Teacher of Maths
Avanti Fields School, Leicester, LE5 0BXThis job expired on 17 September 2025
Job start date
3 November 2025
Closing date
17 September 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 32.5 Hours Per Week Monday - Friday, although part-time applicants are welcome
Contract type
- Fixed term - October 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS1 - MPS6
What skills and experience we're looking for
About us and the role
Please note: This role is Fixed term until October 2026.
Part-time applicants are welcome, with a preferred start date of November 2025. A January 2026 start may also be considered.
At Avanti Fields School, we believe Mathematics is more than just numbers — it’s the key to problem-solving, reasoning, and unlocking future opportunities. We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed Teacher of Maths to join our secondary team, where you will inspire, challenge and support students to achieve their very best.
You will deliver engaging lessons that spark curiosity and build confidence, while working with colleagues to shape an ambitious curriculum and help every pupil reach their potential.
Our ethos is built on respect, resilience and responsibility. We are proud to offer a supportive environment where staff are valued, professional growth is encouraged, and students are at the heart of everything we do.
If you are dedicated to high standards, motivated by pupil success, and excited to grow as part of the Avanti Schools Trust, we would love to hear from you.
Together, we can make Mathematics meaningful and inspiring for the next generation.
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
Avanti Fields School is an all-through, faith-designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018, and first intake of Nursery and Reception students in September 2022. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.
The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.
This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:
- Educational excellence
- Character formation
- Spiritual insight
What will you do?
- Teach engaging and challenging Maths lessons that enable all pupils to make strong progress, while adapting approaches to meet diverse learning needs.
- Take responsibility for pupil achievement, behaviour, and wellbeing, ensuring the highest standards of conduct and safeguarding.
- Use effective planning, assessment, and feedback to monitor progress, set ambitious targets, and support pupils in achieving their full potential.
- Collaborate with colleagues, parents, and the wider Avanti Schools Trust to foster positive relationships and contribute to the school community.
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of students, ensuring compliance with school policies and protocols.
What are we looking for?
- Qualified to bachelor’s degree level in relevant or allied subject
- QTS qualified
- Able to work independently, collaboratively and as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills with children, parents and carers
- Clear vision and understanding of how to implement and sustain a high-quality teaching and learning
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development
- Teacher pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
- Cycle-to-work Scheme
Further information about the job
Further information
Pre-employment checks Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Avanti Fields School
- School type
- Free School, Hindu, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- All through school
- School size
- 1178 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Avanti Fields School website
- Email address
- talent@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Fields School is a new all-through school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018. The school is rapidly expanding, and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it moves into its new state of the arts building and continues its journey to outstanding.
Avanti Fields School; we are an all-through; 3–16 Hindu-faith school – part of the multi-academy, Avanti Schools Trust.
Avanti Schools are extremely popular with Hindu and non-Hindu parents alike who want an outstanding, disciplined and inclusive environment for learning for their children.
Our established schools in London and Leicester are all at least rated good with outstanding features and have the highest expectations are our pupils.
Avanti’s faith ethos means high academic and moral standards and an environment that values and nurtures the best within all faiths.
Avanti Fields is a Hindu-designated faith school, part of the growing family of Avanti schools. However, staff and students at Avanti Fields School do not originate from any specific faith background. Applications are welcome from practitioners of any faith and from those of none; they will, however, be expected to be in full sympathy with the unique ethos and vision of the School.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Fields School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@avanti.org.uk.
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