Curriculum Leader of Mathematics
The Stephen Longfellow Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 8PGThis job expired on 9 July 2025
Start date details
to be agreed with successful candidate
Closing date
9 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 1b
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Stephen Longfellow Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Curriculum Leader of Mathematics. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy - the successful applicant will be expected to provide strong leadership that results in a Mathematics Department which provides first class teaching and learning opportunities for both students and staff, instigates and develops innovative approaches to Maths that will stimulate all students to achieve their full potential and ensure the delivery of high-quality provision in curricular and extra-curricular activities.
Potential applicants should have:
- Good honours degree directly related subject.
- Qualified Teacher Status.
- Knowledge of current curriculum developments in subject and their implications.
What the school offers its staff
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Stephen Longfellow Academy
- Organisation type
- Free School, ages 5 to 16
- Size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@stephenlongfellow.leeds.sch.uk
As the Principal of Stephen Longfellow Academy, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our TES recruitment page. Here, prospective applicants can learn more about our academy, our ethos and values, and what makes Stephen Longfellow Academy such a rewarding place to work.
The Stephen Longfellow Academy is part of GORSE, a nationally renowned, not-for-profit charity whose drive is to create exceptional schools. The Chief Executive Officer and founder of The Stephen Longfellow Academy, Sir John Townsley, is passionate about providing the highest standard of educational experience for all children, regardless of background, across the age range. Sir John inspires professionals with his vision, a vision that all colleagues at the Stephen Longfellow Academy wholeheartedly share.
The Stephen Longfellow Academy is named in honour of a man who died tragically in a climbing accident in 2015 and who made an enormous contribution to the lives of hundreds of vulnerable and disadvantaged children across the city. Our commitment to carrying on this legacy is evident in the work that we do with children from across our district.
We are exceptionally proud of what has been achieved since the academy’s inception and I am honoured to have the opportunity to continue the brilliant progress as the Academy moves into its eighth year.
At the academy we offer both exceptional education and therapy. Students are taught national curriculum subjects and have access to a range of therapeutic services such as counselling. Therapy is delivered as both an integrated part of our timetable but also within discrete groups or on a one-to-one basis. We believe that a therapeutic and nurturing approach allows our students to grow in confidence and increase their self-esteem, so they can successfully integrate into their learning environment and the wider community. We pride ourselves on our global therapeutic and pastoral offer which supports all students and their families. The academy has been recently recognised for our work in this area as it was awarded the Gold Mental Health Award from the Carnegie Centre of Excellence, along with a variety of nationally recognised achievements.
By developing personalised learning programmes to meet the needs of vulnerable young people, we aspire for all our students to have opportunities similar to those found in mainstream schools. This will allow students to leave as confident young adults, ready to seize the opportunities of further education, training, or work through the “Gift of choice” that a solid portfolio of qualifications provides. As an academy, we place a strong emphasis on extra-curricular activities and offer a wide range of enrichment opportunities as we recognise the importance of the learning that goes on outside of the classroom in supporting our student’s personal development.
The academy works in close partnership with our families and mainstream schools and the length of time that a student is with us is dictated entirely by the personal need of that student. For a small number, these will be shorter placements. For many a much longer placement is required because of the profound need of the student concerned. Where possible, and if appropriate, our students will transition back to the mainstream setting as we work collaboratively with our commissioning partners with the child at the centre of this partnership.
Our aim is to do all that we can to support students and their families to get back on track to achieving their goals and ambitions. To, ultimately, make a difference, that otherwise would not have happened. We put kindness at the heart of everything that we do and instil this ethos within our school community, alongside our core values – aspiration, inclusion and resilience. We are relentless in our pursuit for excellence and our desire for a continuous cycle of 1% improvement every day.
We walk together.
Mr Neil Poskitt Principal
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