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Head of Mathmatics

Norton Hill Academy, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4AD

This job expired on 13 December 2019 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  13 December 2019 at 9am

• Date listed

  29 November 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Mathematics
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490
• Additional allowances:

  TLR 1B

Head of Mathmatics job summary

We are looking to recruit a highly effective teacher and inspirational team leader to head up the Norton Hill Mathematics team to sustain and further improve on the excellent outcomes that Norton Hill students achieve in Mathematics. Since the introduction of the new specification 84% of Year 11 students at Norton Hill have achieved a standard pass and 60% have achieved a strong pass in GCSE Mathematics. In 2019 in A-Level Mathematics 70% of students achieved A*-B passes and in Core Maths 80% of students achieved A or B passes.

Norton Hill is part of the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership (MNSP), a growing Multi Academy Trust currently including six secondary schools. The Head of Mathematics at Norton Hill will work closely with the Director of Mathematics for the MNSP to ensure that outcomes for students of all abilities and backgrounds remain very high. Within the Trust, Norton Hill has always led on secondary Maths strategy and has a reputation for initiative and cutting-edge innovation in teaching and learning, monitoring and assessment and intervention. With the assistance of the Director of Mathematics, the Head of Mathematics would be expected to enhance and refine existing systems and support the Maths team to implement these effectively with all their classes. The Head of Mathematics at Norton Hill will also be part of the MNSP Mathematics Leadership Team and will have regular opportunities to work with the other Maths leaders in the trust to steer policy and have a wider impact.

Norton Hill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Criminal Records Bureau.

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.

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About Norton Hill Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1857 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Norton Hill Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: enquiries@nortonhillschool.com
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Norton Hill is a co-educational, non-selective 11-18 school. Our students come from Midsomer Norton and the surrounding villages of North East Somerset. Norton Hill School prides itself on providing a secure, stable and well-ordered environment based on traditional values and genuine care and concern for individuals.

We have just over 1700 students at the school of whom 400 are in the Midsomer Norton Sixth Form. In September 2016 we increased our Year 7 entry to eleven tutor groups, in response to a growing demand for places at Norton Hill.

Students at Norton Hill belong to one of five houses: Blackdown, Cotswold, Exmoor, Mendip and Quantock. The House system ensures that every student is known individually, whilst enjoying the opportunities that a large school can offer.

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