Teacher of Mathematics
Astrea Academy Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 9BE16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
18 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £34,399.00 - £53,887.00 Annually (Actual)
Teacher of Mathematics job summary
Salary: MPS/UPS
Start Date: January 2027
Are you a passionate Mathematics teacher looking for a new challenge? Do you want to be part of a team where you can make a lasting impact on students and rapidly accelerate their progress? If so, this is an excellent opportunity for both experienced teachers and ECTs to join us as a Teacher of Mathematics. At Astrea Academy Sheffield, we are committed to providing a brilliant education for every child.
About you:
- You are a highly effective Mathematics teacher.
- You align with our values and mission.
- You passionately believe that all children can achieve, no matter their starting point, background, or needs. You never make excuses for what children can achieve.
About Us: Astrea Academy Sheffield is an 11-18 secondary academy situated in Sheffield. We are within commutable distance from Chesterfield, Doncaster, and Rotherham and are proud members of the Astrea Academy Trust family of schools. We have the highest aspirations for our students to achieve their very best and grow both as individuals and as members of their community. We are a truly comprehensive and inclusive academy, reflected in our approach to all areas of our work.
Our Commitment: We are dedicated to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour, and culture. We believe in teaching powerful knowledge, the best that has been thought and said,’ and an ‘entitlement curriculum’ for all. Influenced by Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion,’ Rosenshine, and recent developments in cognitive science, we create a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful, ensuring impeccable behaviour so teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning.
What We Offer:
- Extensive support and progression opportunities
- A knowledge-rich curriculum built on ‘powerful knowledge’ and a traditional T&L approach influenced by Rosenshine and TLAC
- Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
- An excellent Mathematics curriculum and resources
- A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback - no onerous marking policies
- Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm/strict’ behaviour system
- Highly visible and supportive senior leaders who have your back
- Centralised detentions, including homework detentions (no need to organise/run/chase them)
- No formal graded lesson observations - just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ instructional coaching to continuously develop
- Excellent ongoing CPD, career development, and promotion opportunities across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
- Opportunity to complete NPQs
- An unrivalled professional progression model
This is an excellent opportunity for an ECT or ambitious practitioner wishing to further develop their career.
Why Join Us? Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to providing an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all our students. We believe in teaching powerful knowledge and creating a scholarly culture that is warm, strict, disciplined, and joyful. Our values-driven approach ensures impeccable behaviour, allowing teachers to focus on teaching and pupils to focus on learning.
Interested in Applying? If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the job description and candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply. In addition, we actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our academy to appreciate fully our excellent learning environment; please contact fiona.maisey@astreasheffield.org to arrange a visit or to find out more about the role.
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI: Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Ready to Make a Difference? If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its scholars and expects all staff, volunteers and members of the Academy community to share this commitment.
We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, scholars and staff within the Academy. All concerns are passed through the Safeguarding Team in line with our Astrea Academy Sheffield Safeguarding Policy 2023 and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Guidance.
Applying for the job
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View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Astrea Academy Sheffield
- Organisation type
- Free School, ages 2 to 18
- Education phase
- All through school
- Size
- 1070 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 18
- Ofsted report
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At Astrea Academy Sheffield, we address our young people as scholars because we know that every single one of them is capable of outstanding academic achievements. We promote scholarship by offering an all-through curriculum which is rich in powerful knowledge and meticulously planned by subject experts. We know that powerful knowledge is the key that will open powerful doors for our scholars in the future. Therefore, we are relentlessly committed to delivering exceptional lessons in every classroom, every day.
We respect every scholars’ right to access an exceptional education and offer academic, inspiring and broad opportunities for all through both our curriculum and co-curriculum. We teach our young people to be responsible through our thoughtful character education programme and essential habit building work. Our scholars respect everyone in our academy’s community and grow their responsibility, knowing that they are the leaders of tomorrow.
We are tenacious in our commitment to do the very best for the young people in our care and this tenacity is mirrored in the way that our scholars work on their academic and character education every day.
We foster curiosity in our young people by providing them with a rounded education which opens doors to new opportunities, ideas and experiences. Our classrooms are filled with the awe and wonder that is comes from the joy of learning.
If you are interested in coming to see more of what we do, then please email info@astreasheffield.org to arrange a visit.
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