Mathematics Excellence Coordinator
Springfield School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 1QY2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
18 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
15 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £2,025.00 - £2,025.00 Annually (Actual) TLR3
Mathematics Excellence Coordinator job summary
TLR3 £2,025 pro rata
6 Month Fixed Term – 01 September 2025 to 28 February 2026
Responsible to the Head of Department
The purpose of this role is to be responsible for the partnership between Axiom Maths and Springfield School, overseeing the successful implementation and long-term delivery of the Axiom Maths programme.
The role focuses on identifying high prior attaining mathematicians, particularly pupils from under-resourced backgrounds, who may be at risk of not reaching their potential. The Mathematics Experience Coordinator will support these pupils as part of their journey with Axiom Maths, nurturing their love for mathematics and helping them achieve success at GCSE and beyond.
1 Principal Responsibilities
Promote maths circles to incoming Years 7 pupils, with a focus on pupils from under-resourced backgrounds.
Promote the Axiom Maths programme to all stakeholders (e.g. governors, parents, senior leaders with responsibility for pupil premium, wider maths department), fostering strong engagement and support for pupils’ ongoing mathematical development.
Select a cohort of pupils who are high attaining in maths and enthusiastic about maths.
Ensure at least 30% of pupils attending Axiom Maths circles are eligible for pupil premium.
Establish the Axiom Maths programme in school, with a view to adding a new Year 7 cohort every year, subject to the continuation of the programme/funding.
By the second year of partnership, be delivering maths circles in Year 7 and Year 8.
Once circles have been established in Year 7 and Year 8, and with additional support from Axiom Maths, ensure existing circles continue with the goal of having a circle in each year group by the 5th year of delivery.
Ensure that pupils, especially those from under-resourced backgrounds, continue to attend and participate in maths circles, maintaining a viable circle size of at least 6 pupils. This will include identifying and removing barriers to continued participation.
Participate in induction training at the start of the programme and the re-contracting webinar at the end of the year. Attend other recommended Axiom Maths training as appropriate.
Ensure maths circles are run with fidelity according to Axiom principles. Where volunteers are used, ensure they are trained and fully supported to assist with the running of maths circles.
Ensure completion of the Axiom Maths curriculum (i.e. aiming that 30, 1-hour maths circle sessions are completed each academic year per year group).
Serve as Axiom Maths’ contact within the school, ensuring timely follow-up on email correspondence.
Keep up to date with Axiom Maths updates, including those shared in the monthly newsletter.
Act as a champion for wider initiatives that embed a culture where excellence in maths is prized.
Engage with Axiom Maths about other opportunities to embed a culture where excellence in maths is prized, including accessing the wider Axiom Maths toolkit of opportunities.
A critical aspect of the role of Mathematics Excellence Coordinator is to reflect on and help shape the design of the Axiom Maths programme for current and future learners. To support this, the coordinator needs to:
Ensure timely completion of mentors’ and pupils’ surveys.
- Ensure pupil data is updated regularly on the Axiom Maths Hub (e.g. attendance).
- Ensure mentors participate in one Axiom Maths focus group per year.
- Coordinate at least one maths circle visit from Axiom Maths per year.
2 Person Specification
Key qualities we would hope to see in a Mathematics Excellence Coordinator include:
Experience
- Significant maths classroom teacher experience.
- Experience of transforming a classroom culture.
- Experience teaching high-attainers (e.g. top set pupils).
- Experience providing CPD for other teachers.
- Experience managing and/or leading others.
Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to develop innovative strategies to ensure pupils remain engaged in a culture where excellence in maths is prized.
- Strong mathematical knowledge (e.g. undergraduate degree in maths).
- Science, and/or excellent A-Level Maths/further maths results.
Character and Qualities
- Passionate about social mobility and providing opportunities for young people from under-resourced backgrounds.
- A love of mathematics and the determination to nurture this in others.
- Reflective, adaptable, and eager to develop new knowledge and skills, both mathematical and pedagogical.
3 Miscellaneous Notes
From time to time, teachers may be required to teach outside of their first subject. If this is required, then appropriate subject support will be made available.
The above responsibilities are subject to the general duties and responsibilities contained in the Statement of Conditions of Employment.
This job description allocates duties and responsibilities but does not direct the particular amount of time to be spent on carrying them out and no part of it may be so construed. In allocating time to the performance of duties and responsibilities, the post-holder must use Directed Time in accordance with the school's policy published in the Staff Handbook and have regard to the Teacher’s Conditions of Employment and the National Teachers’ Standards.
This job description is not necessarily a comprehensive definition of the post. It will be reviewed annually and may be subject to modification or amendment after discussion.
You will be based predominantly at Springfield School. However, as you will be appointed to The De Curci Trust, you may be required to work in any of The De Curci Trust’s academies or in any of the schools/academies that the Trust is supporting as reasonably directed by the CEO. The ability to travel independently between DCT academies/schools is therefore essential.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The De Curci Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level, and any other background checks, including overseas and on-line checks, will be required prior to any offer of employment.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Springfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1118 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Springfield School website
We are a large and inclusive school with over 1100 students on roll, situated in the suburb of Drayton, to the north of the city of Portsmouth, nestled under the slopes of Portsdown Hill.
The school has an established history of excellent practice and high achievement. Ofsted judged the school to be 'good' in October 2019 and commented that 'leaders are determined to provide a high-quality education for all pupils regardless of their ability or circumstances'.
We are a strong, aspirational community founded on positive and respectful relationships;
every individual is known and supported in their learning and personal development. We
aim to inspire our students with a love of learning, a desire to innovate and a sense of
discovery and optimism for their twenty-first century world.
Our curriculum is rich and broad and our commitment to promoting student leadership
and co-construction means that students are actively engaged in developing the school and
shaping their own learning. Our teachers recognise individual learning styles, as well as the
need to encourage independent and collaborative learning.
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