Lead Practitioner for Maths
Abbey College, Ramsey
Cambridgeshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L1 - L5
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2019
- Apply by:
- 18 March 2019
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an aspirant, professional and passionate individual to lead our Maths department from good to great. If you are an outstanding teacher and are already, or have the potential to be, an excellent leader, we welcome your application.
What will our successful candidate be like?
Our new Lead Practiioner of Maths will have a commitment to academic excellence and a focus on developing a love for Maths at all levels. You will have an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to step up to the challenge of steering our Maths department forward on its journey to achieving outstanding outcomes. Our successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual and will inspire every member of the team to play a part in the department’s commitment to academic excellence.
What type of leader will you be?
We require you to have considerable teaching experience, be able to articulate a clear educational vision and provide dynamic and inspirational leadership. You will be an outstanding, reflective and outward looking classroom practitioner, passionate and restless to achieve the best outcomes for children, and possess creativity, excellent interpersonal skills, and strong organisational abilities.
Our new leader will have the experience, or the potential, to be a capable and energising leader who will manage the delivery of an appropriate Maths curriculum which is challenging for all, differentiated as required and well resourced. You are encouraged to take a fresh look at our long term plans, bring new ideas to the table and will have the autonomy to take risks.
As a new leader at Abbey College, you will be fully immersed in our regular whole school teaching and learning professional development, with a core focus on Quality First Teaching. You will be supported by the Senior Leader who steers the middle leadership team, and they will act as your professional mentor for as long as you need.
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About Abbey College, Ramsey
Abbey College, Ramsey is located in a small market town, almost half way between Huntingdon and Peterborough and within easy reach of Cambridge and London. The College is set within extensive, historic and beautiful grounds close to the Parish Church of St Thomas A Becket. The College is a large 11-18 school with a catchment which extends over a wide rural area.
There are approximately 1090 students on role, including a sixth form of 120. We currently have around 70 members of teaching staff with an additional support team of over 75 members of staff.
We have high aspirations as a College as our 2016 results showed. Our A level and BTEC results placed us the sixth best in Cambridgeshire, outdoing many private schools, and our GCSE results were our highest ever, with a progress 8 figure of 0.21. We are also oversubscribed for the second year in a row this year by over 40% and our attendance is 2% higher than the national averages.
Our College ethos is to ‘Aspire and Challenge’, which means that the College strives to provide strong equal learning opportunities within a broad and balanced curriculum for all students regardless of ability, background or culture. Our values include Being polite, being Equipped for learning, Sticking to and completing the most challenging of tasks and being Tolerant, which we remember as BEST. Our motto is to: ‘challenge mind-sets and raising aspirations’.
At Abbey College we see staff well-being as a top priority and we are committed to ensuring our staff are always developing and growing. We have a full and extensive programme of CPD activities throughout the year and regularly share good practice. We have also introduced an employee of the month scheme to recognise members of staff who go above and beyond.
For more information about the day to day life and the successes happening at the College, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RamseyAbbeyCollege. Or alternatively, if you would like to visit the College please ring the office on 01487 812352 to arrange a convenient time.
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