Maths Lead and Class Teacher
The Sherwood School, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 1JP16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
6 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 2.1
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a candidate with:
- The ability to develop, implement, monitor and maintain maths mastery teaching & learning practices which reflect the school’s commitment to high achievement and which are consistent with national and school strategies and policies.
- The ability to inspire and motivate children.
- Knowledge in applying a range of teaching strategies to meet the differing needs of children.
- A passion for teaching and the knowledge to help us accelerate progress for different groups of learners.
- Good interpersonal and team working skills
- Clear and robust behaviour management skills
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
- Hardworking pupils who love learning
- A genuine commitment to supporting work/life balance
- A friendly and supportive working environment
- Excellent professional development opportunities.
- Dedicated and supportive staff and governors.
- The support of a committed School Leadership Team.
Further details about the role
The governors of The Sherwood School are seeking to employ a highly motivated and enthusiastic class teacher and maths lead to join our popular school in September 2025. We provide a warm and friendly working environment with high staff morale and a commitment to growing leaders. Our links with local teaching schools and the SW London Maths Hub enable us to offer excellent professional development for leadership and we are committed to developing our staff to achieve their full potential.
We are an ‘Inner London’ school and we serve a culturally diverse community in Mitcham with happy, confident and polite children. We maintained our ‘Good’ grading in our recent OFSTED inspection in July 2023 and our work to promote children’s wellbeing and safety was noted as an asset of the school: ‘Pupils’ rights and responsibilities are at the heart of this community. Leaders empower pupils with a ‘voice’ to share their views. Pupils are encouraged to contribute positively to school life through the opportunities provided to them.’
We are a happy school where children enjoy learning and achieving in the context of a rich, vibrant, broad and balanced curriculum. This has also been acknowledged in our recent Ofsted report: ‘Leaders have put in place a curriculum which includes a wide range of subjects. The approach for all subjects matches the ambition of the national curriculum.’
We are interested in meeting applicants with a true interest in all children and a passion for enabling and empowering them to learn and achieve. You should be motivated, well-organised, interested in developing your skills as a teacher and keen to contribute 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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hannah.mcbride@sherwood.merton.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Sherwood School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 329 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Sherwood School website
- Email address
- sbm@sherwood.merton.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02087645100
At The Sherwood, we want every child's experience to be a happy and positive one and for them to make the best possible progress in all aspects of learning. Our focus is on making sure our pupils have a firm foundation in the core areas of Maths and English - and on making sure they have fun whilst doing so!
Our aim is to promote the development of children's confidence through the Expressive Arts. Music is at the heart of our school, with every child learning the rudiments of music through singing, movement and instrumental lessons provided by specialists from Merton Music Foundation and Artis.
Through our creative and language-rich curriculum, our work as a Gold Rights Respecting school, as a Philosophy for Children school, and in our sporting and House activities, we ensure every day brings new and exciting challenges.
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