Lead Practitioner of Maths

Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary, Redcar, North Yorkshire, TS10 1PJ

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  11 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Mathematics
• Working pattern: Full time: 1 FTE
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £50,025 - £55,209 (LP1 - LP5)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School is looking for an inspirational and highly effective Lead Practitioner of Maths to join our very successful team of staff within the school. We offer the opportunity to work in a high quality, vibrant and caring environment where we share a rich vision for our pupils and for the communities in which we work.

Our Maths department is one of the most successful in Redcar & Cleveland and beyond with achievement in Maths at least 20% above national averages. We are looking for an experienced practitioner with a proven track record of outstanding outcomes to work alongside our exceptional Curriculum Leader of Maths to drive outcomes even further.

Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School is part of the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, a family of 38 schools, and a vibrant Sixth Form College. With 12,300 pupils and 1,500 staff, NPCAT is now one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the UK.

Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School is at the heart of the community and it is the positive, caring attitude of all members of our school community that creates the unique nature of Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School. We are a school with high expectations and aspirations for all pupils and we celebrate our commitment to inclusion. The successful candidate will further develop and support our Maths teachers at Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School and across the Trust in delivering high quality teaching and learning to our pupils which promote outstanding outcomes.

Induction and on-going professional development from within the Trust provides our teachers and leaders with great opportunities for development and progression. The Trust is looking to recruit a leader who has a passion to make a difference to the lives of our pupils and their families, who is a good communicator with a real ability to inspire and motivate.

The successful candidate must:

• Be fully committed to upholding and promoting the Catholic ethos of the Trust

• Demonstrate the highest standards of teaching and learning

• Inspire, motivate and empower pupils to make the best possible progress

• Show a commitment to innovation, creativity and inclusion

• Be able to make a significant contribution to the wider college context

What the school offers its staff

The School offers:

• A strong, supportive ethos

• Happy, enthusiastic and friendly pupils

• Highly experienced and talented colleagues

• Excellent professional development and progression opportunities across our 38 schools and sixth form

• Supportive trust board, governors and parents

Additional benefits include access to:

• Vivup - Lifestyle savings - store discounts

• Vivup - Discounted gym membership

• Vivup - Cycle scheme

• Tusker Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme

• Full wellbeing package

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SHS133 Lead Practitioner of Maths - Sacred Heart Secondary School.pdf - 3.36 MB (opens in new tab)

About Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 729 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: townsend.s@npcat.org.uk
• Phone number: 01642 487100
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sacred-heart-catholic-secondary (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email townsend.s@npcat.org.uk.

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