Leader of Key Stage 3 Maths
The Blue Coat CofE School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3SQ7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- TPS
Additional allowances
TLR2b (£5,641)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a creative, inspiring, sharing and thoughtful practitioner to join the leadership team of our already outstanding maths department and help to take it to the next level. We want someone who has a passion for mathematical pedagogy, enjoys curriculum development work and is always looking for new and innovative ways to support our students develop their mathematical knowledge and understanding. This post is equally suited for candidates looking for their first leadership post and those already in leadership posts, and it is an ideal stepping stone to future Middle and Senior Leadership roles.
We are looking for someone who:
- is a qualified teacher with relevant experience of teaching Maths in a secondary school.
- has good knowledge and experience of the Maths curriculum and will be able to teach the subject across Key Stage 3 and 4.
- is a flexible and perceptive classroom practitioner who can engage students across the age and ability range and enable all to learn, enjoy and make progress.
- is a team player with a can-do approach, who is prepared to take a lead in improving aspects of the department’s provision
- has a commitment to personal, professional development and becoming the best that you can be.
What the school offers its staff
Working for The Blue Coat School means that you would be part of the Cranmer Education Trust, a successful, growing Trust which prides itself on looking after its people, offering a high level of support and access to expertise. This is an excellent time to join the team, as we develop collaborative structures and systems to enhance and support our growing family of schools.
Alongside The Blue Coat School, the Trust is made up of primary and secondary schools across Oldham and Rochdale. The Trust also incorporates a Teacher Training school and the East Manchester Teaching Hub which support the training and development of new and existing teachers across the North West of England. For further details please visit:
https://careers.cranmereducationtrust.com/.
We offer:
- Opportunities for professional development in a growing Trust
- A strong school community that places children, families and staff at the heart of everything we do.
- A supportive team who will work with and alongside you to achieve the very best
- Teachers career average pension scheme with a generous employer contribution
- Central Oldham location close to good transport networks
The Blue Coat School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Cranmer Education Trust follows safer recruitment practices. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and appointment is therefore subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service. For further information please refer to: · The Cranmer Education Trust’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Trust Policies | Cranmer Education Trust · The Trust’s statement on the employment of ex-offenders, in the vacancy Documents section. · The job description and person specification for further information regarding the safeguarding responsibilities of the role.
Further details about the role
The Blue Coat School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Cranmer Education Trust follows safer recruitment practices. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and appointment is therefore subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service. For further information please refer to: · The Cranmer Education Trust’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Trust Policies | Cranmer Education Trust · The Trust’s statement on the employment of ex-offenders, in the vacancy Documents section. · The job description and person specification for further information regarding the safeguarding responsibilities of the role.
The Cranmer Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will provide reasonable support to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Blue Coat School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For further information please refer to:
The Cranmer Education Trust’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy:
Trust Policies | Cranmer Education Trust
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 The Blue Coat CofE School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1692 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Blue Coat CofE School website
- Email address
- hr@cranmeredt.org
- Phone number
- 0161 624 1484
We are very proud of our school, which attracts students from across Greater Manchester and beyond. It first opened in 1834. Our founder, Thomas Henshaw, was a committed Anglican who left a bequest to fund a school which would provide education for the orphaned boys of the parish.
From these humble beginnings, the Blue Coat School has become one of the biggest and most successful schools in the country. The school has a national reputation for high quality teaching and learning, pastoral care, consistently excellent examination results and outstanding progress. Our most recent OFSTED inspection in 2011/2 judged the school to be outstanding in every category. As a result, Blue Coat has been designated a National Teaching School which means that we work with schools nationally and locally to develop the very best educational provision. Blue Coat is grounded in tradition and history, and is evolving and forward looking. Our historic campus has been restored and developed extensively; our students enjoy picnic lunches in front of a Grade II listed building but their learning takes place in superb 21st century classrooms, laboratories and studios.
Blue Coat is dedicated to serving young people, to enable them to become everything they can be and everything that they are meant to be. We are a Church of England school that welcomes members of other Christian denominations, and of other faiths.
Our Anglican beliefs, values and worship are at the core of our life together in school.
Arranging a visit to The Blue Coat CofE School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@cranmeredt.org.
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