Leading Practitioner: Mathematics

Hilbre High School, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 6EQ

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  13 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £52,026.00 - £57,418.00 Annually (Actual)

Leading Practitioner: Mathematics job summary

We are currently seeking a dynamic and highly effective Leading Practitioner of Mathematics who can drive excellence in teaching and learning across the department and wider school. The successful candidate will have a strong track record of impact within the classroom and will be committed to improving outcomes for all students through high-quality, evidence-informed practice.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the extended leadership team at Hilbre High School and play a key role in shaping the quality of Mathematics education across all Key Stages. You will work closely with Senior Leaders and the Maths Department to develop and embed consistently strong teaching, support curriculum development and lead on staff development through coaching and CPD.

Mathematics is a core subject at the heart of the curriculum and plays a vital role in students’ future success. The Department is well-established, and this role offers the opportunity to further strengthen outcomes, teaching consistency and student engagement across all year groups.

Key aspects of the role include:

Leading high-quality teaching and learning in Mathematics

Supporting the design and delivery of a coherent, ambitious Maths curriculum

Coaching and mentoring staff to improve classroom practice

Developing effective assessment, feedback and intervention strategies

Modelling excellent teaching through a reduced timetable

Contributing to whole-school teaching and learning priorities

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding requirements:

Hilbre High School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure with a child barred list check, receipt of references and successful completion of vetting procedures. It is an offence to apply for this role if candidates are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Hilbre High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1174 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hilbre High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hilbre-high-school

Hilbre is a hard-working, lively academy where we believe that learning is an enjoyable and rewarding experience for all our students. We pride ourselves in recognising the varied and individual needs of our students and the broad, balanced education we provide, both in and outside the classroom, ensures our students can leave school with the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to contribute confidently in today’s ever changing world.

At Hilbre High School Humanities College, you will find an 11-18 academy with just over one thousand students on roll. We are an academy which genuinely welcomes people into a partnership with a shared aim; to achieve the most we possibly can, both academically and socially for our students. We believe in success, progress, challenge and the enjoyment of learning and we constantly strive to ensure that all students achieve their very best.

Indeed, our pledge is to ensure that every student, whatever their starting point, makes rapid and sustained progress through effective, high quality teaching, in order to achieve the best outcomes within a caring and supportive environment. Our academy has the advantage of being coeducational. This enables us to deliver the full range of curriculum opportunities within a more natural and rounded environment for the social development of our students.

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