Teacher of Mathematics (Maternity Cover)
Presdales School, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9NX7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
May 2026
Closing date
9 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
2 February 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until the return or resignation of the current postholder - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
- A good honours degree
- Qualified teacher (QTS)/PGCE
- A commitment to on-going professional development with evidence of further study or professional training
Knowledge and Experience
- Enthusiasm and passion for teaching
- Excellent classroom practitioner
- Knowledge of current educational developments in subject and implications
- Good understanding of how students learn and how to engage all levels of learner
- Good understanding of how to use assessment to raise standards of achievement
- Good subject knowledge
Skills and Abilities
- Able to communicate well, both in writing and orally
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good ICT skills and be able to use them in own teaching
- Able to manage time effectively and work to deadlines
- Ability to develop good personal relationships with students, staff and parents
Personal Qualities
- Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people
- Excellent record of attendance and punctuality
- Ability to work well within a team
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- The ability to motivate others
- Positive attitude
- Self-motivated and hardworking
- Creative
What the school offers its staff
We are committed to developing our staff from within. We jointly run, with Richard Hale School an Aspiring Middle Leaders course and an Aspiring Senior Leaders course. CPD can be through external providers, in-school working groups and individual projects as identified by our teachers. We are keen that all staff continue to develop their skills and knowledge, and have the opportunity to progress their careers into middle and senior leadership.
We have been working with staff to ensure that all staff have an appropriate work/life balance. Initiatives include: Free Yoga after school on Friday, free flu jabs, continual programme of replacing staff laptops/chrome books, allowing personal deliveries to school, staff can leave at 2.30pm if they are not teaching or needed in a meeting, an extra occasional day off per year for all staff. We believe that staff work more effectively when they have a manageable workload.
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Presdales School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1166 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Presdales School website
- Email address
- recruitment@presdales.herts.sch.uk
Presdales School is a single sex comprehensive school in Ware for girls aged 11-18, with boys welcomed in the Sixth Form. We have a long tradition of providing an outstanding education for our students. Formerly Ware Grammar School for Girls, which opened in 1906, we became Presdales School in the mid-1960s, and a fully comprehensive school in the early 1970s. The mansion house, which fronts the school, and our stunning grounds provide a calm and relaxed atmosphere for our school community.
We are very proud of the high academic standards that our students achieve, regardless of their starting point. Our motto, ‘Achievement for All’, runs through all that we do. We understand that every student is an individual, with different interests, strengths and characteristics, and we celebrate the diversity that each one of them brings to our community. We believe that all students, with the appropriate balance of support and challenge, can be successful.
We aim to develop their creativity and independence inside and outside of classroom lessons. There is an extensive range of extra-curricular clubs and activities, including numerous trips throughout the school year, which provide students with the opportunity to develop their leadership skills, to be part of a team and to develop a ‘can-do’ attitude.
Our vision and values are instilled in our students throughout their time with us, whether this be through our House system, the excellent pastoral care they will receive or the culture of achievement for all that we foster in our community. We want our students to be happy and confident young women who are ready to make a meaningful contribution to our global society.
Arranging a visit to Presdales School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@presdales.herts.sch.uk.
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