across all Trust schools. In addition, we offer a wide range of exciting career opportunities and high-quality professional development through our bespoke school improvement services and professional development programmes.
Benefits of working with the Trust
- High quality professional development at all stages of your career
- Access to the Teachers’ Pension or Local Government Pension Schemes with a generous employer contribution rate
- 26 days holiday entitlement rising to 31 days with service
- Free onsite parking
- Cycle to work scheme
- Confidential employee counselling helpline
How to Apply
We ask all applicants to apply through SAMpeople Recruit/Face-Ed; our recruitment software. This enables us to efficiently carry out our safer recruitment checks, but we recognise it can take some time for the applicant. The good news is, you will only need to register for Face-Ed once to apply for any role in the Halliard Trust's 11 schools.
Our top tips for a painless process are as follows:
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About The Winsford Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1023 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Winsford Academy website
The Academy was one of the founding members of the Fallibroome Trust, a highly regarded and outstanding Multi Academy Trust, based in Cheshire, providing opportunities for development and collaboration across the Trust as well as within the school itself.
Our Academy is an 11-16 mixed comprehensive school, and we currently have 1060 students. Our intake is non-selective and varied. We pride ourselves in our inclusive approach, but we never compromise on high expectations.
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