Director of Maths

We are looking for a Director of Maths to join our Outstanding academy. As one of the highest performing schools, and one of the leading Maths departments in the country, you will be focused on continuing our success. You will be responsible for the overall strategic and operational planning of the Maths curriculum and accountable for student progress. As an all-girls school, we are particularly passionate about promoting STEM subjects and we have the privilege of seeing our students embrace opportunities and thrive in these areas. You will also be responsible for the pastoral care of around 150 students.

This is an excellent role for someone aspiring to progress into a senior leadership position, as you will be provided with the responsibility, experience, support, and development to reach your goals.

About Us

At Harris Girls' Academy Bromley, we pride ourselves on being in the top 1% of schools in the country, fostering a culture of high expectations for students and staff. We are incredibly ambitious for all and strive to improve daily through a strong culture of feedback, underpinned by high levels of support and challenge.

Our students are respectful and intelligent individuals, with brilliant senses of humour. We offer them a supportive environment that promotes their character building and understanding of the wider world. We are proud to be an all-girls school that breaks down the barriers to equality.

At the forefront of all our decisions is finding the balance between delivering exceptional outcomes for students and the workload of our staff. Every member of staff is provided with the opportunity to contribute to decision making, and is championed as an individual as well as a part of our school community. We are committed to developing our staff and believe that ambition is something to be celebrated. We invest time and resources to ensure that our staff continuously develop and progress through external training and qualifications, and training programmes at the academy.

Main Areas of Responsibility

The purpose of your role will be:

• To be accountable for student progress and development in the subject area across KS3, KS4 and post 16, including meeting student achievement targets for subject areas which are agreed by the Principal and the Governing Body.
• To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area through continuously, developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
• To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in the subject area, in accordance with the academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.
• To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all staff in the subject area.
• To ensure agreed tutor programme is implemented and that tutors are effective in their role.
• To ensure effective behaviour for learning is evident throughout faculty
• To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across the subject area.
• To lead development for literacy, through the WORD strategy, within subject areas, to raise standards of Literacy across the Academy

Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:

• Operational and strategic planning (including rigorous self-evaluation and review of subject area performance, formulating the subject and faculty improvement plans, and leading the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching strategies)
• Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost effective curriculum and leading development of the subject and its delivery
• Staff development (including recruiting, building and managing an effective team of motivated staff)
• Student outcomes (including ensuring the effective operation of target setting, monitoring and evaluation systems and the input and maintenance of accurate student data)
• Pastoral system, taking responsibility for the pastoral care and welfare of up to 150 students, supporting in raising attendance and working as part of the wider leadership team ensuring student behaviour is in line with expectations
• Teaching, including acting as an outstanding role model

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a good, relevant undergraduate degree.
• Be an excellent teacher with a minimum of two years' teaching experience.
• Have proven success in raising achievement.
• Have experience of leading others, ensuring high quality performance.
• Have successful experience in implementation of monitoring, evaluation and review process to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
• Demonstrate a high level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement.
• Have recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development.
• Have experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, other managers, students and parents.
• Understand creative whole school strategies for improving literacy and numeracy and the importance of this in raising achievement.
• Have some successful experience of leading on cross subject initiatives that have contributed to raising achievement.
• Have experience of embedding innovative strategies for Assessment for Learning and Learning to Learn.
• Have recent and relevant experience of managing and implementing change successfully at subject leader level.
• Be willing to use coaching as a model for ensuring on-going professional development.

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.