Teacher of Maths

Rushey Mead Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 7AN

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  25 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 October 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
  • Suitable for early career teachers (749)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Mathematics
• Working pattern: Full time, term time, part time
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 Year
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Maths specialist to join our highly successful Maths department, in a school where:

• Staff are nurtured to develop their craft.
• Maths is valued by students and families;
• Resources are centrally and collaboratively planned;
• Results in Maths have been significantly above national averages for many years
• The school achieves exceptional results, always well above national averages.
• Excellent CPD opportunities through our professional learning Mondays, co-planning time and CPD Library.
• Where there is a strong academic ethos and high expectations of students;
• Where behaviour management is centralised and teachers are enabled to flourish.

We can offer you the opportunity to advance your career within a supportive academy environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a high achieving and forward-thinking department within a highly successful school. You will be able to take advantage of their evidence led practice and learn from them to aid you contribute to a department which regularly achieves above the national average.

What the school offers its staff

We look to improve, not because we are not good enough but because we can always do better

Rushey Mead Academy is well placed to offer a comprehensive support package to ECTs from all routes into teaching, including PGCE, SCITT, Schools Direct and Teach First. Both new and established teachers will be supported and encouraged to develop their practice by engaging in the numerous opportunities to collaborate and share ideas with colleagues within our Professional Learning programme.

Rushey Mead Academy is part of The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) which is a growing partnership of primary and secondary schools situated in the East Midlands. The Trust draws its educational excellence from the established track record of the high-quality education provision of Rushey Mead Academy, the Trust's convertor academy.

TMET provides its academies access to a world-class education network and staff with an employer providing high quality professional development. We are committed to ensuring each academy enables every pupil to achieve the very best. We believe that together we make a positive difference.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Applicant Pack - RMA Teacher of Maths.pdf - 1.57 MB (opens in new tab)

Teacher of Maths - JD October 2026.pdf - 365 KB (opens in new tab)

About Rushey Mead Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1804 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Rushey Mead Academy website
• Email address: rmrecruitment@rushey-tmet.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rushey-mead-academy

Arranging a visit to Rushey Mead Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rmrecruitment@rushey-tmet.uk.

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