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  • Job start date

    1 September 2023

  • Closing date

    20 March 2023 at 9am

  • Date listed

    1 March 2023

Job details

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Key stage

Key stage 3

Working pattern

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications

  • Qualified teaching status
  • Degree qualification
  • Evidence of further study post-degree level

Knowledge and Experience:

  • Up to date, recent and relevant knowledge and understanding of the KS3 Mathematics curriculum
  • Experience of teaching Mathematics to pupils at KS3
  • Up to date, recent and relevant knowledge of current best practice in education
  • Experience of being a form teacher and of dealing with pastoral issues effectively
  • Experience of Middle School education
  • Teaching experience and subject knowledge in other National Curriculum subjects
  • Experience of raising standards of pupils’ achievement in Maths

Skills and Abilities

  • Effective ICT Skills
  • Dynamic, decisive and inspirational qualities
  • Team motivation skills
  • An ambitious learner with a desire for career progression
  • Positive and practical approach to change and challenge
  • Highly effective organisational and administrative skills
  • Ability to build positive relationships with staff, pupils, parents and the wider community
  • Willing to challenge ineffectiveness or complacency
  • Ability to instil the highest standards of behaviour, courtesy and respect for others, in staff and learners
  • Commitment to and sincere belief in the principles of inclusion
  • Ability to use data analysis of pupil assessments and pupil progress tracking to inform planning.

Personal competencies and qualities

  • Commitment to excellence and high expectations
  • Adaptable, articulate and confident
  • Ability to balance warmth, care, compassion and discipline
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Enthusiastic and optimistic
  • Team player
  • Sense of humour!



What the school offers its staff

  • Very talented and supportive staff team.
  • Exceptionally supportive Governing Body.
  • Highly effective opportunities for CPD and career progression.
  • An opportunity to work in an ‘Outstanding’ school, designated by the NCTL as a National Support School.
  • An opportunity to work in a school that is part of an outstanding and secure pyramid of schools, working exceptionally closely with outstanding feeder first schools, South Bromsgrove High School, which is an outstanding Teaching School, and the Bromsgrove Middle Schools Learning Partnership. Transport links in this area are excellent.

Further details about the role

We are looking for a Teacher of Mathematics with enthusiasm and a passion for learning who will:

  • Be an inspirational teacher with very high standards and expectations of children’s learning and behaviour, and who is relentless in their desire to raise standards and ensure all children reach their potential.
  • Be a ‘people person’ demonstrating exceptional inter-personal skills.
  • Be committed to safeguarding all children.
  • Possess excellent organisational skills.
  • Motivate to inspire others in the pursuit of excellence.
  • Promote inclusion as the heart of school improvement.

Commitment to safeguarding

Aston Fields Middle School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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About Aston Fields Middle School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 9 to 13
Education phase
View all Middlejobs
School size
597 pupils enrolled
Age range
9 to 13
Phone number
01527 876026

Aston Fields Middle School is a co-educational Community School for pupils aged nine to thirteen. The school, which opened in 1969, is situated in south-east Bromsgrove and is one of four Middle Schools serving the town and its surrounding area.

The school has five forms of entry. 150 pupils are admitted each year from the Feeder First Schools of Charford, Finstall, Stoke Prior, Hanbury and other schools in the local contributory area. Many parental preferences are also made from outside the catchment area. The majority of children, having attained their 13th birthday in the school year, normally transfer to South Bromsgrove High School, one of two High Schools in the town.

New, purpose-built accommodation and a significant refurbishment programme has meant that Aston Fields Middle School is now one of the best equipped middle schools in Worcestershire with excellent specialist teaching facilities and an extensive library in addition to high quality classroom accommodation. Year 5 pupils benefit from a purpose-built classroom block adjacent to their own playground.
Information Technology facilities have seen recent rapid expansion and, in addition to designated networked suites of computers within the school, pupils have access to PC’s, multimedia and Promethean white boards throughout their four years in the school.

At Aston Fields Middle School we believe all members of our school family are part of a wider, international community. We aim to promote an ethos of tolerance, understanding, courtesy, co-operation, good manners and mutual respect through our established Character Education programme. Pupils are taught about the knightly virtues in Year 5 and over their four years with us they will explore character in more depth, looking at how we can build character and how this will enable them to become life long learners and follow their dreams.
We have a history of partners in Finland, Czech Republic, Hungary and The Gambia. Pupils explore different cultures, both in Britain and the wider world, through events such as All Different: All Equal Day and Modern Britain Day.

Physical Education, sport and the Arts are all strengths of the school. A fine gymnasium, large playing fields and music block support the pupils’ work in these areas of the curriculum. Rugby, football, hockey, netball, cricket, rounders, volleyball, basketball, tennis, athletics and many more unusual sports are all represented within the school year. There is a focus on participation and inclusion in all sporting and non-sporting activities, which supports our values and the development of character.

Pupils are encouraged to respect the environment. Trees and gardens have been planted and litter prevention and recycling initiatives have been successfully introduced to benefit present and future pupils. A Jubilee Garden was created by the Eco committee to further enhance the school grounds and this has been further developed by our current Eco-STEM group. This will form the basis for our proposed partnership with the Royal Society and their Tomorrow’s Climate Scientist project.

We encourage all pupils to contribute to the wider aspects of school life and to live out the school motto by “Striving for Excellence: Learning for Life” in all they do.

Arranging a visit to Aston Fields Middle School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@astonfields.worcs.sch.uk.

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