Teacher of Mathematics
Langley Grammar School
Langley, Berkshire
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 24 April 2019
Job overview
Langley Grammar School
Reddington Drive
Langley, Berkshire. SL3 7QS
Tel: 01753 598300
e-mail: school@lgs.slough.sch.uk
web: www.lgs.slough.sch.uk
Headteacher: Mr J Constable
Teacher of Mathematics
Main scale (London Fringe)
Required for September 2019
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and well-qualified Teacher of Mathematics to join a highly successful Mathematics department in our outstanding selective school. Langley Grammar school have an excellent record for student outcomes in mathematics and the subject is very popular subject among our students.
The successful applicant will teach Mathematics in all key stages; a significant number of students study Mathematics in the Sixth Form and a strong academic background and ability to teach Mathematics to A-level is therefore essential. The potential to teach A-Level Further Mathematics will also be an advantage. This is a permanent appointment and we will consider applications for full time or substantial part time (at least 0.8 FTE); applications from both NQTs and more experienced teachers are welcome. There is also the possibility of a responsibility allowance for those with more experience.
We are a very popular co-educational 11-18 selective school with academy status, located within easy reach of Langley station and the M4. We have approximately 1140 students, over 300 of whom are in the Sixth Form; the school is heavily over-subscribed and draws students from a wide geographical area. We are a National Teaching School with a record of innovative practice and extensive outreach and support work in local primary and secondary schools. In recent years a major building programme has included excellent sports facilities and a distinctive Sixth Form Centre. The school was last inspected in 2007, and was graded outstanding in all categories.
Information packs and application forms are available on request from the school, or can be downloaded from the school website at www.lgs.slough.sch.uk.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applications should be returned by midday on Wednesday 24 April to Mrs Jane Milward, Head’s PA. Interviews will be held as soon as possible thereafter, although we reserve the right to interview promising candidates prior to this date if applications are received early.
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About Langley Grammar School
- Langley Grammar School
- Reddington Drive, Langley, Slough
- Berkshire
- SL3 7QS
- United Kingdom
Langley Grammar School is an innovative and forward-thinking selective school, committed to developing able students into well-rounded, confident and successful young men and women.
We are...
- an Outstanding school, currently exempt from routine Ofsted inspection
- a Leading Edge school working with SSAT
- recognised for our use of iPads for learning as an Apple Distinguished School
- accredited by SSAT as transformational in the variety of our teaching practices
- graded by ALPS in the top 10% of schools for value added at A Level
Our Ethos...
We are privileged to work with able students who have the potential to be in significant positions of influence and leadership in the future.
- We encourage our students to discover their own talents, to be confident of their abilities and to follow their passions across academic subjects, in sports and the arts.
- We support our students in developing themselves as innovative, effective and independent learners with high-level skills, willing to think in new ways, solve new problems and create new opportunities for the future.
- We help our students build up a set of sound values so that they have the strength of character, moral integrity and resilience to deal with the challenges they will face, and the motivation and willingness to work hard to achieve their ambitions.
In addition to helping them gain excellent examination results we support our students to become young people who are:
- Confident and well-rounded
- Independent and creative
- Responsible and caring
We can offer you...
- the opportunity to work with able and well motivated young people
- dedicated, innovative and supportive colleagues
- excellent induction and CPD opportunities
- strong support for trainee teachers and NQTs
- structured professional review and pay progression framework
- onsite parking and use of sports facilities
- additional benefits including Teachers' Pension scheme, childcare vouchers and cycle to work scheme
Langley and the local area...
Langley forms the eastern part of the Borough of Slough and offers easy access to Windsor, south Buckinghamshire and west London. The school is 5 minutes from Junction 4 of the M4, with good transport links. Langley station is 10-15 mins walk, and offers a half-hourly service into London Paddington.
Slough itself is a thriving multicultural town with rapidly developing facilities including the new Crossrail link to London. In September 2017, Slough came top in a survey of the 25 best towns and cities to live and work in, beating Manchester and Cambridge in the top three. It is hailed as a "prime spot" for jobs, cost of living and worker satisfaction in research by jobs site Glassdoor.
For further information please visit our website at www.lgs.slough.sch.uk
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