Teacher of Maths (KS4)
Rivers Education Support Centre, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 0AA6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP / April 2026
Closing date
28 March 2026 at 6pm
Date listed
2 March 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,075.00 - £50,471.00 Annually (Actual) The full time salary range will be from MPS1 £33,075 to UPS3 £50,471 (NO TLR)
Teacher of Maths (KS4) job summary
Are you a creative, resilient and inspiring Maths teacher who believes every young person deserves a fresh start? Our Education Support Centre is looking for a talented practitioner to join our dedicated team and help transform the life chances of pupils who require additional support outside mainstream schooling.
We are looking to appoint a dynamic and adaptable teacher to teach Maths (Full Time - 5 days per week) at our KS4 Centre in Hoddesdon teaching year 10 - 11 pupils, who has a confident understanding of the curriculum and excellent subject knowledge. This role is ideal for dedicated professionals who have a passion for supporting young people who face difficulties in mainstream education.
About Us
We provide a nurturing, flexible and inclusive environment for learners who may have experienced challenges in mainstream education. Our aim is to re-engage pupils in learning, build confidence and resilience, and support them to make positive academic and personal progress.
Why Join Rivers ESC:
Opportunity to make a significant impact on young people’s lives.
Work as part of a supportive and dedicated team.
Professional development opportunities tailored to working in alternative provision.
A chance to deliver education in innovative and creative ways.
The Role
As our Maths Teacher, you will:
- Plan and deliver engaging, differentiated Maths lessons across KS3 and KS4.
- Support pupils with a range of social, emotional and behavioural needs.
- Use creative and practical approaches to make Maths accessible, relevant and enjoyable.
- Build strong, trusting relationships that encourage pupils to re-engage with learning.
- Work collaboratively with a specialist team of teachers, support staff and external professionals.
- Contribute to personalised learning plans and track pupil progress effectively.
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- A qualified teacher (QTS/QTLS). We encourage and welcome applications from ECT’s.
- Passionate about supporting vulnerable or disengaged learners.
- Skilled at adapting lessons to meet diverse needs and abilities.
- Calm, patient, empathetic and consistent in approach.
- Positive, solution-focused and committed to helping pupils achieve their full potential.
Experience working in alternative provision, PRU/ESC, SEN or SEMH settings is desirable but not essential - your attitude, flexibility and commitment matter most.
What We Offer
- A supportive, forward-thinking team.
- Small class sizes and a focus on personalised learning. There is a high staff to pupil ratio - classes are small (max of 5 pupils) and always with TA support.
- Strong leadership and ongoing professional development. We offer a supportive management team with “an open door SLT”, Rights to Disconnect policy, & offer opportunities for staff to effect real change, and grow professionally.
- An opportunity to make a genuine difference every day
Supporting our young people who have been through challenging times, is rewarding as we see them develop and succeed in reaching their full potential, gaining educational outcomes, and returning to mainstream wherever possible.
Rivers ESC works with a varied cohort of pupils including children classed as missing education, permanently excluded from mainstream schools, and many of the pupils have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD).
You will possess excellent communication and proven organisational skills and be approachable, calm and positive. You should be a team player, who is also able to work on your own initiative.
The duties and responsibilities listed in the job description are as is at present. The post holder is expected to accept any reasonable alterations that may from time to time be necessary.
Rivers ESC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with barred list check, 2 employment references, medical, and online/social media checks. Please note that this role ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore, you are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013).
We welcome visits to our school from potential applicants. Please contact HR Manager heather.dunne@riversesc.herts.sch.uk to arrange.
We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications irrespective of race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation and/or age. We value the individuality and creativity that every worker potentially brings to the workforce.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The safe recruitment of staff is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in education.
Rivers ESC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects anyone applying to work in our school to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory enhanced criminal record with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check), health check, employment reference checks and online/social media checks.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Rivers Education Support Centre
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 29 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Rivers Education Support Centre website
Rivers Education Support Centre provides educational programmes to support pupils who are at serious risk of permanent exclusion, or who have been permanently excluded from their mainstream school.
The Centre’s vision is to inspire and enable pupils to:
•Become confident, independent and successful young people
•Excel in Learning
•Engage positively with the community
•Be ambitious for their futures.
Key Stage 3
At the Key Stage 3 centre in Hertford, pupils either attend for an agreed period of respite or for a longer period while next steps are arranged. Pupils are provided with a broad curriculum and barriers to education are identified. Pupils are supported to find strategies to overcome these barriers to support them to be successful in school. Once a mainstream school has been identified, pupils are supported to reintegrate by the Rivers ESC outreach team. Where appropriate, statutory assessments are conducted for pupils in Key Stage 3 to identify additional support that may be required and in some instances to support the process towards a placement in an alternative/specialist provision.
Key Stage 4
The Key Stage 4 centre in Hoddesdon provides education for year 10 and 11 pupils. Many pupils are supported to reintegrate back into mainstream school once it has been identified that they are likely to be successful. Rivers ESC works with the Fair Access team in Hertfordshire to choose the new school placement and to plan how to meet the additional needs of the pupil who is reintegrating.
KS4 pupils complete a wide range of exam based and vocational qualifications to work towards future aspirations and chosen career pathways. Some KS4 pupils may work on learning pathways which include attendance at alternative provisions supported by centre staff. Pupils have access to a broad range of subjects at a variety of levels and are guided to be highly aspirational with the courses they select. Pupil outcomes are outstanding.
The safe recruitment of staff is the first step to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in education.
Rivers ESC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and promoting the welfare of the pupils in its care and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We welcome visits from potential applicants.
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