Teacher of Mathematics
Lord Williams's School, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AQThis job expired on 12 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) Teachers' Main/Upper Pay Scale
Teacher of Mathematics job summary
The Mathematics Faculty
Mathematics is a very strong and popular subject at Lord Williams’s School. This is due to the skill and commitment of a team of 18 teachers. Expectations both of students and of team members are high. There is an emphasis on team-work and mutual support which has enabled the faculty to meet the continuing challenge of new initiatives with confidence. Although staff are based on one of the two sites, most have a timetable which includes work across the whole school.
The Mathematics Faculty has a high standard of accommodation with its own suite of rooms on each site also with access to ICT rooms. The Upper School site had a new Maths Block, opened in May 2017 by Professor Marcus du Sautoy with 8 classrooms and 4 work rooms. There has been significant investment in resources with new text books in Key Stages 4 and 5. All Lower School classrooms have data projectors and internet access; the Upper School rooms use interactive whiteboards. The Mathematics team are keen to use technology in their lessons to enhance teaching and learning opportunities. Favourite resources used by staff include MathsPad, MyMaths, Mathsbox, Underground Mathematics, Integral, Autograph, GeoGebra and Desmos.
Examination preparation has been a key focus; we have produced a large quantity of revision materials and our GCSE results are consistently well above national averages with 81% and 78% achieving grades 4-9 in summer 2023 and summer 2024 respectively.
The faculty structure is as follows:
Head of Faculty
Second in Faculty and Team Leader of a Key Stage
Team Leader of a Key Stage
Team Leader of a Key Stage
The Teaching Programme
In recent years Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 have been developed to provide a course which is balanced in terms of content and styles of delivery. In Year 7, students are set as soon as possible using Year 6 SATs results.
The Mathematics Faculty are passionate about exposing students to the beauty and power of mathematics and developing their sense of enjoyment and curiosity. The programme of study we have developed builds on prior knowledge and developing fluency and retention through varied and frequent practice. Once there is a secure grounding in the topic content, we endeavour to develop mathematical reasoning and competence in solving increasingly sophisticated problems.
In Key Stage 4, Year 11 students currently follow the Edexcel Linear GCSE course. We aim for 100% entry at GCSE for Year 11 students. For students in the Sixth Form who have not achieved a grade 4, we run a GCSE retake course.
In Year 12 and 13, we offer A-level courses in Mathematics (Edexcel) and Further Mathematics (Edexcel). Currently over 100 students study A Level Mathematics and 15 students are doing Further Mathematics. Core Maths is also a popular choice at KS5, with all students achieving grade C or above and half achieving A grades in this course last year. At all levels we aim to challenge students from the weakest to the strongest mathematicians. The most talented 15% are entered for the various UKMT Annual Mathematical Challenges with a few each year participating in the Olympiads. Strong mathematicians are also given the opportunity to study the Level 2 Further Mathematics qualification during year 10 and 11.
For the lower attainers the Mathematics team work closely with the Learning Support team to provide additional assistance in the classroom. We run a bespoke intervention for Year 7 students identified as below expected standard in their Year 6 SATS. We also have Entry Level Functional Skills qualifications in place at KS4.
High on our list of priorities is to instil a love of Mathematics. All members of the faculty are encouraged to try new approaches to topics and develop new materials. Ideas are rapidly shared amongst the teaching team particularly in faculty meetings where Hot Ideas is the first and most exciting item on the agenda of all meetings.
Safeguarding
Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory medical, reference and DBS clearance and also to The Asylum and Immigration Act ID checks.
Commitment to safeguarding
Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
About Lord Williams's School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2276 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Lord Williams's School website
Lord Williams’s School is a thriving and popular comprehensive school serving the Thame community and its surrounding rural area. We are a split-site school, with Years 7 – 9 on the Lower School site at Towersey Road and Years 10 – 13 on the Upper School site at Oxford Road. We pay particular attention to each individual student by promoting their personal, social and educational development to enable all to achieve at the highest level possible. As a result of our continuing success, Lord Williams’s School is consistently oversubscribed.
We promote high quality teaching and learning. We attract talented, committed and conscientious teachers who produce stimulating and challenging learning activities helped by experienced support staff. Teamwork is a key feature of our work.
We are an inclusive school; we cater for all abilities and we provide access for all students. This is reflected in our work with the more able, with students with a range of learning and other difficulties and in our admissions policy for the Sixth Form.
The school has excellent teaching facilities on both sites with accommodation that is suited to the demands of the curriculum.
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