Lower School Leader (KS3) - Mathematics
Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AHDeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
24 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 2a for Lower School Maths Leader
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Role
The successful candidate will:
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Teach Mathematics across a range of abilities, fostering high expectations and a love of learning.
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Lead and develop a coherent, challenging and stimulating KS3 Mathematics curriculum that offers both breadth and depth.
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Monitor and update schemes of work, assessment, and Assessment for Learning strategies at KS3.
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Oversee monitoring and reporting of student progress in Lower School Mathematics.
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Lead on learning quality through lesson observations, learning walks, work sampling and student voice.
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Organise and oversee Lower School Enrichment Days, competitions, and extension opportunities for gifted and talented students.
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Build strong links with local primary schools to support transition and enrichment.
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Liaise closely with the Middle School Leader to ensure effective Year 9/10 handover.
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Contribute to department development, curriculum planning, and enrichment activities across the school.
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Support the school’s pastoral systems as a Form Tutor and by engaging in wider school life, including trips, events, and extra-curricular opportunities.
About You
We are looking for a teacher who:
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Is an excellent classroom practitioner with high expectations of students.
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Has the vision and drive to lead innovation at KS3 and inspire young learners.
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Can demonstrate effective curriculum design, assessment, and use of data to improve outcomes.
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Will actively contribute to departmental collaboration and whole-school initiatives.
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Is committed to professional development and personal growth.
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Shares our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a suitable candidate is appointed.
OPGS is committed to creating an inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of background, identity, or personal circumstances, and we actively promote equality of opportunity for all.
What the school offers its staff
We Offer
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A supportive, forward-thinking department and leadership team.
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A well-resourced environment with opportunities for innovation.
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A commitment to your professional development.
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The opportunity to make a real impact on the progress and engagement of our KS3 learners.
Further information about the job
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and talented Lower School Leader (KS3) – Mathematics to join our successful Mathematics department. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled teacher of Mathematics who is passionate about developing learning and achievement at Key Stage 3, while also contributing fully to the wider life of the school.
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
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About Oakwood Park Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1088 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oakwood Park Grammar School website
- Email address
- jnichol@opgs.org
- Phone number
- 01622 726683
Oakwood Park Grammar School is a five-form entry (usually 160 in each year) Boys’ Grammar School of approximately 1100 students, including the Sixth Form. We have a co-educational Sixth Form with a pan of 180 in each year group. Entry at 11 to the school is through the Kent Test (11+) where students sit three papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.
We have been on the site since 1959 and we share an attractive campus with two schools (St Augustine Academy and St Simon Stock) and a college of Further Education (Mid-Kent College). We remain committed to improving school facilities and providing high quality learning environments for our students. Our teaching and support staff are dedicated and hardworking and very loyal to the school.
Oakwood Park Grammar School has a wealth of extra-curricular activities for its students. Sport is very strong with national success in football, alongside rugby, cricket, basketball and athletics. We also cater for rowing, fencing, table tennis and climbing. Music and Drama are also popular with an annual production and brand new facilities which opened in October 2023. Other extra-curricular opportunities include robotics, debating and chess.
Academic standards are high at both GCSE and A Level. In the Sixth Form, on average, well over half of our students who apply to universities will secure offers from prestigious Russell Group universities and we regularly send students to Oxbridge colleges.
In 2024, an ungraded inspection made clear the school continues to be ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted. However, our grading of Outstanding for our Behaviour and our Sixth Form provision remains.
We are a welcoming, open school with a clear focus on developing staff, with teaching and learning at the heart of our professional development.
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