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  • Start date details

    February Half-Term 2025

  • Closing date

    27 January 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    10 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Subject

Mathematics

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) Main or Upper Pay Scale

Teacher of Mathematics (Maternity Cover) job summary

TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS (Maternity Cover)

Main or Upper Pay Scale

£31,650 to £49,084 (FTE)

Start: February Half-Term 2025

Hitchin Boys’ School (HBS) is an outstanding and over-subscribed comprehensive school with a mixed sixth form, which forms part of the highly successful Hitchin Schools’ Consortium. We have a history that stretches back nearly 400 years but embrace fresh thinking and a modern, vibrant curriculum. We have high expectations, excellent standards of behaviour and pride in our extra-curricular activities that lead to academically successful and well-rounded students who are well equipped for life beyond school.

We are now seeking an enthusiastic and able Teacher of Maths to teach Key Stage 3 and 4. This is a temporary position to provide Maternity Cover.

The Maths department enjoys excellent leadership and comprises a team of outstanding teachers constantly striving for excellence. It is a large department with a wide range of teaching experience. The department is well resourced and there is a collaborative approach to planning, where sharing of best practice is commonplace. The Maths department is a forward-thinking department and the recent roll-out of chrome books for students brings exciting and enhanced teaching and learning opportunities.

The successful candidate will be ambitious, dynamic and have a passion for their subject. They will have the ability to motivate all students and to bring new ideas as the school builds on its excellent status. Applications from those wishing to contribute to other aspects of school life outside the classroom are particularly welcome.

If this sounds like you and you are enthusiastic to gain experience in a high performing school then we would be delighted to hear from you.

What can HBS offer you?

  • A school with great traditions, excellent reputation but with a modern outlook
  • A dedicated, well qualified and experienced staff who share the goal enshrined in our school motto “Per Ardua Ad Alta” – Striving for Excellence
  • A campus that combines state of the art facilities with historic Grade II listed buildings
  • The opportunity to work in a secure, supportive environment
  • SLT commitment to supporting the mental, physical & emotional wellbeing of staff/students in the school

Application deadline: 9:00am on Monday 27th January 2025

Interviews: 30th/31st January

Applications should be submitted via My New Term

Further information on our school can be found on the school website https://www.hbs.herts.sch.uk

HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts.

HBS welcomes applications from all applicants who meet the requirements for the position, however we are especially keen to receive applications from those in minority groups for which the school is currently underrepresented. We celebrate diversity and thrive on the benefits it brings.

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Commitment to safeguarding

HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts.

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About Hitchin Boys' School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1317 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Hitchin Boys’ School (HBS) is a high achieving, over-subscribed comprehensive school with a mixed sixth form, which forms part of the highly successful Hitchin Schools’ Consortium. We have a history that stretches back nearly 400 years but embrace fresh thinking and a modern, vibrant curriculum. We have high expectations, excellent standards of behaviour and pride in our extra-curricular activities that lead to academically successful and well-rounded students who are well equipped for life beyond school.

Following Ofsted's visit to Hitchin Boys' School in September 2021, we were delighted to announce that we have once again received top marks by retaining the judgement of ‘Outstanding’.

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