Director of Mathematics

Wickersley Partnership Trust, Rotherham, S60 1BX

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: Mathematics
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L6-L10

What skills and experience we're looking for

Responsibilities Include:

Quality Assurance and Curriculum Development:

• Ensure that schemes of learning for all secondary groups are highly effective, in line with National Curriculum expectations, and tailored to prepare students for further education.
• Stay abreast of best practices and research interpreting findings to enhance the curriculum and meet the unique needs of the Wickersley Partnership Trust.

Strategic Leadership and Development:

• Lead by example, embodying the vision, purpose, and values of the Trust for students, staff, governors, and parents.
• Promote an ethos and educational direction that fosters effective teaching, successful learning, achievement, and wellbeing.
• Ensure that leadership, management, finance, and administration support the Trust's vision, aims, and values.

Teaching and Learning Excellence:

• Deliver engaging and effective Maths lessons that motivate, inspire, and improve student attainment, modelling outstanding practice.
• Maintain high standards of teaching and learning to raise attainment and ensure all students make excellent progress.
• Uphold high standards of student behaviour in accordance with Trust and school policies.

Team Leadership and Development:

• Build a positive and collaborative team ethos within the Maths department, celebrating strengths and fostering innovation and success.
• Support and develop professional learning opportunities for Maths educators, identifying and nurturing talent.
• Plan, allocate, and evaluate work, delegating tasks and responsibilities effectively.

Resource Management and Accountability:

• Work with senior colleagues to recruit, deploy, and develop staff effectively to enhance educational quality.
• Assist in setting priorities for expenditure, allocating funds, and ensuring efficient administration and control.
• Hold accountability for outcomes in Maths education across Trust schools and support leaders in implementing Trust behaviour policies.

General Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the strategic management and development of Trust schools, maintaining awareness of curricular, pastoral, and administrative aspects.
• Promote Trust policies and procedures to support staff in their roles and represent the Trust at relevant meetings and functions.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Qualified teacher status and substantial experience in Maths education.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
• Excellent understanding of curriculum development and quality assurance processes.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to the vision, values, and goals of the Wickersley Partnership Trust.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment within a leading educational trust.

Join Our Team and Make a Difference! If you are passionate about Maths in Education and ready to make a difference in the lives of students, please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and vision for the role. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

What the school offers its staff

Who We Are!

We’re Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT) - a multi-academy trust with eight primary schools, five secondary schools, one sixth form and one Central Team under our umbrella.We’re dotted across Rotherham, South Yorkshire with one school based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.At WPT, students are at the heart of everything we do, and we aim to send all children into an ever-changing world, able and qualified to play their full part in it. To give them the best educational experience possible, we recognise the importance of investing in and supporting our colleagues.And that starts with finding the right person for 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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Wickersley Partnership Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Wickersley Partnership Trust website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@wickersleypt.org
• Phone number: 01709807600
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Arranging a visit to Wickersley Partnership Trust

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