Teacher of Mathematics
Thornden School, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 2DWThis job expired on 8 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2024 (We will consider alternative start dates throughout the 2024 Acedemic year for the right candidate)
Closing date
8 October 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 September 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time 32.44 hours a week. Part time Part-time hours considered for the right candidate
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR 1 to MPR 6 / UPR 1 to UPR 3 (depending on experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Trust would like to appoint an enthusiastic Mathematics teacher join our team at Thornden school. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual who will be passionate about Mathematics and share our vision
Thornden Mathematics Department Vision
To help all students achieve their mathematical potential and give them the skills they need to achieve their ambitions by:
- providing quality and inspiring teaching that excites students about the opportunities mathematics provides in and beyond school.
- promoting an enjoyment of mathematics and an attitude of confidence and resilience.
- developing problem solving skills.
We are seeking an individual who is:
- Educated to degree level
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Teaching or training in a comprehensive school (KS3 and 4)
- Ability to prioritise workload and deadlines
- Ability to teach from grade 1 – 9 At GCSE Mathematics
What the school offers its staff
- A positive working environment focused on staff well-being, student welfare, progress and high standards of achievement and behaviour
- Excellent CPD opportunities and Training and Development Programmes
- In-house Teaching School
- Eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
The HISP Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks. We are also committed to providing equality of opportunity at all stages of the recruitment and selection process and ensuring that candidates are treated fairly and lawfully throughout the process.
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About Thornden School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1456 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Thornden School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@thornden.hants.sch.uk
Thornden School is part of the HISP Multi Academy Trust, which was formed in January 2020. As a MAT, we aim to ensure that our schools have strong and talented leadership and staff, who in turn will ensure that the young people who are in each of the MAT schools have access to excellent education, support and wider opportunities.
Thornden is an oversubscribed, outstanding school serving Chandler’s Ford and the surrounding area with just over 1470 students on roll. We have an ambitious ethos based on high expectations for all. Our students are proud of their academic and wider achievements, having a belief in their own success and ability to succeed which continues beyond our school with a high percentage of Thornden students excelling at local colleges and then at further and higher education.
In the results for 2019, 90% of our students achieved 5 or more 9-4 grades including English and Maths and 54% achieved the English Baccalaureate. Our value added performance was 0.65 in 2019 which puts the school at the top of the league tables for Hampshire. We had anticipated even better performance and outcomes for 2020.
Thornden is a busy and dynamic school with a strong focus on developing the whole child. We have a vibrant performing arts department that encourages students to embrace a rich cultural education beyond the more traditional subjects. Alongside our formal curriculum provision, we offer a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities including sporting clubs and teams, author visits, Duke of Edinburgh Award and trips within the UK and abroad. We firmly believe that by engaging students and encouraging enjoyment we inspire them to learn and achieve therefore helping them to develop into fully contributing and happy members of our community. Thornden also leads a large successful Teaching School alliance with an outstanding School Centred Initial Teacher Training programme and we are a Research School.
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