Lead Practitioner for Maths
Shenfield High School
Essex
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- LPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 15 April 2024
Job overview
Lead Practitioner for Maths
Required September 2024
(LP Scale – dependent on experience)
The Role
This is a fantastic opportunity for an aspiring leader to make an impact on a key area of the curriculum working with both the Head of Faculty and the Senior Team. The role is ideally suited to an outstanding practitioner who can inspire students in their study of maths at all key stages and who can support and develop the quality and consistency of instruction and curriculum innovation both in maths and potentially across the school.
Lead practitioners are outstanding practitioners who secure the excellent progress of students within their own classrooms and in those of colleagues through the development of impactful teaching strategies. As a lead practitioner, the successful candidate will spread expertise of teaching maths using engaging pedagogies across the department, developing resources, strategies and techniques and using coaching, mentoring, modelling and team teaching as appropriate.
Maths is a popular subject at Shenfield High School with both maths and further maths at A level in addition to GCSE further maths and GCSE statistics at KS4 from September 2024.
Our School
Shenfield High School is a standalone 11-18 Academy with a comprehensive ethos and a commitment to high academic standards supported by a significant investment in pastoral care and wellbeing.
The school is conveniently located close to Shenfield mainline station on the line into London Liverpool Street and home to the eastern terminus of the new cross rail Elizabeth Line.
We can offer you:
· Outer Fringe allowance
· A ‘Golden Hello’ if you are a direct applicant to the school
· Competitive teaching allocation (all teaching allocations were reduced across the board in 2023-24)
· Employee Assistance programme
· Continuous CPD programme including NPQs and National College qualifications
If you would like an informal discussion about this position and/or a pre-application visit please contact the Deputy Headteacher for Quality of Education’s PA, Mrs Watson: c.watson@shenfield.essex.sch.uk
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced disclosure check and positive references.
Application details from the school’s website: www.shenfield.essex.sch.uk. Please apply using the application form and a covering letter that outlines how your experience and skills fulfils the job description and person specification. CVS also welcome in the first instance.
Closing Date is 15th April 2024 at midday
Attached documents
About Shenfield High School
Shenfield High School is a co-educational, non-denominational 11-18 secondary school located in Brentwood, Essex. At its most recent inspection there were 1,145 students aged 11-18 on the school roll, 350 of whom studied in the sixth form. The area of Shenfield has a population of 5,500 and is serviced by a station on the Liverpool Street Line, which will be the final stop on the Crossrail Elizabeth Line.
Shenfield High School was opened in 1962 and converted to academy status in 2012.
The school is underpinned by its philosophy of "Learning for Life" and promotes Learning, Respoect, Responsibility, Security, community & Success as its key values.
Headteacher
Clare Costello
Values and vision
Shenfield High School has a deep-rooted tradition of providing a rounded educational experience for students, supported by a strong set of values. The secondary school emphasises high aspirations, mutual respect and learning as a lifelong journey.
Shenfield High School is an open and welcoming environment, with buildings set in more than 20 acres of playing fields next to open farmland. The well-equipped classrooms and specialist areas ensure that students have pleasant, spacious accommodation for working, studying and leisure, with the convenience of all facilities being on site.
Ofsted report
“There is a real sense of 'Team Shnners' among all staff, who have tremendous pride in their school....the staff are overwhelmingy positive about the future"
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