Lead Practitioner - Maths
Leigh Academy Minster, Sheerness, ME12 3JQ7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
2 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 October 2026
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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale based on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Leadership Scale (England & Wales) + Teacher Pension Scheme + 24/7 access to a free virtual GP Service + collaborative MAT network + additional LAT benefits.
Become a Lead Practitioner - Maths at Leigh Academy Minster and spearhead efforts to elevate standards and enrich teaching and learning across our academy. As a pivotal member of our leadership team, you'll be instrumental in translating our academy's vision into exceptional classroom practices, fostering a culture of excellence throughout.
Your core duties will encompass developing and executing strategies for teaching and learning, curriculum planning, professional development, and fostering teamwork. You'll champion positive student engagement by setting high expectations, delivering outstanding lessons, and cultivating an inspiring learning environment. Leading the charge in Maths, you'll establish tailored systems and procedures to enhance teaching and learning within the subject. Your role will also involve delivering top-notch lessons, mentoring colleagues, and strategically analysing data to drive continuous improvement. Join us in our mission to deliver outstanding educational outcomes, bridge achievement gaps, and keep our pedagogical approaches at the forefront of innovation and effectiveness.
What the school offers its staff
What makes Leigh Academy Minster a special place to work:
- Strategic Leadership: Autonomy to design and deliver a high-quality Mathematics curriculum that inspires mastery, fluency, and deep conceptual understanding.
- Professional Growth: Access to bespoke leadership development within the Leigh Academies Trust, collaborating with expert advisors to set new benchmarks for mathematical excellence.
- Team Empowerment: Lead and mentor a talented team of educators, fostering a culture of collaborative problem-solving, mutual respect, and shared ambition.
- World-Class Facilities: Teach in a state-of-the-art environment featuring modern digital suites and specialized resources designed for advanced mathematical modeling, data analysis, and visualization.
- Student-Centred Mission: Join a team dedicated to empowering the next generation of critical thinkers to analyze, reason, and solve real-world problems through logical rigour and quantitative inquiry.
If you are ready to join a department with energy, integrity and ambition - and help shape the future of Maths education within a flourishing academy - we would love to hear from you.
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.
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About Leigh Academy Minster
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1005 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- joinus@latrust.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Leigh Academy Minster
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