Teacher of Maths/Maths ECT (Maternity Cover)

St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NQ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Required from March 2026

• Closing date

  23 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,398.00 - £52,490.00 Annually (FTE) ECT/MPS/UPS (Fringe) £34,398 - £52,490 (FTE) , £27,518 - £41,992 (pro-rata 0.8 FTE)

Teacher of Maths/Maths ECT (Maternity Cover) job summary

Teacher of Maths/Maths ECT (Maternity Cover, Part Time, 0.8 FTE)

ECT/MPS/UPS (Fringe) £34,398 - £52,490 (FTE) ( £27,518 - £41,992 pro rata 0.8 FTE)

We seek applications from those of the Catholic faith, all faiths and of no faith but who are supportive of our Christian values and ethos.

Required from March 2026

Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic Maths teacher looking to launch or develop your career in a true community with “Excellence” at its heart? Are you ready to join our progressive, effective and high-achieving Maths department in our happy and harmonious school?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and/or experienced teacher of Maths to teach across KS3 and KS4 on a maternity cover basis. The maternity cover will be for one year in the first instance or until the maternity cover is no longer required, whichever is sooner, and is expected to commence on or around March 2025.

At St Mary’s we work tenaciously to ensure that maths an enjoyable, interesting and worthwhile experience for all pupils. Maths and Further Maths are popular and successful subjects at A level with pupils regularly going on to study Maths or related subjects at university, including Russell Group and Oxbridge destinations.

We take our shared values of Love-Respect-Flourish to the heart of our ethos for pupils and staff. Whether you are an ECT or an experienced teacher, you will be part of a school which has a tremendously talented, committed, creative, and innovative staff; parents who are supportive; and students who are eager to learn, well behaved and motivated to succeed. We have a strong record of supporting ECT’s and staff are passionately committed to developing staff and managing workload to ensure that colleagues enjoy their work and recognise St. Mary’s as an almost-uniquely positive place to teach and enjoy their careers.

St Mary’s Catholic School is a founding member of the St Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Trust, established in September 2021. This post represents an ideal opportunity for an ambitious candidate to assume the leadership of a core subject area across all key stages.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure is required for all successful applicants. St Mary’s is committed to the equality of opportunity for all applicants, and we reserve the right to interview on a rolling basis, therefore an early application is advisable.

Interviews: St Mary’s is committed to the equality of opportunity for all applicants, and we reserve the right to interview on a rolling basis, and close the application deadline early, therefore an early application is advisable.

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

St Mary’s Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure from the DBS.

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Miss Deirdre McHugh, Headteacher

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 St Mary's Catholic School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1121 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Catholic School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-catholic-school-bishop-s-stortford

St. Mary’s has a strong tradition of providing an authentic education which aims to deliver excellence for every member of our Catholic community. Our three core values of 'Love, Respect, Flourish' permeate through all aspects of our work.

Our school is built upon an ambitious mission for each and every young person:

To fulfil academic potential
To be fully developed in the personal, social and spiritual areas of life
To achieve excellence in every area of life
To be underpinned by Gospel Values, enabling each person to value individuals and contribute positively to society.

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