Teacher of Maths
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Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
24 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 October 2024
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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Scale/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
TEACHER OF MATHS
Permanent Position 1.0fte
To start January or September 2025
TLR and Leadership opportunities available for the right candidate
Required for January or September 2025, an enthusiastic and dedicated full time teacher of Maths.
For the right candidate, this could include a potential Key Stage 5 leadership role, which would include managing A Level Maths and Further Maths. If you are interested in this role, please explain your suitability in your application. This potential role should not put off applicants interested in the Teacher of Maths position and we are also open to discussions over other opportunities in the department.
Our team achieves excellent attainment and progress and a large proportion of students choose to continue the subject at A Level and beyond. The courses we are currently delivering include; GCSE Maths, GCSE Statistics (as an option), A Level Maths, A Level Further Maths and AS Core Maths. All staff have the opportunity to teach A Level if they have the necessary expertise. This is a great opportunity for an ambitious teacher to join our excellent and successful Maths Team.
Ferndown Upper School is a very special place to work because we have well behaved students, who allow their teachers to teach. We also focus on work life balance to ensure that staff spend their time on the activities that actually make a difference and we have a friendly and supportive staff body.
What the school offers its staff
What Ferndown Can Offer You:
- Great students who behave – you can make a difference to their learning.
- The opportunity to work with outstanding colleagues.
- Tight, robust behaviour systems.
- Centralised detentions, including homework detentions (you do not need to organise/run/chase), helping to underpin behaviour, so you are free to teach.
- Ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback, helping you to continuously develop.
- We believe that trusting our staff with autonomy helps to develop a strong staff culture.
- Centralised, shared units of work and resources.
- Excellent, ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities.
- A well-kept site and a very pleasant location in beautiful Dorset.
- A tax efficient Childcare or Car Lease Scheme through salary sacrifice.
- Private Healthcare Plan including 24/7 access to a GP by phone, gym discounts and cashback for optical, dental and other appointment expenses for employees and their children.
- Access to the staff benefits and discounts portal through Dorset Council.
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
Ferndown Upper School values the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates.
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About Ferndown Upper School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 13 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1161 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 13 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Ferndown Upper School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- andreabaxter@fernup.dorset.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01202 871243
Arranging a visit to Ferndown Upper School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email andreabaxter@fernup.dorset.sch.uk.
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