Curriculum Team Leader for Mathematics
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Derbyshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR 1.2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 5 March 2021
Job overview
Curriculum Team Leader for Mathematics
Full Time
MPS/UPS + TLR 1.2
Required for September 2021
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding leader of Mathematics, who has the vision and determination to raise student outcomes across the faculty. The successful applicant will ideally be responsible for teaching and leading Mathematics across KS3, 4 and 5 including the provision of A level Further Mathematics and AS Core Mathematics in the sixth form. You will be joining a strong and rapidly developing and forward-thinking team of staff across the school that are committed to continuous improvement.
This post has arisen due to the promotion of the current curriculum team leader to maths lead across the Spencer Academies Trust, who leaves the faculty in an incredibly strong position. Attainment and progress has remained strong over time, and we are now looking for a leader who is passionate about further transforming achievement in mathematics across all key stages taught. We have a consistently large number of students who continue to study A-Level mathematics and a small but committed number of students who choose to study Further mathematics. Our A-level provision is also supplemented by Core Mathematics where uptake continues to flourish. We also enjoy great success in the UK Maths Challenge, both the individual and team competitions. The successful candidate will be a dynamic leader who is ambitious for both the team of teachers and all students who attend our school.
We teach using a mastery approach and benefit from strong links from the Spencer Academies Trust, the East Midlands West Maths Hub and the University of Nottingham; these networks mean the successful candidate will benefit from excellent continued professional development from the mathematics community but also from with the school’s successful CPD structures too.
The successful candidate will:
- provide inspirational leadership so that all students make exceptional progress
- create and sustain a positive department culture, where staff feel collectively supported and developed
- be an outstanding, passionate and highly motivated teacher with a proven track record of examination success across key stages 4 and 5
- analyse progress and attainment data to make data-driven changes to curriculum design, and pupil interventions
- develop innovative schemes of work which are inspiring for learners and teachers alike and feed into standards bases assessments
- play an integral role in the development of our middle leadership team as we advance on our journey to outstanding
Our school ethos of ‘Aspire, Learn and Achieve’ permeates throughout everything we do and is a shared vision that every member of the school community is part of. We insist on the very highest standards for all of the students in our care. This is an exciting time to join our school as we embark on a capital build programme which will result in a new purpose built centre for our expanding sixth form.
As part of the Spencer Academies Trust, we work alongside other schools in ensuring we deliver the very best education possible.
Applications for this post must be submitted on our online application form, which can be found at http://www.satrust.com/vacancies
In line with safer recruitment policies, references will be called for prior to interview.
Closing date for applications is midday on Friday 5 March 2021
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.
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About Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Heanor is a small town, situated on the edge of the Peak District National Park and the Derwent Valley World Heritage site within easy reach of Derby, Nottingham and the M1. The school is located in the south-west of the town and its catchment area includes most of Heanor and nearby Loscoe, along with the rural parishes of Smalley, Shipley, Horsley Woodhouse and Morley. The school is popular, with a number of our students coming from outside the catchment area.
At Heanor Gate Spencer Academy, we are very proud of our strong reputation in the community. We will endeavour to continually improve in all aspects of the education we provide and become an outstanding school that everyone can be proud of. Our new school ethos of ‘Aspire, Learn and Achieve’ will permeate throughout everything we do and is a shared vision that every member of the school community can buy into. We will insist on the very highest standards for all of the students in our care.
Our aims for the school are to DEVELOP ALL LEARNERS TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL and to CREATE A CULTURE OF ASPIRATION. This is what we all firmly believe in and strive to achieve at all times.
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy has a genuinely comprehensive intake. The eclectic mix of backgrounds makes for a lively, friendly and engaging atmosphere. Parents, visitors, supply teachers and student teachers regularly comment on the calm, purposeful and welcoming environment. Staff and students enjoy working here and as a consequence low staff turnover and a low permanent exclusion rate are defining features of the school.
Teaching and learning is fundamental to our success. We aim to offer the highest quality opportunities for teaching and learning and to develop our staff as outstanding practitioners. We have a clear structure to support teaching and learning in school and robust systems of monitoring and reviewing the success of each curriculum team.
As one of the first converter Academies in the country, a Leading Edge and a co-founder of Challenge Partners we are at the forefront of innovation, individualised learning and teaching excellence. Our designations as an approved Academy Sponsor, National Support School, Teaching School and licensee of the National College’s leadership development programmes reflects the extent of our contribution to system-wide improvement and builds on our excellent reputation for the training and development of teachers and leaders.
A key component of our everyday work is, of course, ensuring that high quality learning is experienced every day within the school; by every student, in every subject and in every lesson. Alongside this we recognise that all students have a range of social, emotional and personal needs that may require support. To this end, Heanor Gate School also gives great weight to the importance of an effective induction programme and on-going guidance for each student in order to try to ensure that each young person is both happy and successful with an Achievement team and tutors that will challenge and support every student to reach their potential.
We value our staff as an essential part of our success and are committed therefore to providing outstanding opportunities for staff development, not only through high quality Inset days, but also within curriculum and pastoral teams and through the Teaching and Learning Coaching Team. All middle and senior leaders are offered the opportunity to take part in NCSL initiatives. There is a dedicated programme of support and continuing professional development for NQTs. In addition, we work in partnership with a number of local universities for Initial Teacher Training and are committed to supporting these beginning teachers in their career.
The success of any school is of course dependent on the contribution made by everyone connected with the school. We are very lucky to have staff who are hard working, committed and willing to go that extra mile, parents who are very supportive and work with the school to ensure their children strive to achieve their best, governors who have the best interests of the school at heart and are actively involved with the school and students who are proud of the school. All of these are a major factor in the school’s success.
We are looking to appoint a talented, committed and hard-working individual who will make a difference to the lives of young people. You will be expected to get involved in all aspects of school life and establish yourself as a valued colleague in the school community. If you are up to the challenge then we look forward to receiving your application.
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