Lead Practitioner - Maths
Leigh Academy Halley, London, SE3 8EP2 days remaining to apply
Closing date
21 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS commensurate with experience + TLR
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you seeking a new opportunity to join a highly successful comprehensive school that is committed to providing an outstanding education of excellence for all? Would you like to be a successful Lead Practitioner - Mathematics who would thrive when working with other committed and innovative practitioners? Leigh Academy Halley is now recruiting a Lead Practitioner - Mathematics, to join us from September 2025.
Key responsibilities, as outlined in the job description, include;
- Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge students.
- Promote good progress and outcomes by students.
- Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge.
- Plan and teach well-structured lessons.
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students.
- Make accurate and productive use of assessment.
- Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment.
What the school offers its staff
This is a truly fantastic opportunity for a passionate educator to become part of a well-established, highly collaborative and successful maths department that works hard to ensure that students enjoy a challenging, dynamic and rewarding curriculum. All of the maths team are subject-specialists, two of whom are on the Academy Leadership Team. We have a Director of Learning for Maths, 1 Lead Practitioner and a Key Stage 3 Co-ordinator for Maths. One of our Directors of Progress is also part of the maths team. All students study Maths in Key Stage 3 through the IB Middle Years Programme. The subject is popular and successful at both GCSE and sixth form, where we offer IB Mathematics - Applications and Interpretations. In addition to this, we have an active and popular STEM extra-curricular programme that is well attended by students after school.
This permanent opportunity offers a competitive MPS/UPS, commensurate with experience + Inner London Allowance + TLR. We welcome applications from prospective colleagues who would wish to work part-time, as well as full-time.
We deem this to be a great position on the basis that;
- We offer a vibrant and committed Maths Department, passionate about maths and dedicated to supporting students throughout their learning experience and securing the best possible outcomes for them.
- We offer pupils the very best in maths learning opportunities by delivering high-quality teaching via our bespoke curriculum, alongside inspiring extracurricular opportunities.
- We believe in developing staff into outstanding practitioners through our excellent CPD programmes.
- This is further supported through our membership of the Leigh Academies Trust which provides regular teach-meets and co-operative training sessions within the trust to facilitate staff and student growth.
If this sounds like an environment within which you would like to work, apply to join our team from September 2025. The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, flexible, well organised and able to work as part of a team as well as having the ability to work alone when required.
Further details about the role
Suitable and interested candidates are encouraged to make contact with the Principal, Ben Russell, by contacting him at ben.russell@halley.latrust.org.uk.
Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
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 Leigh Academy Halley
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 901 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Leigh Academy Halley website
- Email address
- joinus@latrust.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Leigh Academy Halley
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