Director Learning - Maths

Longdean School, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 8JB

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  30 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £51,614.00 - £69,706.00 Annually (FTE) UPS-MPS + fringe + TLR1d

Director Learning - Maths job summary

Longdean School

Director of Learning - Mathematics

MPS/UPS - TLR 1d

Full Time - Permanent

Start date: January 2027

Are you ready to lead a department where mathematics doesn't just get taught — it gets brought to life? We're looking for an ambitious, inspirational Head of Mathematics to take the reins of a thriving faculty that stretches from Key Stage 3 right through to A Level and Further Mathematics, underpinned by a specialist STEM stream that sets our younger mathematicians on the path to greatness from day one.

This is a rare opportunity for a strategic, subject-passionate leader to shape curriculum, culture, and outcomes across the full 11-18 journey — and to do it with the backing of a school that genuinely invests in its leaders.

You'll bring a genuine creative vision for what a Mathematics department can be, and the strategic leadership skills to turn that vision into results. As an outstanding practitioner yourself, you'll set the standard for teaching across the department — coaching colleagues, sharpening curriculum from Year 7 through to Year 13, and making sure every student gets the teaching they deserve, whether they're finding their feet in our STEM stream, working towards Core Maths, or pushing for the top grade in Further Mathematics.

In return, you'll join a school that takes staff development as seriously as it does student outcomes. Our induction and professional development programme is built to help leaders thrive, not just survive, and you'll be backed by engaged colleagues, motivated students, and the facilities and resources to let you focus on teaching — not on fighting your environment.

Longdean School is a good school (Ofsted, March 2025), and we're not resting there. We live our values of Pride, Perseverance, Ambition and Respect through all of our work; we teach and prepare our young people to have resilience and confidence, to accept and respond to challenges, to build an enduring passion for learning, and to become independent thinkers with respect for themselves and others — and we need a Head of Mathematics who shares these values and is ambitious for all in our community. Longdean School is proud to work within Scholars’ Education Trust.

Diversity: Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

If you have any questions, please contact HR at hr@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 734424. To apply, please fill in an application form on My New Term - CVs are not accepted.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Wednesday, 30 September

Date of Interview: Wednesday, 7 October 2026

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration f516orm by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Longdean School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1436 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Longdean School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/longdean-school

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