Maths Teacher
The Kingston Academy, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 5PEThis job expired on 7 March 2019 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2019
Closing date
7 March 2019 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
13 February 2019
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- View all Mathematicsjobs
Working pattern
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £27,871 to £39,352
Maths Teacher job summary
The Board of Trustees wish to appoint a talented and motivated Maths Teacher to join our fast growing, ambitious and STEM focused Academy. We are able to offer key subject responsibilities to the right candidate and as a rapidly developing school, The Kingston Academy will provide you with exceptional opportunities for career development and progression. We are also willing to consider candidates who are looking for a part-time role.
The Kingston Academy is a new outstanding Secondary School in North Kingston, which opened for the first time in September 2015 with a cohort of Year 7 pupils. The school will grow annually by an additional year group until 2021. TKA has received a substantial capital grant for the refurbishment of the existing educational facilities and for additional new modern buildings. Our mission is to provide a world-class education for all the young people within our community to ensure that every pupil is safe, happy and succeeds. In Autumn 2018, the beginning of our fourth year of operation, we had over 720 pupils across the four year groups of 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Are you interested in joining a dedicated team of excellent maths teachers pursuing mastery for all pupils?
- Do you value intelligent practice, clear teacher explanations and attention to detail in all aspects of teaching and learning?
- Do you prize depth over breadth?
- Do you embrace the opportunity to use technology as a vehicle to improve learning?
- Are you a self-critical, highly motivated individual with the teaching skills to deliver a shared vision for maths?
- In a time of curriculum upheaval, are you keen to direct all your energies into setting the highest standards at KS3 in order to prepare pupils for the demands of GCSE and A-level?
- If so, then we would love to hear from you.
Candidates wishing to visit the school and meet with Gabby Veglio, Head of Maths, are welcomed and encouraged. To arrange a visit please contact Justine Free on 0208 465 6208 or email jfree@thekingstonacademy.org. However, if you are unable to visit the school prior to the deadline, your application will not be disadvantaged in any sense.
The successful candidate will possess the following attributes:
QTS
Broad base of subject knowledge
Ability to teach across key stages 3, 4 and 5 ultimately
Successful training, teaching practice and / or successful prior teaching experience
Awareness of, and willingness to implement new digital approaches to teaching
Clear understanding of successful classroom practice
Possess a range of teaching and learning strategies
Ability to work effectively as part of a curriculum / subject team
Effective ICT skills
Ability to maintain good classroom behaviour
Effective organizational skills e.g. lesson preparation, scheme of work development, meeting deadlines, good record keeping etc.
Effective inter-personal skills
Assessment Process
Our selection procedure will aim to identify with rigour whether the candidate fulfills the requirements of the post and will include the consideration of the candidate’s suitability to work with children and young people. The process will include:
Teaching an observed lesson to a full class of pupils;
Meeting with a panel of our pupils for informal question and answer session;
Interview with Subject Lead and Head Teacher.
We look forward to receiving your application.
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.
About The Kingston Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1176 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Kingston Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jfree@thekingstonacademy.org
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