Associate Senior Leader: Director of Mathematics

John Mason School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JB

5 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 December 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Subject: Mathematics
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £58,959.00 - £65,010.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership 10-14

Associate Senior Leader: Director of Mathematics job summary

We are looking to appoint a Director of Mathematics to join our school as part of the extended Senior Leadership Team (exact responsibility to be decided dependent on successful applicant). The post would also be responsible for the line management of one or two small subjects (currently music) to fit the needs of the school. This exciting opportunity would be ideal for an experienced middle leader looking for the opportunity to have a whole school responsibility and to gain experience on a Senior Leadership Team.

The Mathematics Faculty aim to engender in our students an appreciation of the intrinsic value of studying mathematics and computing. This is apparent in our drive to see all students achieve mathematical and computational confidence and to become autonomous learners who have a deep relational understanding of key concepts.

We use our generous allocation of faculty meeting time to share pedagogical approaches that help us develop even better ways to build students’ relational understanding. We believe that this requires a diet of explicit teaching of mathematical communication and problem solving strategies alongside regular deliberate practice and application of knowledge plus opportunities to share and inspire the awe and wonder we each hold for our subject.

As well as relishing mathematics and computing as worth studying in their own right we recognise their importance to all students in their future lives. As well as the more traditional A levels in Maths and Further Maths, we offer Core Maths and Accounting A level. For Computing, at GCSE, students can opt for Computer Science or Digital IT, and we have a strong uptake for A Level Computer Science with excellent results. Music offers both GCSE and A-level each year.

Following a school-wide ethos, we base our practice on evidence from research. We build and develop new teachers from within, working with a range of PGCE and SCITT interns, collaborating on research projects and supporting colleagues to complete the Masters in Learning and Teaching.

Staff well-being is noticeably valued at John Mason School. Lesson observations are formative and non-judgemental. Feedback and assessment policies are bespoke to each faculty and in mathematics we use a faculty database to make formal assessment marking as efficient as possible allowing teachers time to plan responsively, students to take responsibility for their own learning and parents to take an active part in supporting their children.

If you are interested in leading a team of teachers to enable students in their classes to learn about the place that mathematics and computing has in the world; recognise the satisfaction to be had from solving a challenging problem and to value the fluency in transferable mathematical and computational skills that purposeful practice will develop, we encourage you to apply.

The successful candidate will be:

• an enthusiastic mathematician, able to ignite interest in mathematics from students and colleagues

• committed to ensuring all students can be successful regardless of prior attainment

• effective in setting and attaining high standards of student progress • capable of promoting partnerships and collaborative working in our school, across the Abingdon Learning Trust and in the wider teaching community

• a reflective, conscientious and diligent practitioner, active in working to develop their own teaching and leadership practice

• pro-active in supporting staff to maintain the purposeful behaviour of students in class

• ready to contribute to whole school improvement

• a role model for our students and staff In return we will offer you:

• the support and satisfaction of being part of a dynamic, enthusiastic and creative team

• students who have a desire to achieve and respect the school’s expectations

• a programme of continuing professional development firmly rooted in educational research

• a commitment to supporting the well-being of all staff

Commitment to safeguarding

Abingdon Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. The Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, di-versity and inclusion and welcomes applications from less well-represented groups in the school and Trust. Posts in regulated activity are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and all shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose information about their previous criminal convic-tions. All staff are expected to promote fundamental British values.

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About John Mason School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1031 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
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John Mason School is part of the Abingdon Learning Trust and is fully committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all its students and staff.

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