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  • Closing date

    6 October 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    12 September 2025

Job details

Job role

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Subject

Mathematics

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£33,235.00 - £45,803.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher of Mathematics job summary

Inspire. Accelerate. Thrive. Join Cottenham Village College as a Teacher of Mathematics

Permanent | Full-Time or Part time

Are you ready to make a lasting impact on students’ lives and rapidly accelerate their progress? Whether you're an experienced teacher or an Early Career Teacher (ECT) looking to begin your journey in a school where behaviour is impeccable, bureaucracy is minimal, and your focus is purely on teaching—this is your opportunity to thrive.

Cottenham Village College is seeking a Teacher of Mathematics to join our successful and collaborative department, teaching across Years 7-11. We welcome applications from ECTs and offer a highly supportive environment to help you grow and succeed.

About the Role

You’ll deliver high-quality, engaging lessons that challenge and support all learners. You’ll contribute to a knowledge-rich curriculum, foster a love of maths, and help maintain a culture of high expectations and academic excellence across Key Stages 3 and 4.

You’ll be responsible for:

  • Planning and delivering lessons that build on prior knowledge and challenge all learners
  • Assessing and adapting teaching to meet the needs of all students, including those absent or in alternative provision
  • Promoting a reflective, ambitious learning environment where students take pride in their progress
About Our Maths Department

We believe every student deserves to develop a deep understanding and love for mathematics. Our five-year curriculum is carefully structured to build secure knowledge and deliver outstanding outcomes. We are committed to high expectations, subject-specific CPD, and a culture of collaboration and excellence.

We are unapologetically ambitious for every child. Our knowledge-rich curriculum is grounded in the belief that all students deserve access to powerful knowledge. Influenced by Rosenshine, Lemov, and cognitive science, we focus on explicit instruction, high expectations, and a warm, disciplined learning environment.

What We’re Looking For

We’re seeking someone who:

Holds Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Has successful experience teaching Mathematics at KS3 and KS4

Brings strong subject knowledge and a commitment to evidence-informed practice

Is ready to lead and innovate within the KS3 curriculum

Why Join Cottenham Village College?

We offer a working environment where teachers are trusted, supported, and developed. You’ll benefit from:

A collaborative department with shared planning and fully resourced schemes of work

A feedback-focused culture—no excessive marking

Disruption-free classrooms and a clear, consistent behaviour system

Instructional coaching instead of formal graded observations

Opportunities to teach A Level Maths

Access to NPQs and a clear progression pathway

Generous CPD and career development across the Astrea Cambridgeshire region

Teachers’ Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and free on-site parking

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, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. 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.

Flexible Interview Dates:

Please note that interview dates are flexible, and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.

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

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

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.

Applying for the job

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About Cottenham Village College

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
877 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
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Welcome to Cottenham Village College, part of the Astrea Academy Trust, a highly-successful 11-16 mixed academy situated close to the beautiful city of Cambridge; here you will find hard-working, well-behaved students and friendly, dedicated staff who are committed to a fully inclusive, comprehensive education.

The college was established in 1963, one of several village colleges in the region that were the inspiration of educational pioneer Henry Morris, who believed that the school should be at the heart of its community and that education should be a lifelong process. This vision of a school that serves and involves its whole community, that fosters high aspirations and inspires a love of learning is as central to our ethos today as it was when it opened.

Through a highly-ambitious curriculum at CVC, we aim to foster students’ curiosity, unlock their potential and raise their aspirations, as well as ensure that students achieve high levels of attainment that will open doors for their future. A stimulating and broad curriculum also places students in a strong position to question and debate the world around them, making them intellectually resilient and prepares them for citizenship in a democratic society. We believe this is a right of all students and one which is liberating and empowering.

We are equally proud of the wider curricular provision at CVC, both in formal lessons and outside the classroom. Our extensive range of extra-curricular activities, including sports, music, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme and residential trips, help to give all students a fully-rounded education and creates opportunity for their personal, as well as their academic, growth.

Cottenham Village College is a friendly, positive and exciting place to work and to learn and we take great pride in the high standards our students consistently achieve. We have very high expectations of all members of the College community and provide an inclusive, friendly and supportive environment in which everyone can thrive and achieve. Students leave as happy, well-qualified and well-motivated individuals who go on to excel in local sixth forms, colleges, universities and the wider world.

I hope you find the information on the school’s website useful. If there is anything you cannot find, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you wish to visit the school to see it for yourself, please contact the school and we would be delighted to show you around.

Zoe Andrews, Principal

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