Teacher of Mathematics

TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS  Required from April 2018, a well-qualified graduate to Teach from KS3 to A level. Mathematics has a strong tradition in the school with consistently high uptake at AS and A2 levels in the Sixth Form.    C.L.S.G. has its own generous salary scale   We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and appointment will be subject to satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an Equal Opportunities employer.   Further details may be obtained from the school  or email: jobs@clsg.org.uk.

Organisation of the Department  There are eight full-time and one part-time member of staff. The administration of the department is managed by the Head of Department and Second in Department.  There are four specialist mathematics classrooms and a departmental office where curriculum materials are stored.  There are departmental meetings every week and the maths staff have drawn up guidelines on what is taught with detailed schemes of work, currently being updated to best prepare girls for the reformed A Level and IGCSE exams. There are also departmental expectations on the role of investigations (in years 7 and 8) and the use of ICT in maths lessons. The school has a PC network running Windows, teachers and pupils from Year 8 to 11 have iPads for use in lessons and classes have easy access to  four computer rooms with either Mac or PCs in them, two class-sets of laptops and two class-sets of iPads. Each maths classroom has its own computer and, after the classroom refurbishment this summer, all of them will have HD digitial touchscreen monitors as well as whiteboards, allowing the use of both SMART and Promethean software Many internal worksheets, tests and exams are stored on the network facilitating a great deal of sharing of these within the department.  Where appropriate, each Maths teacher accepts some responsibilities towards the efficient running of the department.  

These may include:  • Maths Challenge (Junior, Intermediate and Senior) • Team Maths Challenge • Hans Woyda inter-school maths competition • Maths Clinic (lunchtime or after school) • Master Classes (at the Royal Institution) • Oxbridge links • ICT committee • Managing classroom space and displays  

Line Management  The post is managed by the Head of Mathematics

City of London School for Girls is a selective school and the entrance procedure includes a non-calculator maths examination.  As a consequence of selection, all the girls are of a good standard with much potential.    Mathematics Department  Years 7-9:  Girls are taught in four mixed-ability form groups for the duration of Year 7. After this, two parallel ‘top’ sets are selected and the remaining girls stay in parallel ‘second’ sets. All girls follow the same scheme of work and sit the same end-of-year examinations, but the higher sets benefit from more time on extension material.   Years 10 - 11:  At the end of Year 11, all girls are entered for IGCSE Mathematics, with over 95% obtaining grade A or better.  Girls in the top sets are entered for OCR Additional Maths in addition to IGCSE, for which they begin studying extra material in Year 10.  Years 12 and 13:  Mathematics is the most popular choice at A-level with over half of the Sixth Formers taking it.  Last year there were more grade A* and As in Maths than in any other subject.  There are normally four AS level groups and two Further Maths groups in Year 12.   Most girls carry on to do full A-level maths.  The department currently uses the Edexcel modular courses, and is intending to continue using Edexcel for the reformed A Levels in 2018.  Each group has two teachers so that every member of the department teaches at least one A-level class at any one time. A full-time member of the department would normally teach three A Level classes.  The department also offers AS Further Mathematics in addition to A Level Further Maths in Year 13 and prepares girls for Oxbridge entrance.  Although teachers have preferences about whether they teach pure, mechanics or statistics, in practice we all have to be able to teach some of each.  Exam results:  These are excellent both at GCSE and at A-level.  The results for the school as a whole can be seen on the school website – www.clsg.org.uk.