Head of Maths
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Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
6 January 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 December 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- View all Mathematicsjobs
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £50,645 - £55,884 (Leadership Scale 8-12)
Head of Maths job summary
As Head of Department, you will excel in the classroom - but, just as importantly, you will be instrumental in supporting colleagues within the department to enhance their effectiveness in the classroom and beyond, through mentoring, coaching, professional development and challenge. The demands of the role will be high, and this is reflected in the salary attached, a recruitment and retention allowance will be considered for a suitably experienced candidate. You will also enjoy significant credibility through your ability to lead and manage colleagues to excellence in all they do.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced and outstanding classroom practitioner with a track record of strong outcomes. We need someone who can walk the walk and be a beacon of excellent practice in a classroom environment, whilst possessing the muscularity of intellect and professional credibility to drive up standards across the department.
We are looking for someone to;
- set challenging teaching and learning objectives which are relevant to all students
- develop strategies for the use of Literacy & Numeracy to promote new teaching methods and improve learning and monitor their effectiveness in raising standards of teaching and learning.
- lead or contribute to professional development activities as part of the planned programme for the school and to promote the sharing of good practice.
- make appropriate use of the school’s monitoring and assessment strategies to evaluate students’ progress towards planned learning objectives.
- use monitoring and assessment information to improve planning and teaching.
- have high expectations of students and build successful relationships centred on teaching and learning.
- establish a purposeful learning environment where diversity is valued and where students feel safe and secure and confident
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.
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About Netherwood Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1204 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Netherwood Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org
Netherwood Academy is an 11-16 academy which opened in September 2012, set in an extensive £35 million campus. As part of Astrea Academy Trust, Netherwood Academy is in an exciting period of development.
Netherwood is on a significant journey, and needs colleagues with high ambition and high expectation, and we hope this is you
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