Director of Mathematics Faculty
City of London Academy (Southwark)
Southwark, London
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L10 - L14 £56,644 - £61,695
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Ideally January 2018 or Easter 2018
- Apply by:
- 30 October 2017
Job overview
Director of Mathematics Faculty
(Extended Leadership Team)
L10 – L14 (Inner London)
Are you a dynamic and inspirational leader?
Do you want to join one of the fastest improving academies in the country?
Do you want to work with highly aspirational students in a diverse multicultural environment?
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Director of Mathematics Faculty, to provide strong strategic leadership and management of the Mathematics Faculty including the development and implementation of strategies to promote high levels of academic achievement for all students and ensure the curriculum, classroom pedagogy and extra-curricular activities support this aim. Our Mathematics Department is expanding with more and more students choosing our already popular and successful Mathematics subjects at A-level and an increased intake in KS3. You will be able to show the motivation, leadership and commitment required to achieve ambitious targets and exceed expectations both within your faculty and for the Academy as a whole.
Successful candidates must:
- Have excellent leadership skills
- Have a good proven track record in raising attainment and accelerating progress
- Be an excellent teacher with consistently 'Outstanding' classroom practice
- Be able to inspire and develop consistent 'Good or Better' learning and teaching in others
- Have high expectations of themselves and others
- Be a good communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
- Have excellent subject knowledge
- Have management/coaching experience
- Be flexible and a good team player
We Offer:
- A highly committed and driven staff
- Students who are very keen to learn and make more than expected progress
- An opportunity to join one of the fastest improving schools in the country
- A supportive environment with excellent CPD opportunities
- A multicultural, diverse environment with high expectations for our students
- Exceptional staff benefits, including childcare vouchers, employee assistance programme and much more
All applications must be made using the online TES application form by Monday 30th October 2017. Applicants will be contacted upon receipt of suitable completed applications that meet our requirements. Please visit www.cityacademy.co.uk for more information about the Academy. CVs will not be accepted.
Interview date: 30th October 2017 or ASAP.
The City of London Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers.
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About City of London Academy (Southwark)
About the academy
If you want to work in a positive, open and supportive environment to change young people’s lives for the better then you should apply for this role. Staff turnover is low, student behaviour is excellent with student outcomes significantly improving.
We are driven by our core purpose of the Exploration of Life. Our purpose is enacted in line with our values of Integritas, Ambition, Resilience and Duty and brought to life through our four different curriculums.
Our academic curriculums are built from thresholds concepts specific to the subject discipline. Our pastoral curriculum develops the whole child, enabling them to understand their role in a global world. Our elevate curriculum works with those students at risk of falling behind to elevate them onto the mainstream curriculum. Our staff curriculum embraces that fact that as a motivated, trained and passionate team we will achieve more collectively than we ever could separately.
Students leave CoLA as thoughtful and empowered young people, ready to shape the world for the better.
The City of London Academy is well respected by the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe community. We are proud of what we have to offer and invite you to find out more. We have consciously kept our introduction here brief as we would encourage you to contact the academy and see what is happening on the ground.
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