.jpg)
Director of Mathematics & Numeracy
Weatherhead High School, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH44 3HSThis job expired on 20 May 2024
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
20 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
8 May 2024
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: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS - UPR
Additional allowances
TLR 1a (£15690)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an exceptional, talented Mathematics teacher with leadership experience who is looking for career progression and opportunities in a vibrant school? We wish to appoint a motivated, highly skilled teacher and leader with a genuine passion for maximising the potential of every student and developing the quality of Mathematics provision.
If appointed, you will lead on a key aspect of the school’s curriculum, working with an enthusiastic team of committed teachers who strive to provide the best education and extra-curricular opportunities for students.
The successful applicant will be a talented, influential and passionate leader with exceptional subject knowledge and expertise, who demonstrates the skills required to influence and develop others, and shape the teaching, learning and curriculum in Mathematics at Weatherhead High School and (in future) across the Peninsula Multi Academy Trust.
To join our team you must:
- inspire a love of Mathematics amongst all students.
- have the expertise and experience to oversee the development of an exciting and engaging curriculum experience for all students.
- be committed to ensuring students make their very best progress, through ensuring teaching that inspires our learners to succeed across KS3, KS4 and KS5.
- be prepared to support, challenge and engage students by enriching their learning experience and maximising their potential.
- have the ability to unlock the potential in teachers, by challenging them to be the best and modelling the most effective teaching in Mathematics.
- be prepared to take on whole school leadership responsibilities outside the Mathematics department.
This is an exciting post, created to help fulfil leaders’ and trustees’ ambition to deliver excellence in Mathematics and promote a love of learning and excellent outcomes for all students. The post will suit an ambitious current middle leader seeking a professional challenge and high levels of job satisfaction.
What the school offers its staff
Weatherhead High School is a large 11 to 18 oversubscribed girls’ comprehensive school with approximately 1540 students on roll. There is an excellent mixed Sixth Form with nearly 300 students. We have a PAN of 254 for each year group from Year 7 to 11 and the school of choice for girls in Wallasey and the surrounding area.
Our facilities are amongst the best in the country – we have an excellent building, which really enhances teaching & learning as well as our extra-curricular provision. Students and teachers benefit from well-presented classrooms, excellent creative arts and sports facilities and up-to-date ICT provision. The school is located close to the M53 and the Wallasey Tunnel, and is easily accessible from Liverpool and Cheshire by car or public transport.
Students are both engaged and engaging; they enjoy learning and are warm and enthusiastic about the opportunities offered to them. Staff work hard and are well rewarded. There is a great team spirit amongst the staff and a strong emphasis is placed on professional growth and development.
We were judged to be an Ofsted ‘Good’ provider in our recent inspection in November 2022. During the inspection, inspectors commented that ‘Weatherhead High School is a happy and friendly learning community. Pupils, students in the Sixth Form and staff are proud to belong to this school. Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.’
Weatherhead High School is the lead school in the Peninsula MAT and this post will provide opportunities in the future for trust-wide working.
Commitment to safeguarding
Weatherhead High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
Weatherhead High School is an Equal Opportunities Employer and positively welcomes applications from all people regardless of their sex, creed, marital status, race, age, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Weatherhead High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1523 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Weatherhead High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- schooloffice@weatherheadhigh.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0151 631 4400
Weatherhead High School is a large 11 to 18 oversubscribed girls’ comprehensive school with approximately 1540 students on roll. There is an excellent mixed Sixth Form with nearly 300 students. We have a PAN of 254 for each year group from Year 7 to 11 and the school of choice for girls in Wallasey and the surrounding area.
We were judged to be an Ofsted ‘Good’ provider in our recent inspection in November 2022. During the inspection, inspectors commented that ‘Weatherhead High School is a happy and friendly learning community. Pupils, students in the Sixth Form and staff are proud to belong to this school. Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.’
Arranging a visit to Weatherhead High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email schooloffice@weatherheadhigh.co.uk.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Merseyside