Teacher of Mathematics (Maternity Cover) MPS/UPS
The Five Islands Academy, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, TR21 0NAThis job expired on 21 April 2021
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
21 April 2021 at 4pm
Date listed
1 April 2021
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Contract type
- Fixed term - One year
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
Teacher of Mathematics (Maternity Cover) MPS/UPS job summary
As a Secondary Teacher of Maths at Five Islands Academy, you are responsible for the learning and achievement of every child in your classes from Year 7 to Year 11. You are expected to work with the Head of Maths to co-construct and implement a rigorous and relevant curriculum. Within this role you will ensure full coverage of the national curriculum, and follow the academy’s Teaching & Learning Protocols. You will be expected to prepare students effectively for GCSE and to ensure that they have the rich knowledge and skills to succeed in education post-16. You will have high expectations of every student and provide challenge and support to enable every child to achieve at the highest level.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to DBS check.
We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within our Academy community. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and actively encourage teachers and support staff from all backgrounds, cultures, perspectives and walks of life to apply to work with us.
We are a Church School, and as such nurture the wisdom of being in balance with doing. We appreciate our gifts and those we have to offer as members of a diverse global family.
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About The Five Islands Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 263 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
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- School website
- The Five Islands Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- rebeccalittlejohn@fiveislands.org
- Phone number
- 01720424872
Five Islands Academy is a smaller-than-average, voluntary controlled Church of England through school serving the five inhabited Isles of Scilly communities of Bryher, St Agnes, St Martins, St Mary’s and Tresco. Situated 28 miles out into the Atlantic from Land’s End, the Isles of Scilly are designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, offering an extraordinary learning environment for our students. There are around 280 students on roll across 4 school sites. Secondary students and the majority of primary students are based on the Carn Gwaval multi age site on St Mary’s. This bright, open, well-resourced new building was opened in 2011.
Five Islands Academy became an academy on 1 January 2019, joining the Leading Edge Academies Partnership. Significant changes in school leadership, staffing and governance over the last three years have transformed the quality of education, the behaviour of students, their personal development, and provision and outcomes for children with SEND. Average Progress 8 over the past three years is +0.78. We are proud that our students continued to receive a very high standard of education during the recent Covid-19 lockdowns, with over 98% virtual attendance to their full timetable of lessons and almost uninterrupted progress. This has meant we have been able to focus our ‘recovery’ programme on community-rebuilding, wellbeing and opportunities for adventurous learning.
Central to our academy transformation has been the development of a through school curriculum that nurtures curious, collaborative, creative global learners with rich knowledge and confident oracy, underpinned by our commitments to restorative practice, to being wholly inclusive and understanding of a wide range of SEND needs, and by our engagement with our surroundings and heritage. The school takes every opportunity to learn outdoors, while also ensuring that our children have access to as many of the opportunities that their mainland counterparts enjoy in order to support involvement with competitive sport and to boost their cultural capital.
Please explore our prospectus and short video tour on our website here to find out more.
Our Mathematics department has an excellent track record of successful outcomes at GCSE, with a good proportion of students choosing to continue with Maths and STEM subjects for their post-16 A Levels or vocational courses. Students over the past five years have achieved significantly above the national average in both attainment and progress, with Five Islands Academy consistently at the top of regional results tables. We believe in high aspirations for all, without limits being placed on students based on prior attainment. We have therefore moved in recent years to mixed-ability teaching groups at Key Stage 3, with robust opportunities for small group intervention where children need additional support to catch up with their peers. At Key Stage 4, students are taught in two groups based on current attainment but these are flexible as they progress towards GCSE tiered papers, keeping opportunities to tackle Higher content open for as long as possible.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to continuing curriculum development, working closely with our experienced Head of Department and our Primary subject lead teacher for Maths. Our Academies Trust membership offers subject-specific professional support and discourse through regular Subject Research Circles meetings. All our staff are actively supported in curriculum planning and implementation, teaching and learning by our Senior Leadership Team.
What can we offer?
A fully-resourced, successful mathematics curriculum, with flexibility for further development and innovation;
Outstanding technology: a MacBook Air and iPad for each teacher and 1:1 iPads for each child;
Firefly learning platform and a range of maths apps as rich teaching resources;
Three Project Weeks during the year offering adventure, creativity and deep learning;
Small classes with engaged learners;
Supportive colleagues, committed to professional learning and development;
Mentoring and support for Early Career Teachers within the new 2021 framework if relevant;
Professional collaboration with Primary and strong links with our mainland Trust academies;
Support with finding suitable accommodation on St Mary’s.
The successful candidate will be fully committed to our Five Islands Academy vision for learning without limits for all children. They will be expected to play a full part in the wider life of the school, including taking on pastoral responsibilities within a tutor team and leading extra-curricular clubs and outings. Ability and willingness to teach upper Primary mathematics where needed or a second subject would be valued.
This is a maternity cover role for one year: September 2021 - August 2022. If you would like to discuss the potential for future employment opportunities at Five Islands Academy, please do contact me for an informal conversation. This role would be suitable for an early career teacher seeking experience in a strong maths department or an experienced teacher looking for a new challenge or adventure in learning and life.
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