Teacher of Maths (maternity cover)

Wade Deacon High School, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7TD

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  27 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,069.00 - £52,835.00

Teacher of Maths (maternity cover) job summary

We are seeking to attract the very best, talented, aspirational leaders and teachers to join Wade Deacon High School. Due to the significant successes and achievements and continuing rapid growth of our school, you would be joining us at an exciting time as we lead on national projects and cross-developmental Trust work.

We are looking for a dedicated and innovative Teacher of Maths to join Wade Deacon High School on a maternity contract. The Maths Faculty has an outstanding leadership team and collaborative culture. We pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring student progress through high-quality teaching and learning provision for all. The successful applicant will share these values and play an active part in the Maths curriculum at all levels.

You will be able to enthuse and motivate our students with your passion for mathematics, strong subject knowledge, and commitment to achieving the very best outcomes for all learners. Applications are invited from motivated and inspirational teachers. You will be expected to demonstrate high-quality teaching and purposeful learning, together with the ability to engage, challenge and inspire students to fulfil their potential. Applications are welcome from ECTs and teachers at all stages of their career.

We can offer the successful candidates an opportunity to work with highly trained and supportive staff, as well as a whole school commitment to professional development, since we believe that staff development is a fundamental aspect in raising standards further for our students. Our school community is also a highly rewarding place to work. A comprehensive programme of CPD and a commitment to wellbeing supports colleagues at all career stages; through the School and the Trust, we provide excellent career opportunities for our staff. Colleagues seeking a varied, challenging and rewarding career can find this in the Wade Deacon family.

Wade Deacon High School is friendly, dynamic and innovative. Our latest OFSTED report from November 2022 described us as “an Outstanding School" in all areas, praising the school for providing pupils with a ‘first-rate education’ and an ‘aspirational curriculum’, describing pupils as ‘extremely happy’ and their behaviour as ‘exemplary’.

We pride ourselves on the quality and diversity of our curriculum, including our personal development and extracurricular provision which not only enable our students to enjoy their learning but also allows them to be able to meet the many challenges that they will face in the future, understanding the wider world and their place within it.

Above all else, we are a school that believes that every student, regardless of their context or starting point, can and should achieve their full potential. If you believe that you have the motivation, belief and leadership quality to contribute to our future success, we would welcome an application from you.

The Wade Deacon Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory medical clearance.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Wade Deacon High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Applying for the job

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About Wade Deacon High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1658 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wade Deacon High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wade-deacon-high-school-widnes

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