Teacher of Mathematics
Landau Forte College, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2LFThis job expired on 4 September 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
4 January 2023
Closing date
4 September 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 August 2022
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Dependant on experience
Teacher of Mathematics job summary
Our opportunity for you
We have a job vacancy for a Teacher of
Mathematics. Do you want to work with inquisitive
students and dedicated staff? Do you value being at the heart of a vibrant
city? Does this sound like your perfect job?
Then Landau Forte College Derby is the place
for you.
Key information
- Contract: Full Time, Permanent
- Start date: 04 January 2023
- Salary: Dependant on experience
- Closing Date: 04 September 2022
- A
supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment – Landau Forte College
Derby is a great school! - The
chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students - Career
prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust - A
meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours - Membership
of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) - Healthcare
Cash Plan, from Vitality Health
What we can offer you
Person specification
The
person we are looking for should:
- Be creative
and hardworking. - Have
excellent personal organisational skills. - Be
adaptable with a good sense of humour and able to take the initiative. - Be a
very good team worker with the capacity to build relationships at all levels
across the organisation. - Be
prepared to contribute to broad aspects of Mathematics and related activities. - Be
proactive; a forward thinker with an effective grasp of developments within Mathematics. - Be able
to work successfully as part of a highly effective and successful team.
Qualifications
and experience:
- A
graduate with qualified teacher status. The successful candidate will teach
Mathematics to Years 7 – 13. - An
outstanding teacher in Mathematics with a strong teaching record. - Relevant qualifications (both formal and
through appropriate experience) to meet the challenge of the appointment. - Excellent in-depth knowledge of the place of
Mathematics in the development of young people and of the place of within the wider curriculum.
Job description
Duties of role will
include:
- To be able to secure high
standards of learning and achievement across the full ability range at both Key
Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 - To be able to demonstrate
excellent subject knowledge - To be able to demonstrate a good
working knowledge and understanding of a range of teaching, learning and
assessment strategies and know how to use them to provide opportunities for all
learners to achieve their potential - To have high expectations of young
people - To be prepared to contribute to
broad aspects of Mathematics within
the school. - To be able to work effectively as
part of a team, to identify opportunities for sharing good practice
Plan and
deliver high quality teaching and learning which:
- Develops the whole learner, including skills of
enquiry and curiosity; is engaging, appropriately challenging and relevant. - Meets the needs of
all learners, taking into account the individual requirements of each student. - Fulfils the
demands of the relevant specifications, tutor guides and college ethos. - Makes a positive
impact on student attainment and achievement.
Work with
other staff in contributing to student learning including:
- Supporting students outside their timetabled
learning sessions through support clinics and tutorials. - Enhancing
students’ experience of Mathematics through involvement in enrichment
activities. - Attend Mathematics
team meetings. - Working with other
staff to enhance the curriculum, innovate new ideas to improve student outcomes
and provide wider enriching experiences for students.
Assessment
and Reporting:
- Provide students with regular, incisive feedback in
response to their written work. - Ensure that
marking, recording and reporting are in line with school policies. - Ensure that
appropriately challenging targets are set and used with all students, and that
these targets are reviewed regularly with respect to attainment and
achievement. - Be able to
accurately assess each learning groups’ levels of attainment against student
targets and national benchmarks.
Fulfil
wider professional responsibilities including:
- Set and maintain high standards, expectations and
aspirations for both staff and students, ensuring they are treated with dignity
and respect and that they receive appropriate guidance, support and
recognition. - Maintain a safe and well-ordered learning
environment, safeguarding students’ health and safety, managing behaviour
effectively and rewarding success appropriately. - Actively seek opportunities for professional
development to further enhance pedagogy and practice, and keep up to date with
curriculum and qualification changes.
About the Trust
Landau
Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form
Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie
in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin
Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after
their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of
innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care.
We
believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every
child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the
centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend.
The local area
Derby
is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city
has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great history. The school
is located just a few minutes’ walk away from Derby city centre.
Derby
provides great range of sports and leisure facilities and is the gateway to the
Peak District. Within a 10 minutes’ drive of the city you will find yourself in
the beautiful open Derbyshire countryside with unspoilt villages, historic
houses and adventurous attractions.
- Derby
is 10 minutes away from M1 junction 25 - London
is 90 minutes away by train - East
Midlands Airport is 20 minutes away
Apply for this job
1. Complete
the application form online
Visit www.lfct.org.uk/careers
All appointments made
are subject to satisfactory references and an criminal background check. Landau
Forte Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare
of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to
share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is
required for this post.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Landau Forte College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1247 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Landau Forte College website
- Email address
- recruitment@lfct.org.uk
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The type of people we are looking for are likely to possess infectious enthusiasm, a reliable and highly organised individual, who can multi-task, with a professional and friendly disposition. They will be resilient, driven, determined, and ambitious.
This is an excellent opportunity to work in a leading educational organisation at the cutting edge of educational development.
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