Head of Maths – Conyers School

Conyers School, Yarm, Cleveland, TS15 9ET

8 days remaining to apply

• Earliest start date

  2 June 2025

• Latest start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  3 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Head of department or curriculum
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• 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
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS to UPS
• Additional allowances:

  TLR1b

What skills and experience we're looking for

Join an exceptional team at Conyers, a thriving, positive school where your work makes a real difference to our young people and community. At Conyers, we focus on recognising effort, rewarding success, and nurturing perseverance.

We are looking for someone passionate about supporting young people and driven to help them achieve their best. To take responsibility for the education and welfare of a designated class of children in accordance with the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document, having due regard to the requirements of the National Curriculum, LA and school policies.

We seek a passionate Teacher of Maths to join our successful and collaborative Mathematics department. This is an exciting opportunity to inspire and challenge students across Key Stages 3, 4, and potentially Key Stage 5, helping them to achieve their full potential in this vital subject. As outlined in the job and person specification, the successful candidate will:-

• Deliver engaging, high-quality mathematics lessons that cater to a range of abilities.
• Contribute to the development of an ambitious and innovative mathematics curriculum.
• Support students’ academic and personal growth through effective teaching and pastoral care.
• Collaborate with colleagues in our mathematics department to share resources and best practices.

Our Maths Department is:

• Highly successful, with students making above national average progress at GCSE and A-level
• Committed to sustaining and improving results across all levels and Key Stages
• A collaborative and supportive department
• Innovative, creative and student centred
• Following EdExcel at GCSE, A-Level Maths and Further Maths

The successful candidate must:

• Be an outstanding teacher
• Be an enthusiastic and committed teacher and leader with vision, drive and commitment
• Have a passion for developing student engagement and educational progress
• Have an innovative approach to teaching and learning and model excellence in the classroom
• Be proficient in planning, assessment and target setting so that all children make good or better progress
• Have an ability to inspire and support all students to achieve their full potential
• Be someone with outstanding subject knowledge to lead and develop the curriculum and work collaboratively with other TLR post holders to develop the maths curriculum
• Have an ability to raise attainment at KS3, 4 and 5, having a measurable impact at both an individual and departmental level
• Be able to lead the monitoring and evaluation of quality teaching and standards.
• Have an ability to develop innovation in teaching and learning, motivating and inspiring both colleagues and students through outstanding teaching.
• Able to motivate and inspire staff and students to achieve their full potential
• Hold a relevant teaching qualification and QTS

Come and be part of something special. At Conyers, we develop independent, determined students who are confident, creative, and empathetic. Together, we make a positive difference.

What the school offers its staff

Why Work With Us?

At Conyers School and Sixth form, we have:

• A positive and caring ethos for staff and students.
• Exceptional support for senior and middle leaders, teachers and support staff.
• Strong relationships built upon mutual respect.
• Polite, respectful and friendly students who are eager to learn and achieve.
• A committed, enthusiastic and supportive staff team.
• Excellent support from the Governing Body, the staff and parents/carers.
• Opportunities for career development.

Further details about the role

School timings:

Conyers School is currently in the midst of a consultation regarding a proposed change to the school day, with a planned finish time of 3:15 pm starting from September 2025

Commitment to safeguarding

The trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. The post you are applying for is exempt from the rehabilitation of offender’s act 1974. We will also carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online. Please note that feedback will only be provided to shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

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About Conyers School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1385 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Conyers School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: snicholson@conyers.org.uk
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Conyers is an 11-18 academy serving the small town of Yarm, outlying villages and Ingleby Barwick. We have 1398 students on roll including 260 in the sixth form.

Our intake is drawn mainly from the five local primary schools, three of which form part of the 1590 Trust. Our excellent outcomes and strong reputation for meeting the needs of all students means that we are a popular choice with many families beyond our admission zone. On entry, our students have KS2 results above local and national averages.

Conyers School is characterised by excellent relationships between students, staff and parents. We are proud of our reputation as a high-achieving and caring learning environment, committed to placing the needs of all students at the heart of what we do. The curriculum at Conyers is rich and vibrant and provides the framework that enables students to achieve the potential and develops the skills that prepare them for a successful adult life.

Students thrive and make strong progress at Conyers. Attainment is high placing us among the top rank of state schools and we succeed in encouraging students to achieve in many ways apart from the purely academic. We are very proud of our programme of extra-curricular activities. The range of experiences offered means there is something for everyone; sport, music, Duke of Edinburgh, the school show, student leadership, debating clubs, trips and visits, the list is endless. Within these fields, levels of participation are high, standards of excellence are achieved and all of this is made possible by the staff who give willingly of their time and the students who demonstrate real enthusiasm.

Our students are proud to attend Conyers and this is shown by their excellent conduct, manners and punctuality. Expectations are high across the school and this ensures an extremely positive climate for learning. At Conyers we provide outstanding care, support and guidance for all our students and our school is made up of smaller “families” – year teams and tutor groups. Excellent outcomes for students are achieved because the relationships throughout the school are based upon mutual respect and provide encouragement and challenge. This creates an environment in which students thrive because they feel safe and happy.

Our school is a wonderful place to work, characterised by excellent relationships between students, staff and parents. Many of our staff team live in the admission zone; others travel from elsewhere in the Tees Valley, Darlington, Durham or the beautiful villages of the North Yorkshire Moors and Dales. The cities of York and Newcastle are within easy reach.

The school is very well equipped with teaching organised into specialist subject areas. All teachers, teaching assistants and year managers are provided with iPads to enhance the learning experience for students and to ensure systems and processes run smoothly. The ‘iPad for Learning’ scheme means that all students have a tablet enabling them to access the widest range of resources and ensuring teaching and learning is vibrant, purposeful and engaging. This provision enabled us to deliver a virtual school learning experience during the Covid-19 pandemic that achieved national recognition.

As a school, we believe in the development of our employees, as they are our most valuable resource. We aim to recruit, train and retain the very best teachers to provide the very best experience for every student. We therefore have a comprehensive CPD programme and numerous opportunities for professional development with a particular emphasis on the development of leadership skills. We are also very fortunate to have two training rooms and SWIVL video technology to enable our teachers to develop their craft.

Arranging a visit to Conyers School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email snicholson@conyers.org.uk.

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