13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    5 December 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    21 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: 1.0 FTE

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Teachers' Pay Scale

Additional allowances

TLR 2a - £3,527 per annum
SEN - £2,787 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Qualified teacher with experience in SEMH or specialist settings.
  • Successful experience teaching Maths across a range of abilities, including pupils with significant SEMH and SEND needs.
  • Experience leading or contributing to curriculum development, assessment or subject improvement.
  • Demonstrable experience using data to track progress, identify gaps and inform targeted interventions.
  • Strong understanding of Maths curriculum progression, adaptive teaching strategies, and small-step assessment models.
  • Secure knowledge of SEMH needs, trauma-informed approaches, and how these impact learning, engagement, and behaviour.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and present it clearly to different audiences.
  • Understanding of data systems, progress tracking, and statutory/teacher assessment processes.
  • Commitment to inclusive practice and improving life chances for vulnerable learners.
  • Evidence of sustained professional development relevant to Maths, assessment or SEMH practice.

Additional training in trauma-informed practice, SEND or relational approaches.

What the school offers its staff

Teachers’ Pension Scheme, Up to 5 days TOIL during term Time; Health Benefit Scheme

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Thomas Ashton School

School type
Academy, ages 5 to 14
School size
83 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 14
Ofsted report
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Arranging a visit to Thomas Ashton School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email david.butterworth@newbridgegroup.org.

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