Teacher of Mathematics
Hastings High School, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 2QE4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
21 August 2025
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Either Full time or 0.6FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
A: TEACHING
- To use and implement subject/department curriculum policies and in co-operation with colleagues, work toward the achievement of the school’s goals and targets within the subject area.
- To set and mark homework as per homework timetable.
- To promote the general progress and well-being of individual pupils and of any class or group of pupils assigned to you, expecting the highest possible standard for each pupil. This includes responsibility for pupils identified in the SEN Code of Practice and responsibility for liaising with learning support staff to ensure the needs of all children with SEN are met within the SEN Code of Practice.
- To communicate and consult with the parents of pupils when appropriate and to communicate and co-operate with persons or bodies outside the school when appropriate, taking account of any departmental or school policy.
- To participate in meetings as determined in the school and departmental meeting cycles.
- To participate in the arrangements made for professional development, review and appraisal.
- To participate in staff training and development activities as required.
- To ensure that, whenever possible, appropriate work is set to cover absence. This should always be done when absence is known in advance.
B: PUPIL ACHIEVEMENT
- To develop appropriate learning experiences for each group using a variety of teaching styles (keeping abreast of current developments) and maintaining the level of discipline essential for learning to take place.
- To assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of those pupils for which you have a responsibility in accordance with any agreed departmental and school policies, providing or contributing to oral and written reports as required.
- To attend Progress Evenings as required.
- To report on pupils’ progress as required, in line with reporting procedures and time frames.
C: INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
- To teach pupils according to their individual educational needs, including provision for pupils with Special Educational Needs; ensuring that pupils’ work is regularly monitored, marked and recorded, in accordance with department and school assessment policies.
- To maintain, record and mark books as required (including electronically).
- To advise the Head of Department on recommendations for changes of group/set, as and when appropriate.
- To advise and co-operate with the Head of Department on the preparation and development of courses of study, meeting N.C. requirements, teaching materials, teaching programmes, methods of teaching and assessment arrangements.
- To contribute to EHCP review meetings.
- To ensure that the school's Child Protection Policy is followed at all times and any safeguarding issues are immediately reported following the school’s safeguarding procedures.
What the school offers its staff
The Maths Department is a well organised and highly successful team of 10 teachers, many of whom have different roles within the school. Pupils are taught in ability sets. Achievement and progress are regularly reviewed by the whole department to ensure individual pupils are placed in the correct group for their ability. There are 8 x 1 hour sessions per fortnight in all year groups.
The aims of the Department are to ensure that our curriculum caters for all levels of achievement, for pupils to enjoy their maths lessons, feel supported and cared for. We strive for every child to achieve their full potential. This means that every pupil will leave Hastings with a maths qualification they can be proud of. But not only this, pupils will be prepared for life.
Through our curriculum pupils will:
- Be challenged and inspired
- Apply their skills and knowledge to solve problems
- Become independent learners
- Be able to apply their skills and knowledge in other subjects
- Develop skills that will help them in life
- Be equipped with skills to be financially literate
- Come to appreciate how maths is so important in the ‘real’ world
We pride ourselves on our pupils’ very high standards, which enable us to build on, generally excellent, Key Stage 2 results. Our GCSE results are significantly above the national average and amongst the best in the county. The progress made by all our pupils is very strong.
In 2024 our results were;
GCSE Grade 4+ 84%
GCSE Grade 5+ 62%
Progress +0.51
The Department is housed in 6 well-equipped specialist rooms in its own recently built block. We have access to a well-developed resources area, a newly refurbished library, Smart Boards, visualisers and ICT facilities. We use online homeworks and we have a wide range of Maths resources available to use. We are all proud to be a part of the Maths Department, and genuinely care about the pupils and each other.
We aim to provide the best experience for every child, building on Key Stage 2 skills and preparing pupils for beyond Hastings. We have very well-established links with our key local feeder schools.
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.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to sarah.brown@hastings.school
CVs are not accepted.
About Hastings High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 854 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hastings High School website
- Email address
- sarahbrown@hastings.leics.sch.uk
The school was judged ‘Good’ at our last Ofsted inspection. We are committed to further improvement to ensure that we provide “Care and Excellence for All”.
The school has had significant investment in the last 12 months to build 8 new classrooms, a sports hall alongside redevelopment of the canteen and main pastoral areas. This will enable us to take extra pupils starting with a cohort of 200 in Year 7 in Autumn 2025.
We have a strong academic record with each of the previous 4 years having achieved a Progress 8 score “above average”, achieving a score of +0.40 last year. Our predictions for the future year groups are that they will exceed this. These continuing improvements are down to our focus on the basics; an orderly climate for learning, engaging teaching and building positive relationships with all stakeholders.
We have a comprehensive induction programme for new staff to help you settle in and provide very high levels of support. We are a school which strives to bring out the best in our staff by investing heavily in staff development and wellbeing.
Arranging a visit to Hastings High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sarahbrown@hastings.leics.sch.uk.
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