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  • Job start date

    1 September 2020

  • Closing date

    7 February 2020 at 5pm

  • Date listed

    20 January 2020

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full-time equivalent salary

£35,700 to £54,400

Additional allowances

The opportunity to be a key member of staff and help build on the school’s successes to date

A happy and supportive working environment with high expectations and standards

Access to the latest technology to assist in developing your teaching and learning

Competitive salaries, based on skills and experience

Potential further leadership opportunities

A network of outstanding practitioners to collaborate with and learn from

The chance to be part of a pioneering team, further developing a fantastic school to serve its local community

A BUPA cash plan to contribute to medical care

Head of Mathematics job summary

Job description

Job Title: Head of Mathematics
Reports to: An Assistant Headteacher
Hours: Full Time
Salary: Academy Trust Scale, dependent on skills and experience

Mathematics at The Reach Free School:
All pupils in years 7 to 11 have five Mathematics lessons every week, demonstrating the school’s commitment to this core subject. The department utilises the technology available to inspire pupils and demonstrate concepts in innovative ways. A full programme of Mathematics support and challenge is offered through the school’s Targeted Academic Support Programme at Key Stage 4. We also have dedicated members of staff who support in the Mathematics department in their roles as Assistant Teachers. The Mathematics department has five dedicated classrooms and their own staff base and is managed by this Head of Department role, with a Deputy Head of Department supporting on a day to day basis. A level Mathematics is a popular choice for students in the sixth form with 25% choosing to study this course.

Main duties
The Head of Mathematics at The Reach Free School will:
- Plan, develop and implement whole-school and departmental priorities, including aspects of the School Development Plan and the Departmental Action Plan
- Lead the review of Department Action Plans, audits, curriculum overviews and policies
- Oversee the planning of Schemes of Learning indicating approaches to teaching, content, classroom organisation, resources, etc. relating to the National Curriculum programmes of study
- Lead and line manage the Deputy Head of Mathematics
- Lead and manage others in the department and the wider school to ensure that high performance standards are achieved and maintained
- Lead and line manage the Assistant Teachers in Mathematics
- Collaborate with other departments to develop scientific understanding across the curriculum
- Celebrate the success of the Mathematics department and challenge underperformance where required, this includes with staff and/ or pupils
- Ensure that the regulations and procedures relating to Health and Safety, are followed, taking responsibility for the safety, welfare and discipline of pupils within the learning environment
- Support and uphold the ACE ethos of the school – achievement, community, enjoyment
- Create a happy, secure and stimulating learning environment
- Have sympathetic understanding of every child’s needs
- Have clear aims and objectives for every lesson and communicate them to the pupils
- Have well planned work, imaginatively introduced which caters for all pupils’ needs
- Utilise ICT to enhance the quality and variety of teaching and to support pupils in applying this key tool in their own learning
- Engage in continuous formative and summative assessment, tracking progress of pupils in line with school systems and provide guidance to pupils on next steps in their learning
- Use data effectively to inform future teaching and learning
- Maintain pupil records and report progress to parents, guardians and carers
- Secure high standards of behaviour in line with the school’s Code of Conduct and Behaviour Policy
- Share their talents, skills, ideas and enthusiasms for the benefit of the whole school and be ready to accept responsibilities that extend beyond the classroom
- Complete the requirements of the school’s performance management process
- Attend to personal professional development to keep abreast of national, local and school initiatives and best practice

Wider Responsibilities:
All teachers at The Reach Free School will:
-Deliver extra-curricular activities
-Partake in activities aimed at promoting the school, including, but not limited to, open evenings, visits to primary schools and community events
-Carry out other tasks commensurate with their position, as directed by the Senior Leadership Team

Job context:
The school welcomes teachers of a high professional standard and shares the responsibility with each teacher for continual review and the development of expertise.

All teachers make a valuable contribution to the school’s development and, therefore, to the progress of all pupils.

Teachers on the upper levels of the Academy Trust pay scale will be expected to make a wider contribution to the school.

In particular, teachers at the upper levels will:
- be role models for professional practice in the school
- be expected to mentor teachers in training
- make a distinctive contribution compared with other teachers
- contribute effectively to the wider team.

The Academy Trust will endeavour to make any necessary, reasonable adjustments to the job and working environment, to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled applicants, or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition

Commitment to safeguarding

The Reach Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment. In accordance with our Safer Recruitment Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The successful applicant must obtain DBS clearance at enhanced level. The school will also carry out a prohibition from teaching check, as well as in-depth online checks. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of your employment.

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About The Reach Free School

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
734 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

The Reach Free School is an 11 to 18 school in Rickmansworth, which serves pupils of all backgrounds and abilities. Opened in September 2013, the school was founded by a group of teachers and local parents in response to a significant demand for more secondary school places in the area.

All involved with the school have high aspirations for our pupils and high expectations of them. As such we expect all pupils to: commit their best efforts to all that they do; support each other to achieve their potential; work with their teachers to exceed their goals; demonstrate exemplary behaviour in all that they do; take pride in their school and its community within its walls and beyond; enjoy learning.

The Reach Free School plays an active role in the community, working with local businesses, supporting local events and providing a hub for local services. Pupils are very much involved in the school’s wider responsibilities, developing skills in leadership and decision making, communication and collaboration and independent, self led learning.

A sense of purpose and responsibility pervades lessons and activities at The Reach Free School and it is important that our pupils recognise their own responsibilities as members of the community. It is this that underpins The Reach Free School’s ethos; Achievement, Community, Enjoyment – ACE.

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