Head of Mathematics, Business, Economics and Travel Faculty
The Bishop Wand Church of England School, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 6LT21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2026
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 11am
Date listed
30 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Teacher's Main Pay Scale (Fringe) + TLR 1B £12,517.00
Additional allowances
Teacher's Main Pay Scale (Fringe) + TLR 1B £12,517.00
Head of Mathematics, Business, Economics and Travel Faculty job summary
Head of Mathematics, Business, Economics and Travel Faculty
The Bishop Wand School is looking to appoint an inspirational Head of Faculty to lead teaching across Mathematics, Business, Economics and Travel departments.
The ideal candidate will possess the vision to develop and implement an exciting and innovative Mathematics curriculum and promote a love of Maths amongst our students. They will need to have the leadership skills to inspire and lead all the other TLR holders within the faculty.
This is an exciting time for the faculty, who are a team of high-quality practitioners well-positioned to build on their current success and further strengthen outcomes over time. Our team has a drive to introduce new and modern projects with enthusiasm. Our GCSE Maths students attain significantly above the national average. Business studies is one of the largest GCSE options and BTEC tourism is also popular. Recruitment to A level Maths, Business Studies and Economics are all very strong.
We value enhancing the learning of our students though extracurricular activities and as a result students can attend a variety of Maths club and enter Maths competitions. We are looking for a Head of Faculty who has the interpersonal skills to lead a large group of teachers across a number of disciplines and is keen to help work with the senior team to ensure our students can ‘Realise their God-given potential’.
Our ideal candidate will:
- be an outstanding practitioner with an unwavering commitment to the highest standards for teaching and learning.
- have excellent leadership and management skills.
- have a proven track record of raising attainment in GCSE Maths.
To share our ethos of ‘Realising God-given potential’ you must possess a clear vision for outstanding subject provision and have the ability and commitment to secure high standards of student achievement making learning relevant and developing employability skills in our future young professionals.
The middle leaders at Bishop Wand are central to the school’s continued improvement and for this reason we offer a very comprehensive professional development programme and support package for this key group of individuals.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Bishop Wand C of E School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Scheme clearance is required for this position. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Bishop Wand Church of England School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1200 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Bishop Wand Church of England School website
With fifty-one years at the centre of the community in Sunbury on Thames and Spelthorne, we have a reputation for exceptional academic achievement, strong Christian values and providing an educational experience which creates high achieving confident articulate young people who most importantly love learning.
As a 11-19 School, we offer a seven-year education experience, with academic outcomes at GCSE and A Level, consistently exceeding the national benchmarks. We encourage all our students to complete their seven-year education journey here at Bishop Wand.
Students at Bishop Wand work hard, are well disciplined and are prepared to succeed in the competitive local and global environments in which we live. We are a traditional School in our approach to learning, we believe in high quality teaching in the classroom, supported by a wide range of extra-curricular activities that challenge and support our young people.
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