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  • Job start date

    1 September 2020

  • Closing date

    20 April 2020 at 9am

  • Date listed

    24 March 2020

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full-time equivalent salary

Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490

Additional allowances

TLR 2.1 - £2,796

What we offer
Students who are well motivated and co-operative
Well managed behaviour systems
Same-day detentions for poor behaviour and poor attitudes toward learning – leaving you free to teach high quality lessons.
A school feedback policy that focuses around whole-class feedback helping to limit onerous marking.
No formally graded lesson observations and an emphasis on ‘coaching’
Collaborative planning with shared units of work and resources
A centrally managed set of extensive ICT facilities running
Windows 10 on the latest hardware and all the expected software. Easy requests for any specialist software to be installed.

Mathematics Teacher - KS Coordinator job summary

We are delighted to be recruiting for a teacher of Mathematics to join our high-performing, forward thinking and cohesive department.

We welcome applications from excellent practitioners or current responsibility holders who would like to discuss further opportunities.

We teach a rigorous academic curriculum with a clear focus on supporting all students achieve positive outcomes. You will work with the Director of Mathematics, and the wider school team to continually drive attainment and standards across the department.

We seek a teacher who has the following qualities:

• An excellent classroom practitioner
• A supportive member of the team
• Excellent subject knowledge
• Well organised and motivated to support students of all abilities and needs

We welcome committed, dynamic and creative applicants with a passion for Mathematics and the improvement of student attainment.

Poole High School is an 11-19 comprehensive school serving families throughout the historic town of Poole. As the largest school in this selective catchment, we pride ourselves on the fact that all students thrive in this caring and collaborative environment. Our students are well motivated and co-operative, and the team spirit in this large school is second to none.

In 2019, Poole High School achieved a Progress 8 score of +0.48 putting us well ‘above average’ for progress nationally.

We have high expectations of our staff, and we value them highly. Our school systems ensure you can focus on teaching high quality lessons in a sustainable manner – dealing with poor behaviour centrally, and limiting the amount ‘data’ we expect teaching staff to deal with.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

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About Poole High School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1859 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Poole High School is an 11-19 comprehensive school serving families throughout the historic town of Poole. As the largest school in this selective catchment, we pride ourselves on the fact that all students thrive in this caring and collaborative environment. Our students are well motivated and co-operative, and the team spirit in this large school is second to none.

At Poole High School, over three quarters (77%) of students achieved at least a grade four in both English and maths, with 51% achieving grade 5 or above in the two core subjects. Progress 8 in summer 2023 was 0.72 which places the school in the top 8% for progress nationally. In English specifically, 70% of our students achieved a grade 5 in English, whilst 85% achieved a grade 4.

Poole High School, as the largest school in our selective catchment, prides itself on the fact that all students thrive in a caring and collaborative environment. Our students are well motivated and co-operative, and the team spirit in this large school is second to none. As a values-driven school, our most important purpose is to teach our students things which they would not learn outside of school. We want our students to look back on their time at Poole High School as a place which gave them opportunities for the future and prepared them for the ups and downs of life – a school which valued, inspired, and empowered them.

We have high expectations of our staff, and in return we value them highly. Our systems ensure you can focus on teaching high quality lessons in a sustainable way – unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour. We are proud of our strong learning culture and that learning is sacrosanct in every classroom.

The school has delightful landscaped grounds and is very well resourced, being located at the heart of the town with excellent access by road and public transport. The quality of life in Poole is good and there is easy access to diverse range of cultural and scenic attractions.
What we offer:
• Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm-strict’ behaviour system
• Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and
resources
• Opportunity to teach up to A Level
• A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous
marking policies
• A centralised homework system at KS3 – you do not need to mark
KS3 homework
• Centralised detentions, including homework detentions (you do not
need to organise/chase at all)
• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’
feedback, helping you to continuously develop
• Professional development that is continuous and based upon national
research schools
• A culture of engaged learners – leaving you free to teach high quality
lessons
• Comprehensive induction process with ongoing support from a
dedicated induction co-ordinator
• A school with the scale and structure to maximise opportunities and
career progression

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