Lead Teacher for Teaching and Learning in Mathematics

Ormiston Meridian Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7DF

29 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  6 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Mathematics
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £49,780.00 - £53,602.00 Annually (Actual) OAT Leadership L1 - L4

Lead Teacher for Teaching and Learning in Mathematics job summary

About this Role

Ormiston Meridian Academy is a thriving secondary academy in the south of the city, serving 11–16-year-old students. Our ambition statement is ‘Shaping Lives, Building Ambition and Igniting Futures’ and every decision we make and action we take is to ensure our students flourish as young adults. Alongside our lessons, we provide a rich and diverse extra-curricular programme that develops character and inspires our students. We all work together to instill a strong sense of belonging for all, which enables students to succeed and become active members of the community as they move into adulthood.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Lead Teacher to further strengthen our mathematics faculty. Applications are invited from ambitious, inspirational and talented middle leaders or teachers who believe they have the skills, passion and determination to lead our academy mathematics education to outstanding.

The successful candidate will be an expert in mathematics and have a proven track record of successful outcomes, as well as a keen interest in developing the practices of colleagues to further strengthen teaching and learning of the faculty. We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate who will actively and positively promote mathematics within the academy and will teach engaging and challenging lessons to enable our pupils to progress and achieve.

Our Mathematics Faculty is very successful with plenty of experience and expertise, making it an ideal faculty to be a part of. The team work collaboratively and support one another brilliantly, they are united in the ambition to be the very best they can be, and give the best to their students. Leaders provide a clear and strategic approach to the curriculum, teaching and assessment approaches ensuring new members of the team have schemes of learning and lesson resources to hit the ground running. The successful candidate will provide professional leadership and management of mathematics in order to secure high quality teaching, combining subject expertise with a passion for securing the highest outcomes. You will also play a vital role in fostering curiosity and critical thinking among our students

The successful candidate will provide professional leadership and management of mathematics in order to secure high quality teaching, combining subject expertise with a passion for securing the highest outcomes. You will also play a vital role in fostering curiosity and critical thinking among our students.

Staff wellbeing is incredibly important to us and therefore, we are committed to creating a health - promoting workplace by ensuing wellbeing and mental health at the heart of our decision making. We will support staff to make positive choices for their own wellbeing and encourage a collegiate culture across and between all roles in the academy. Specifically, we have committed to the development of a long-term strategy for improving staff wellbeing and making sure our staff are well supported and cared for.

Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, one of the oldest and largest school trusts in the country. OAT’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust.

Ormiston Academies Trust is an ethical sponsor, committed to improving the life chances of young people. We share their vision for all young people to have the highest academic, social and practical skills to allow them to lead a fulfilling life.

To find out more about working at Ormiston Meridian Academy, please visit our website www.ormistonmeridianacademy.co.uk or contact Miss D Lovell (PA to the Principal) at dlovell@omera.co.uk to arrange a phone call or a tour of the academy.

To apply for the position please submit an application form via the link above by 9.00am on Thursday 6th March 2025. Interviews will take place week commencing the 10th March 2025. Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

Ormiston Meridian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Commitment to safeguarding

Ormiston Meridian Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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About Ormiston Meridian Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1072 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ormiston Meridian Academy website (opens in new tab)
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Ormiston Meridian Academy is a thriving secondary academy in the south of the city, serving 11-16 year old students. Our ambition statement is ‘Shaping Lives, Building Ambition and Igniting Futures’ and every decision we make and action we take is to ensure our students excel as young adults.

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