Teacher of Maths - Maternity Cover

Aston Academy, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S26 4SF

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  14 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  3 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher of Maths - Maternity Cover job summary

Aston Community Education Trust are a forward thinking and ambitious multi-academy trust, comprising of three secondary academies and nine junior academies across the Rotherham, Sheffield and north Derbyshire areas.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and conscientious Teacher of Maths to cover maternity leave (1 year), who will work in Aston Academy (Sheffield) teaching at KS3 and KS4 (and possibly KS5).

The successful applicant will be a talented professional who is dedicated to providing high quality education and committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for our young people. S/he will benefit from an excellent professional development programme which will include highly effective induction and coaching/mentoring.

If you are looking to continue or commence your teaching career in a forward looking and ambitious organisation which cares for its students and staff, then you are warmly encouraged to pursue an application with us.

In addition, the post-holder will:

Curriculum

• To teach relevant subjects within own faculty, and other subjects as may be required
• To assist in the development of appropriate syllabuses and schemes of work, Y7-Y11 (possibly Y12 & Y13), in the subject area.
• To assist in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the agreed courses
• To contribute to the design and implementation of the faculty’s agreed policies on curriculum organisation and delivery, including for example, provision for students with Special Educational Needs
• To contribute fully to the academy’s procedures on recording and monitoring students’ achievements
• To operate proper care of the faculty and academy’s resources and equipment

Pastoral Care

• To assume the responsibilities of the role of Group Tutor, as required, and to support the Assistant Vice Principal / Pastoral Learning Lead / Learning Progress Manager in the provision of pastoral care and guidance for the students in your care
• To observe the academy’s policies on monitoring, recording and reviewing students’ progress
• To support and implement the academy’s disciplinary Code of Conduct

General

• To participate in the academy’s programmes of professional development and ensure the levels of professional preparedness necessary to fulfil the academy’s requirements

Health & Safety

Implement LA and Academy Policies in the area of Health and Safety and to be responsible for the safety and security of students working in your classroom, to contribute to the faculty management of whole school Health and Safety issues through the appropriate team.

Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.

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

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.

About Aston Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1508 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Aston Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aston-academy

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