Director of Learning - Maths
Leigh Academy Minster, Sheerness, ME12 3JQ15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
10 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership scale, based on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Pleaseclick hereto view our Recruitment Brochure.
Are you a maths leader with a passion for inspiring students and creating a love for numbers? Leigh Academy Minster is on the hunt for an enthusiasticDirector of Learning - Mathsto lead our talented team and drive the department to new heights.
This is an exciting opportunity to make your mark in a forward-thinking school that values creativity, collaboration, and the power of education to transform lives. If you're ready to lead a team of dedicated professionals and create a culture of excellence, we want you to join us!
What We’re Looking For:
- A dynamic and experienced maths leader with a proven ability to inspire both students and staff, and a passion for inclusive education.
- A strategic thinker who embraces new ideas, challenges the status quo, and drives success through collaboration and innovation.
- A strong communicator who thrives in a fast-paced environment, leads a team with enthusiasm, and is committed to personal and professional growth.
Why Leigh Academy Minster?
- A vibrant,forward-thinking schoolthat prides itself on fostering creativity, collaboration, and a passion for learning.
- Asupportive leadership teamcommitted to empowering staff and students to achieve their full potential.
- Excellentprofessional development opportunitiesthat support your growth as a leader.
- Access tostate-of-the-art facilities and resourcesto enhance your teaching and leadership experience.
- A chance to make a lasting impact on students' lives in a school that values both academic success and personal growth.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your leadership journey and lead an exceptional maths department, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply now and help shape the future of maths at Leigh Academy Minster!
This is a permanent position offering Leadership Scale, commensurate with experience.
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What the school offers its staff
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust
As of 1st September 2024, our Trust comprises 33 geographically organised academies (17 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 24,000 students and employing 4,000 talented staff. Currently, 16 of our academies are considered to be “Outstanding” which is 53% of those which have been inspected whilst part of the Trust. The Trust is establishing three ‘clusters’ of academies: LAT Central; LAT West; LAT North. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider.Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.
As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.
Click here to view the benefits available to all LAT employees from day one.
Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.
Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.Not quite the opportunity for you, but would like to stay in touch? Join our Talent Network byclicking here.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
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About Leigh Academy Minster
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- Up to 1150 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- isabelle.cochrane@latrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01634412258
Arranging a visit to Leigh Academy Minster
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email isabelle.cochrane@latrust.org.uk.
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