Assistant Head of Maths (with Key Stage Lead Responsibility)
Co-op Academy North Manchester, Manchester, M9 7SS12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
5 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
23 September 2026
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 + TLR 2B | 32,916.00 - 51,048.00 + £5872 (TLR 2B)
Assistant Head of Maths (with Key Stage Lead Responsibility) job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint an additional Assistant Head of Maths to the Maths leadership team (with Key Stage lead responsibility)
The successful candidate will be joining the department at an exciting time, following on from an academic year where our pupils achieved record-breaking Maths results for the academy. In addition to this, following a 4 year developmental journey, our KS3 and KS4 curricula are well positioned to enable our pupils to master key concepts across the subject and achieve their best. This is the perfect time for a member of staff to join the team, bring new ideas and continue to push our vision forward.
We are looking for a candidate who demonstrates unconditional positive regard for young people and who has the highest expectations of themselves and others and with an ambition to make a difference. You will have the opportunity to lead within the department and to further develop it. You will be joining a team of highly skilled and committed professionals who are relentless in the pursuit of excellence to improve the life chances of our pupils. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and will be highly effective in promoting and securing excellence for all. You will have the drive and ambition to help drive forward excellence in teaching and learning within the Maths department.
Why us?
Here at Co-op Academy North Manchester, we take time to know our pupils and have the highest expectations and aspirations for them. Our pupils are polite, courteous and excellent relationships are at the heart of our success. The academy prides itself on offering a rich curriculum that includes an extensive range of extra-curricular activities and clubs; we promote an understanding of the world in which we live and the difference that our pupils can make within it. Our Safeguarding/PSHE/SMSC and CEIAG offer is a strength of the academy and pupils develop a range of skills that enable them to be confident and to be themselves always.
All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.
Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.
Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.
Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all of us have equal chances to succeed.
Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.
Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.
Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.
Our Values
Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:
Succeed together
Do what matters most
Be yourself, always
Show you care
So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you!
We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:
Benefits include:
Our employee benefits package includes:
You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
Co-op Funeral care benefit
Season ticket and rental deposit loans
And More!
For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk
The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Co-op Academy North Manchester
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1259 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Co-op Academy North Manchester is a secondary school based in Blackley. We are extremely ambitious for our pupils and work hard to ensure that they leave the Academy equipped to lead happy and successful lives.
We are a sponsor-led Academy that is part of the Co-op Academies Trust. Through a great education the Trust is changing the lives of young people across the North of England. They work with us to empower teachers and young people to work together for a better education and community.
What makes our school unique is that the Trust is sponsored by the Co-op Group. This relationship means that staff benefit from all the business expertise that has seen the Co-op grow to be one of the most ethically driven and respected businesses in the country.
Values and Vision
Respect - for ourselves, each other and our community
Commitment - to strive to achieve our best and support others to achieve their best
Trust - in ourselves and each other
Ofsted
We are delighted that in February 2019, Ofsted declared us a 'Good' school. Inspectors said, "staff are approachable and unwaveringly considerate of pupils' emotional and physical well-being."
https://northmanchester.coopacademies.co.uk/
Twitter - @CoopAcademyNM
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