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Teacher of Maths

The Downs School, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 6AD

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• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  27 January 2023 at 5pm

• Date listed

  25 January 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: Mathematics
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - Full-time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main/Upper Pay Scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to recruit a talented and enthusiastic Teacher of Maths to join our successful and welcoming school. Applications are encouraged from ECTs as well as experienced teachers.

The successful candidate will:

• be a well-motivated practitioner, keen to show their enthusiasm for Mathematics
• contribute to the development of the department as part of a dedicated team of teachers
• have the ability to form positive and trusting relationships with students based on consistency, firm boundaries and making learning exciting and challenging
• have a professional attitude that is open to innovative ways of working
• be committed to working in partnership with the Maths team and a range of other staff
• be flexible and adaptable when faced with challenges

What the school offers its staff

In return you will:

• experience a caring, positive ethos that prioritises staff wellbeing and recognition
• be empowered to work with ambitious, dedicated, capable staff who are deeply committed to develop the whole child
• experience working with children who enjoy being at school, behave exceptionally and have excellent attitudes to leaning
• work in a professional, stimulating, and collaborative working environment
• experience outstanding professional development and support to grow and develop as a teacher

Mathematics and Further Mathematics are very popular and successful A level courses and we also offer the Level 3 Core Maths qualification. In September, we are excited to introduce A-Level Statistics to our offer at KS5. At KS4 we offer GCSE Statistics and Level 2 Further Maths which are also popular options. The department are committed to a teaching for mastery approach and are a team that collaborate well together. The Mathematics department offer a range of extra-curricular events, challenges and trips including: UKMT Maths Challenges, a maths ambassadors programme, Maths Inspiration trips and many other events and courses; all designed to enable students to thrive in and out of the Maths classroom. The department has 10 specialist teaching rooms each equipped with interactive whiteboards and a range of mathematics teaching software. The Faculty also includes the Computer Science department. There is also easy access to PC suites for all teaching groups.

The Downs School, a Foundation, 11-18 comprehensive school, is a successful, oversubscribed and popular school serving the Downs area of West Berkshire. The roll is over 1300 with a well-established sixth form. Results at all levels are consistently above national averages and Ofsted described our students as having ‘excellent personal and social skills’ who ‘achieve well academically’

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About The Downs School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1363 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Downs School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: dsampson@tds.school
• Phone number: 01635270022
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-downs-school (opens in new tab)

The Downs School, a Foundation, 11-18 comprehensive school, is a successful, oversubscribed and popular school serving the Downs area of West Berkshire. The roll is nearly 1300 with a well-established sixth form. Results at all levels are consistently above national averages and Ofsted described our students as having ‘excellent personal and social skills’ who ‘achieve well academically’.

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To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dsampson@tds.school.

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