Lead Practitioner for Mathematics

Lead Practitioner (Mathematics) 

Required for September

Leadership Scale 9 -13

Waingels is a very successful 11 to 18 Comprehensive school serving its local community. Our successes and achievements can be attributed to our commitment to establish and grow a Better Never Stops culture, providing a safe, inclusive and rich learning environment where students feel safe and valued, founded on respectful relationships for all. Our ethos and culture are values based. We set high standards and expect all our students and staff to be respectful, kind, resilient and proud of our school, our achievements and our community.

Our values underpin our “Waingels Ready” expectations that we have for everyone within the Waingels community. These expectations form the basis of everything we do, and everything we believe in as a school and as a community.

We are very pleased with our recent Ofsted feedback (February 2018) and how it has endorsed the achievements, improvements and direction that we are travelling in. Ofsted noted that:

- Waingels “continues to be a good school…where standards are rising rapidly”

- Staff feel that they are “valued as their opinions are considered when reshaping practices” and that “people have the courage to try new things and we share success”

- “Pupils behave well in lessons and have a good attitude towards learning”

- “As a result of improvements that leaders have implemented, standards are rising rapidly”

 We are also very proud of the achievements of our students. Under the new measures our students at Key Stage 4 made very good progress. Their Progress 8 score of +0.32 places us in the top 20% of schools nationally. We achieve 74% 9 to 4 in English and Maths, 87% achieved a grade 4 or better in English and Maths were in the top 8% nationally.  At A Level, our Progress score of +0.31 places us in the top 5% of schools nationally. We are delighted that the vast majority of our students stay on to our Sixth Form and that 97% of our leavers gain a place at University or choose to enter apprenticeships and employment.   Within the Maths Department last year’s results were pleasing with 79% 9 to 4 with 31% achieving grade 7 and above.

If you feel your values and ethos align with ours, this is an exciting opportunity for you! We are seeking to appoint an excellent practitioner to join our highly successful and supportive Mathematics department. We are looking for someone with energy and vision that is ambitious for themselves and the young people of the school. You will have a growth mindset and believe in offering dynamic Maths learning across Key Stages.

Working with us offers you the opportunity to;

• Join a positive school where effort and success is celebrated
• Engage in excellent and personalised professional development opportunities
• Have the support of a dynamic leadership team to ‘take risks’ in a supportive environment
• Receive 10% reduction in fees in our on-site nursery school
• Join our fitness/gym suite

Job Purpose: 

• To develop and implement teaching and learning initiatives and strategies throughout the school which raise the teaching practice of all members of staff and therefore raise student standards and progress
• To take a lead on implementing and evaluating the whole school numeracy strategy
• Liaising with local primary schools, lead the effective transition between Key Stage 2 and 3 to inform appropriate curriculum at Key Stage 3 and beyond
• To lead on the appropriate provision for re-take GCSE at Year 12 in order to raise progress
• To lead the primary enrichment programme to build positive working relationships with local primary schools 
• To lead the catch-up numeracy programme to support students in reaching age expected levels 

What are we looking for?

We want to employ a full time Mathematics Teacher who is confident to teach at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. We believe that success in Mathematics is essential in today’s world.  As a team, we seek to inspire our students to appreciate, not only the functional aspects of Mathematics, but also the intrinsic beauty of the subject.

The department is large, lively, extremely conscientious and enthusiastic.  We are working hard to develop innovative and creative approaches to teaching and learning and look forward to the contributions a new member of staff will bring.

If this might be the opportunity for you then please feel free to visit the school prior to submitting an application or contact us for an informal conversation about this exciting role. Please telephone the college on 0118 969 0336 or email the Principal’s Personal Assistant, Karen Tagg, on Tagktg@waingels.wokingham.sch.uk

Download an application pack from our website www.waingels.wokingham.sch.uk

Completed applications should be returned by Wednesday 18 April 2018

Interview dates will be sent to short-listed applicants

The college is committed to safeguarding, equal opportunities and to promoting the welfare of all staff and students