Assistant Leader of Maths
Little Lever School, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL3 1BT22 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time: Inline with STPCD
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £49,781 - £56,316
Pay scale
- L1-L6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Knowledge:
- Up to date knowledge of educational theory and practice
- A good understanding of your Subject curriculum and the national curriculum at KS2, KS3 and KS4
- A good understanding and knowledge of current exam board specifications
- A good knowledge of effective and successful assessment and feedback strategies
- Experience of preparing and supporting staff through OfSTED inspections
- Experience of exam board marking
Qualifications:
- A good honours degree in the relevant Subject
- Evidence of involvement in relevant CPD
- Teaching qualification together with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent
Skills
- Successful experience of teaching at all relevant key stages
- Evidence of managing and leading a new initiative
- To be able to demonstrate high quality teaching
- An exceptional classroom practitioner with a clear direction and vision for teaching and promoting their Subject across the academy
- To be able to develop intervention strategies that bring about rapid improvement
- Able to work flexibly under pressure
- Excellent verbal and written skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with all members of the Academy / Trust community
- Able to provide clear strategies for improvement following analysis, review of data and /or performance
- Resilience and determination
- Ability to identify, challenge and improve underperformance
- Ability to build and form good relationships with colleagues and other professionals
- Ability to absorb a wide range of information and deal with confidential issues
- Ability to follow procedures, pay attention to detail and produce accurate work
- Ability to work flexibly to meet deadlines and respond to unplanned situations, managing demand and at times conflicting workloads
- Personal commitment to inclusion and diversity to ensure the maximum benefits for students and staff
- Believe that every child, no matter who they are or where they come from can achieve things, they never thought they could
- Be able to deliver personalised CPD to colleagues and trainees
What the school offers its staff
Financial Wellbeing
Flexibility and Time Off
Family Support and Care
Professional Development
Little Lever Extras
Further details about the role
‘Helping every person achieve things they never thought they could’
Little Lever School was one of the most improved schools in the country and our outcomes remain in the top 100 schools nationally for similar schools. Our school was graded Good by OfSTED in March 2022 and has continued to move forward at pace. We are a Teach First partner school and support schools from across the North West in a range of areas. The systems and structures we have established, our clear expectations and relentless focus on our praise culture, routines and behaviour have created a positive environment where students can learn, and teachers can teach.
This is an exciting time to join Little Lever as we look to expand, providing the best educational experiences for more pupils. Our ambition is to become ‘the best in class’. We put students at the heart of our thinking and we continue to help every person achieve things they never thought they could!
Please visit our website to gather a flavour of what we are all about!
This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational, talented and driven Assistant Leader of Maths to join our enthusiastic team as we aim to create a ‘world class’ school.
We recognise the people that work within the Lever Academy Trust are the decisive element in helping all our students to achieve great things. We value the wellbeing of our staff and know how important it is to invest in initiatives to support staff wellbeing throughout the school year. We expect the very best from everyone every day and are focused on people. We want our students to achieve the very best outcomes. We ensure our students model our values of being kind, working hard and taking responsibility in all that they do so they are ready to take their place in the world!
The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and it expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@little-lever.bolton.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Little Lever School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1049 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Little Lever School website
- Email address
- recruitment@little-lever.bolton.sch.uk
Little Lever School is one of the most improved schools in the country! The school has been on a rapid improvement journey since 2017. The systems and structures we have established, our clear expectations and relentless focus on our praise culture, routines and behaviour have created a positive environment where students can learn and teachers can teach.
Arranging a visit to Little Lever School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@little-lever.bolton.sch.uk.
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