Head of Faculty: Mathematics and Numeracy
Houlton School, RUGBY, Warwickshire, CV23 1ED5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter 2025
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 January 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: Full time, STPCD
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L7-11 (£57,831-£63,815)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Houlton School is a brand new secondary free school that opened in September 2021; set within a combination of fully refurbished Grade II listed buildings as well as brand new, specialist teaching facilities, Mathematics is housed within our brand new STEM teaching facility. We have had so many successes since opening, including achieving World Class Schools Quality Mark; 2024 Global Inclusion Award winners; Outstanding Teacher of the Year at the National Teaching Awards; and recently being graded 'Good' in all areas by Ofsted (February 2024).
You will join us Easter just ahead of us welcoming our fifth cohort of pupils and the launch of Year 11 so will teach across Years 7-11 in the first instance. Ultimately, we will have all seven year groups, including Sixth Form.
Innovation, Aspiration and Excellence are our three core pillars, which are at the heart of all we do – visit the website to get a strong feel for how we support you and our pupils to be the best you can be every day.
As Ofsted recently noted, 'Houlton School is aspirational for all its pupils, including those pupils with special needs and/or disabilities (SEND). It wants all pupils to achieve well academically and be ready for life in the wider world.'
We are the Houlton family - and look forward to reading your application.
So, who are we looking for?
As a result of the relocation overseas of the previous post-holder, Houlton School has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Head of Faculty: Mathematics and Numeracy to join our successful school. You will also be part of the Extended Leadership Team.
You will join a passionate team of teachers who are committed to delivering the curriculum in engaging and inspiring ways.
You will be an excellent teacher who has the ability to inspire, motivate, challenge and support their pupils to ensure that they make excellent progress.
This post is not suitable for Early Career Teachers.
It is very important to us at Houlton School that all of our teachers feel valued, listened to and mentored well so that they have opportunities to develop.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a motivated individual with excellent subject knowledge in Mathematics with knowledge of current trends in teaching within this area.
- Be committed to supporting pupils to succeed.
- Be able to continue to build and lead to a successful team.
Overview of responsibilities:
- To teach pupils according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupil in school and elsewhere.
- To lead the curriculum planning and support the team.
- To lead the department and line manage staff as appropriate.
- To assess, record and report on the attendance, progress, development and attainment of pupils and to keep such records as are required by school and curriculum team policy.
- To provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual pupils and groups of pupils.
- To ensure that Literacy is reflected in the teaching/learning experience of pupils promoting whole school Literacy and Reading within the Faculty and lead whole-school numeracy.
- To undertake a designated programme of teaching.
- To ensure a high-quality learning experience for pupils which meets internal and external quality standards.
- To prepare and update subject materials and schemes of learning.
- To use a variety of delivery methods which will stimulate learning appropriate to pupil needs and demands of the syllabus.
- To maintain discipline in accordance with the school’s procedures, and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework.
- To undertake assessment of pupils as requested by external examination bodies, curriculum team and school procedures.
- To mark, grade and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback as required in line with both the school’s feedback policy and the policy of any curriculum team the post holder is working within.
What the school offers its staff
Commitment to safeguarding
The Transforming Lives Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers, contractors, parents and pupils to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to careers@TLET.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Houlton School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 541 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Houlton School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- careers@tlet.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01788 593900
Houlton School is an 11-18 Free School Academy with World Class Quality Mark status. It is part of the Transforming Lives Educational Trust, based in Rugby. It opened to its founding cohort of Year 7 pupils in September 2021 and will grow, one cohort at a time until there are pupils across ages 11-18.
We are fortunate to occupy a brand new, £39 campus-style academy, which includes the Grade II listed former Rugby Radio Station buildings, as well as three new purpose-built, specialist teaching blocks, all set within a 20 acre campus on the Eastern border of Warwickshire.
This is an exciting time to join the Houlton family. Already accredited as a 'World Class School', you could join us as one of the very first cohorts of both staff and pupils. Check out our campus here: https://youtu.be/zLjJVdqJ3eI
Arranging a visit to Houlton School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@tlet.org.uk.
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