9 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    6 May 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Mathematics

Working pattern

Full time, part time: This is a full time position, 10 sessions per week, however a 0.8 position may be considered, details will be discussed at interview.

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS: Between £31,650 and £49,084

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to recruit a skilful, enthusiastic, and dynamic teacher for our mathematics department.

You will be committed to transforming the life chances of our students.

You will be passionate about raising the achievement of all students, particularly the disadvantaged, including those with SEND.

You will be keen to learn and develop further, through collaboration with others, and through whole school and departmental CPD.

You will contribute to the development of an excellent standard of teaching within the mathematics department.

You will raise the achievement of our students through increasing the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom, ensuring strong student progression by implementing excellent teaching strategies.

We also expect that you will be someone who will share good practice to enhance the learning experience of all students. We believe that staff can learn from their peers at all levels, and we use Iris Connect and departmental professional development to facilitate this.

For further information please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification within our application pack.

Shortlisting to take place: Monday 19 May 2025

Interview Date: Wednesday 21 May 2025

What the school offers its staff

We believe that staff can learn from their peers at all levels, and we use Iris Connect and departmental professional development to facilitate this.

We offer wellbeing support via the Occupational Health department of Gateshead Local Authority.

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 recruitment@lordlawson.academy

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Additional documents

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About Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1353 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Phone number
0191 4334026

Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is a successful 11-18 mainstream co-educational academy which has improved rapidly over recent years. We recently celebrated achieving a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating in our November 2022 inspection. The improvement in progress 8 scores from 2019 to 2022 indicates we are the most improved school in Gateshead and among the top 10% of schools for improvement in the North East of England.

We provide an exceptional programme of CPD for staff. We know this through staff surveys and our exceptionally low levels of staff turnover. The majority of staff who have left us have gone on to promoted positions. Staff are happy here; Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is a good place to work. We have high expectations of our staff and students, but we also know our staff are our greatest asset, and we treat them with respect. We value the development of all our staff and you will develop further as a teacher during your time here.

Our next steps are to build on our recent achievements, and to improve the attainment and progress of our disadvantaged students, including those with SEND. We also want to engage more effectively with our community, and continue to expand our already thriving extra-curricular offer for our students. Alongside these aims, we aim to expand our sixth form further, by attracting applications from other local schools, as well as ensuring more of our students complete key stage 4 with the qualifications required for further academic study.

Arranging a visit to Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@lordlawson.academy.

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