Head of Maths
Looe Community Academy, Looe, Cornwall, PL13 1NQ25 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
23 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
27 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
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What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an enthusiastic, committed, and hardworking Head of Maths who knows how to deliver exceptional outcomes. You will be committed to achieving excellence for all students, developing your team and curriculum to ensure the best outcomes for all.
If you are someone who has the passion and drive to really accelerate and evolve our Maths pedagogical approach and develop exciting approaches to learning, we would love to hear from you.
Our aim is to ensure that the five-year journey from years 7 to 11 builds both confident mathematicians by raising outcomes and genuinely transforming lives but also ensuring students leave LCA loving maths and being able to apply it confidently to their everyday lives!
We welcome applicants who are:
- Passionate about leading and developing othersand its power to inspire curiosity and critical thinking.
- Driven to be the best you can be, day in and day out.
- Eager to lead a supportive, collaborative, and ambitious department
- Committed tomaking a differencein the lives of young people.
- Aligned with our core values and excited by our school’s journey of improvement.
This is a fantastic opportunity to teach in a school where your voice is heard, your work is valued, and your wellbeing is a genuine priority.
We believe teaching isone of the best professions in the world. And there’s no better place to practice it than here.
What the school offers its staff
ooe Community Academy is a small but vibrant11–16 secondary schoolsituated on the breathtaking south-east coast of Cornwall. Under dynamic new leadership, we're entering anexciting new era, united by a clear moral purpose: to provide the very best education for every student in our care.
Our school community is built on the values ofRespect,Resilience,Responsibility, andKindness. These aren’t just words on a wall – they are at the heart of everything we do, guiding our culture, relationships, and expectations.
Further information about the job
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Looe Community Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 524 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Looe Community Academy website
- Email address
- lsutcliffe@looeca.net
Our Academy is situated in the historic fishing town of Looe on Cornwall’s outstanding south eastern coastline, serving the beautiful coastal and rural villages and hamlets and is just a scenic, 30 minute drive from Plymouth.
Assessed by Ofsted in January 2024 as a good school, the Academy is an inclusive secondary community school delivering Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 to 510 students aged 11-16 and of mixed ability.
Our mission is to create and sustain a caring learning community of high quality, where everyone is valued for who they are and what they may become. Enshrined in Cornish, the Academy motto is “bydh gwella gylli” (be the best you can be).
Be a part of our journey to outstanding.
Looe Community Academy and SMART are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including references, health screening and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
Arranging a visit to Looe Community Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lsutcliffe@looeca.net.
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