Head of Mathematics

About us: Aspire is an academy trust led by Debra Rutley NLE. We have three AP schools in Buckinghamshire, a nurture school, a hospital teaching service, a medical needs and home tuition service, as well as leading a number of outreach and wellbeing projects in schools across the county. Students attend full or part-time and are referred to us by schools and the Local Authority. Our focus is to support young people, together with their families and schools, to reach beyond their potential and enable them to flourish by developing positive behaviours, attitudes and aspirations.

About the role: These are exciting times for education and Aspire is rising to the challenge and looking for a talented Mathematics Teacher to lead the subject across our provisions and to help provide positive learning experiences for our pupils in KS3 and KS4.

All Aspire staff have contracts that might take them to different sites across Buckinghamshire but this is always done in discussion with staff – we know people have lives and families and we have a flexible approach to arrangements.

 About you: We are looking for an experienced teacher of Mathematics who has an aptitude for leadership and who believes that young people who have been excluded need a nurturing and loving approach, to feel valued and cared for, and to have teachers who believe in them.

We know this work isn't always easy. You will need to be calm in the face of challenging behaviour, and always see the best in a young person, and find something to love in them, no matter what.

We have high expectations of our young people, in terms of their behaviour, social development, and academic achievement. We know that young people who have been excluded often have complex backgrounds, and/or a number of unmet special educational needs. When they receive the right support, they are capable of great things.