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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    3 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    10 December 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Other leadership roles

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Subject

Mathematics

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£60,644 to £66,919 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for an outstanding individual to work alongside the Maths Improvement Lead. As a team they will improve the quality of teaching, learning, curriculum and intervention in Maths across the Trust’s secondary schools, through embedding best practice and building capacity in line with the Trust’s policies and frameworks.

The successful candidate will help drive improvements in Maths attainment across all our schools, by skilfully co-ordinating and supporting both curriculum intent and implementation in Maths at designated schools. They would also lead the development and successful implementation of the Trust’s Reading Strategy.

As Assistant Maths School Improvement Lead, you would be deployed across our schools located in five key regions: Lancashire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, and London.

You will have:

  • A Maths degree along with Qualified Teacher Status.
  • A National Professional Qualification (NPQ) in middle or senior leadership.
  • An in-depth knowledge of the Edexcel specification in GCSE Maths.
  • Experience of delivering outstanding results consistently and a track record of improving results as a subject leader.
  • Experience of developing and delivering high impact intervention programmes.
  • An ability to analyse assessment data and use it effectively to identify and close gaps in learning.
  • Successfully delivered training and coaching for Maths teachers.
  • A passion for securing life-changing outcomes for young people in disadvantaged communities.

What the school offers its staff

About Star Central

Star Central, which is based at our head office in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Institute and our schools.

The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.


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.

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About Star Academies

Type
Multi-academy trust
Phone number
0330 313 9800

Head office location

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