Skip to main content
Tes home
SearchBack to search
Head of Mathematics Department

Head of Mathematics Department

Dollar Academy

Dollar

  • Expired
Salary:
SCNT scales plus Dollar enhancement of 10%
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
August 2020
Apply by:
24 February 2020

Job overview

HEAD OF MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

Following an internal promotion Dollar Academy is seeking to recruit a permanent, full time, Head of Mathematics beginning in August 2020. This post offers the opportunity to lead a large and successful department at this prestigious 5 – 18 HMC school of 1200 pupils.  Dollar Academy is set in a beautiful central location, about 40 minutes north of Edinburgh.

We are looking for a capable and visionary teacher with the ability to run this ambitious, lively and highly successful department comprising nine members of staff.  The successful applicant will be expected to lead by example and to be able to teach the full range of courses offered from Form I to Form VI.  They will have the ability to teach at the highest levels with confidence and authority and, as such, an Honours degree in Mathematics or a closely related subject is required.  We are looking for an individual who demonstrates a genuine love of Maths, enthusiasm for teaching it and an imaginative, creative and energetic approach to helping pupils to share this enjoyment.  The successful candidate will also require the organisational and communication skills that are essential to the smooth running and successful development of a large department. Computers, interactive technology and web-based resources are now an intrinsic part of Mathematics teaching and fluency with these, together with a thoughtful approach to their use, is essential.

We aim to help all of our pupils to achieve their full potential in Mathematics and to develop real confidence in their ability.  Throughout Forms I to V, pupils are placed in sets according to ability and those in lower sets benefit from small class sizes, whilst the upper sets are able to spend more time on sophisticated problems. The progress of all pupils is monitored closely through a programme of internal examinations and tests and, importantly, formal and informal discussion within the department.

We currently prepare pupils for SQA National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher examinations.  At all stages we attach a great deal of importance to number work and the development of independent thinking.  Pupils are encouraged to see Mathematics not as a collection of disconnected rules but rather as an exciting, coherent and intensely logical language with wide applications and inherent value. Many of our most able pupils choose to enter both the UK Mathematical Challenge and the Scottish Mathematical Challenge and we have experienced much success in both of these competitions. 

In a typical year the great majority of pupils achieve grade A or B at National 5, with roughly 70% gaining a grade A.  For the first time, in May 2020, a small number of pupils will be presented for National 5 Applications of Mathematics.  Approximately 110 pupils sit Higher each year, with about 90% achieving grades A to C and, in recent years, 60% a grade A.  Currently we present pupils for Advanced Higher Mathematics, Mathematics of Mechanics and Statistics with approximately 45 pupils each year taking these options.   A number of candidates sit more than one paper and many pupils go on to read Mathematics, Science, Engineering or Economics at a broad range of universities.

The Academy has a rich co-curricular programme in which all members of staff are expected to participate. 

The salary for the post will be in accordance with the SNCT main grade scales with the Dollar enhancement of 10% in addition. 

Candidates should either be registered with the GTC Scotland, or eligible for registration. 

Letters of application, accompanied by a completed application form (available on the school website www.dollaracademy.org.uk) should be sent to The Human Resources Manager, Dollar Academy, Dollar FK14 7DU (or by e-mail to recruitment@dollaracademy.org.uk) by Monday 24th February 2020.  Interviews will be held during week beginning 2nd March 2020.


All appointments are subject to receipt of a satisfactory PVG Scheme Record or Scheme 

Record Update from Disclosure Scotland. 

The Governors of Dollar Academy Trust is a charity registered in Scotland SC009888


About Dollar Academy

Dollar Academy was founded in 1818 as the UK’s first co-educational day and boarding school and has been at the heart of Scotland’s educational development for 200 years. The school is the Sunday Times Scottish Independent School of the Year 2018.

Dollar has over 1250 pupils aged 5-18, of whom approximately 75 are boarders. The school’s extensive 70 acre campus is set in a landscape of extraordinary natural beauty at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Central Scotland and is within easy reach of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Edinburgh airport is conveniently situated and can be reached in 45 minutes.

Dollar is distinguished by its excellence in pastoral care, co-curricular provision and classroom teaching. 

Enjoyment of learning lies at the heart of this school and the aim is for all pupils to gain satisfaction from a real commitment to study and participation in the great range of sporting, art and cultural activities on offer. 

Dollar pupils undertake internationally recognised SQA examination courses and, in a typical year, over 65% of exam results are at Grade A. Although firmly grounded in the values of Scottish education, Dollar takes a deliberately international approach and the diverse boarding community is at the heart of school life. 

Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.

Applications closed