Teacher of Mathematics

Ark Greenwich is a new, ambitious school model based on what we know excellent schools do. We have created a highly respectful and disciplined environment where our staff and pupils can fulfil their potential. Our aim is to consistently be one of the highest performing schools in the country.

Ark Greenwich

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Shortlisting will occur on an ongoing basis to be completed no later than 9th February.

Candidates must be available to interview online on either Friday 29th January or Friday 12th February.

Interviews may be conducted earlier than the advertised date. AGFS encourages applicants to apply early to avoid disappointment.

Ark Greenwich exists to empower young people, regardless of socio-economic background, to grow and be successful. This is an ambitious and forward-thinking school that encourages innovation and values its staff. We are proud of our highly respectful and disciplined community and of the outstanding academic outcomes achieved by our pupils. Expectations for all members of our community are unashamedly sky high. Many of our staff are TeachFirst Ambassadors. We work tirelessly to impact the lives of the young people we serve.

Ark Greenwich exists to empower young people, regardless of socio-economic background, to grow and be successful. This is an ambitious and forward-thinking school that encourages innovation and values its staff. We are proud of our highly respectful and disciplined community and of the outstanding academic outcomes achieved by our pupils. Expectations for all members of our community are unashamedly sky high. We work tirelessly to impact the lives of the young people we serve.  Pupils at our school are passionate about Mathematics and achieve exceptional outcomes.

How is Ark Greenwich different?

• We are part of the Ark family of schools and benefit accordingly from outstanding networking and career opportunities and first-class CPD.

• Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We provide breakfast for staff each morning and have a 6pm/weekend work-related communication curfew to ensure our staff can maintain a work/life balance. We do not do knee jerk reactions, fads or last-minute deadlines. Our systems and processes for communication, pupil marking, and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are underpinned by research and best practice in the field.

• This is a small school model, because we believe that our close-knit community provides the optimum conditions for success.

• Behaviour for learning is exceptional so our teachers can focus their time on the things that matter – planning and delivering brilliant lessons for our pupils. We have applied to become a national behaviour hub school.

• This is a strict no excuses, no mobile phone school.

• Our curriculum is traditional and academic, and we do not take shortcuts – we do not offer vocational courses or equivalencies such as Btecs or Vcerts. 95% of pupils are entered for the Ebacc.

• We put high-quality teaching at the heart of what we do. We are committed to providing staff with at least 1 hour of high-quality training every week. We run coaching for staff who want to see rapid progress in their discipline. Live coaching and current best practice in the field of education is central to our approach.

• We don’t grade individual lessons or ask for lesson plans.

• Our pupils enjoy a compulsory co-curricular program on a Wednesday which includes a strong focus on community volunteering and we facilitate 12 drop-down days per academic year ensuring our pupils benefit from a range of life-enriching experiences.

If you are ready to add further value to our high performing Mathematics department and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding.

Alignment with the school’s vision, values and approach to education is essential.

The Role and the Department

We invest heavily in our outstanding Mathematics department which we believe is fast becoming one of the strongest departments in the country; dedicating 6.5 hours per week to Mathematics for every Yr 11 pupil. In recent years the Progress 8 score for this department has been ranked in the top 7% of schools nationally.

About Ark Schools

Ark is a network of high-achieving, non-selective schools and one of the country’s top-performing academy groups. We run 38 academies in London, Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth educating more than 26,000 pupils. 83% of Ark schools are now rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted.

Our aim is to create outstanding schools that give every pupil, regardless of their background, the opportunity to go to university or pursue the career of their choice.

To find out more about Ark Greenwich, please visit our website via www.arkgreenwichfreeschool.org.

Ark value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.