Head of Maths
Yate Academy, Yate, South Gloucestershire, BS37 4DX6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main & Upper Pay Scales
Additional allowances
TLR 1
What skills and experience we're looking for
It is an exciting time at Yate Academy! We are opening a new Sixth Form in September 2025 and as a result we are looking for an enthusiastic subject specialist to become Head of our committed Maths Department.
The candidate will motivate, challenge, support and inspire both staff and students. They must also have relevant experience in a similar role with a proven track record. The ability to teach A-level Maths & Further Maths would be an advantage.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To oversee/organise curriculum delivery within the Maths department.
- Make available full, up-to-date schemes of work, for the subject within the Learning Area.
- Encouraging the selection of suitable teaching and learning approaches and subject matter in providing a differentiated approach to students.
- To lead, develop & enhance the teaching practice of others including participation in performance management/appraisal arrangements.
- Monitor and analyse the academic performance of students on an ongoing basis and provide relevant reports when requested.
- Devise and implement appropriate intervention strategies.
What the school offers its staff
We offer our staff a range of benefits including:
- Professional development and career progression
- Generous pension scheme
- Blue Light Card
- Eligibility for Teacher Art Pass (teaching staff only)
- An Employee Assistance Programme
- Gym Discounts
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Green car scheme
- Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
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 are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Yate Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 816 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Yate Academy website
- Email address
- kpickford@yateacademy.co.uk
At Yate Academy, we have built our ethos on a strong set of core values which underpin everything that we do. Our aim is to give students at Yate Academy a better chance of success than if they attended any other school in the country.
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.
Arranging a visit to Yate Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kpickford@yateacademy.co.uk.
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