Teacher of Mathematics

Oakwood High School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2UH

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 January 2027

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (748)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Mathematics
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,069.00 - £52,835.00 Annually (Actual) MPS / UPS (depending on experience)

Teacher of Mathematics job summary

Inspire Learning Trust is a Multi Academy Trust based in Rotherham which also includes Oakwood High School, Sitwell Junior School, Thomas Rotherham College and Winterhill School.

Oakwood High School is an over-subscribed 11-16 High School noted by OFSTED in our January ‘26 inspection as ‘a harmonious and happy community where staff and pupils feel a keen sense of belonging’ and where ‘Leaders have created a calm, welcoming school where children from many different backgrounds get along’.

We are looking for a well-qualified candidate who will join an enthusiastic, supportive and successful school as a Teacher of Mathematics.

We seek

• An excellent, creative and enthusiastic teacher with the ambition to attain the highest standards in teaching and learning throughout their role.
• A collaborative and driven practitioner who thoroughly enjoys teaching their subjects and understands the importance in contributing to our students’ wider development.
• Applications are encouraged from candidates with experience of teaching Mathematics either on placement or as part of recent paid employment.

Candidates will be truly committed to supporting students to progress and achieve, have high aspirations for the students’ success and will contribute to ongoing planning with imaginative and dynamic ideas. To enhance students’ learning and create independence, all students and staff are provided with an electronic device.

We Offer:

• A supportive and successful school where staff work in a way that encourages a positive work environment that is solution focused and proactive for all.
• A school with a way of working that encourages a positive work environment that is solution focused and proactive for all.
• An excellent ECT induction programme

We offer a positive working environment, we care about our learners, and we care about our staff, all of whom know and appreciate that. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of this, contributing to this culture and developing it further.

We offer a positive working environment, we care about our learners, and we care about our staff, all of whom know and appreciate that. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of this, contributing to this culture and developing it further.

How to apply: Applications must be submitted through MyNewTerm. Please follow the application link provided within the vacancy listing and complete the online application in full.

PLEASE NOTE we operate Safer Recruitment and we do not accept CVs or CV attachments. Applications must be completed in full via an online application form on MyNewTerm.

Inspire Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, other workers, and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we undertake to make any reasonable adjustments to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face.

Our safer recruitment processes include online media searches which will form our due diligence checks pre interview. Employees will be subject to a comprehensive vetting process including references from current and previous employers, right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

All candidates are expected to read the Trust’s Safeguarding Policy accessible via our website:https://www.inspiretrust.uk/page-template/statutory-documents/

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Inspire Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, other workers, and volunteers to share this commitment.

All candidates are expected to read the Trust’s Safeguarding Policy accessible via our website: https://www.inspiretrust.uk/page-template/statutory-documents/

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Oakwood High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1067 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Oakwood High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakwood-high-school-rotherham

Inspire Trust is a Multi Academy Trust based in Rotherham which includes Oakwood High School, Sitwell Junior School and Thomas Rotherham College.

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