Teacher of Mathematics
Woking College
Woking, Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- £30,887 to £45,403 pa (FTE), depending on experience (including fringe allowance). Pro rata for part-time
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 29 August 2023
- Apply by:
- 12 June 2023
Job overview
Rated "Outstanding" in every area, by Ofsted in November 2022, Woking College are proud to provide excellence in sixth form education.
"Staff feel proud to work at the College. They are exceptionally positive about the culture leaders have created. They describe leaders as visible, approachable and highly focussed on staff wellbeing. Leaders celebrate achievement frequently in staff forums which helps staff to feel recognised, highly valued and a member of the Woking College family."
The Role
We are looking for a full or part-time member of staff with dynamism and passion to deliver inspiring lessons up to A Level Mathematics, including GCSE re-sit classes. Working with a friendly, supportive team, and exceptional College facilities, this is an exciting time to join our growing College, recently graded Outstanding, in all areas, by Ofsted.
Applications from ECTs and Teachers in Schools and Sixth Form College sectors are welcome. A full mentoring programme is arranged to introduce all new staff to sixth form college systems and procedures and to support and encourage professional development. We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join the team, and inspire our students. We expect high performance from all our staff and candidates should demonstrate their ability and suitability to both the role and the culture of the College.
The Department
The Maths Department is a large, successful area of the College. Student recruitment numbers are good and the department teaches over a third of all students at the College and is pro-active in broadening the curriculum to meet the needs of students. The department offer:
- Functional Skills Mathematics
- GCSE Mathematics (re-sits and an adult class)
- Core Maths
- A Level Mathematics
- A Level Further Mathematics
The department are an experienced team of specialist teachers who work collaboratively to develop a problem-solving approach to teaching mathematics. The department hosts a range of extra-curricular activities which have included trips to the Pirbright Laboratories, participation in the UK Maths Challenge and university visits. Students progress to university courses including Mathematics, Engineering, Physics and Medicine, the College also runs an Excellence Programme to support students aiming for top university courses.
The department will move into newly-refurbished classrooms before half term, providing a more up-to-date learning environment in College with already excellent facilities.
Application Information:
Start Date: Tuesday 29 August 2023
Salary: £30,887 to £45,403 per annum, depending on experience (including fringe allowance). These figures include the recently announced pay increase.
College day: the core day runs from 8.30am to 4.00pm
To Apply: Please download the Application Pack and click the Apply Now button to access the Application Form via the College website.
CVs will not be accepted on their own.
Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK.
Please ensure education and employment history are completed in full, gaps in employment must be accounted for under the section entitled “Periods when not working”. We would like to see your passion for the role and the College in your supporting statement, please use this opportunity to include personal skills, experience relevant to the post, and reasons why you feel you would be successful if this post.
We actively encourage interested applicants to visit the College to see how you could be part of our friendly College community. If you would like to do so, please contact Kirsty Crook (details below). Completed applications, or any queries regarding the role or your application, should be sent via email to Kirsty Crook (Personnel Officer): recruitment@woking.ac.uk
Closing date: 9am Monday 12 June 2023
Interviews: to be held shortly after the closing date, however, the College reserves the right to interview in advance of the closing date. Applications will be considered upon receipt, and interviews may take place accordingly
Shortlisted candidates will be notified, invited for interview and references will be taken up immediately. Please note that it is not possible to inform candidates who have not been short-listed due to time constraints.
For further information, to have an initial discussion, or to return a completed Application Form, please contact: Kirsty Crook, Personnel Officer: recruitment@woking.ac.uk Tel: 01483 761036
Important information:
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and successful applicants will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. The College is committed to equal opportunities.
The College encourages all candidates to be familiar with Section 1 of the DfE paper on “Keeping Children Safe in Education” September 2022 and the College's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. These documents can be found on the College's Staff Vacancies page, and Policies page.
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the College asks candidates to consider Woking College's Privacy Notice for Job Applicants, which can be found on the Staff Vacancies page of the College’s website.
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About Woking College
Woking College is an oversubscribed and highly successful college of over 1400 students drawing students from more than 60 different schools. Our very successful strategic focus has, for many years, been to create the very best environment for high quality of teaching and learning alongside the widest range of enrichment activities enhancing the cultural capital of our students. Alongside this we place a very strong emphasis on maintaining our wonderful community, we have a more diverse College population than might be thought of as typical for Surrey but we are determined to maintain our inclusive ethos. We are fully committed to innovation whilst maintaining a humane and caring approach for all members of the College community which has resulted in the doubling of the student population in recent years. These approaches have been key to securing Grade 1 ‘Outstanding’ in all seven categories in our October 2022 Ofsted inspection.
Woking College is enjoying record results, very positive value-added and an abundance of applications and quite rightly has a teaching and learning culture which is the envy of other institutions, indeed in recent staff surveys over 95% of College staff said they were proud to work at Woking College!
We have benefited hugely from an impressive transformation of the College’s estate over recent years, with the completion of a new Sports Centre in 2014, a new Arts Block in 2015 and a modern and larger Science Building in 2016. A full size 3G pitch was completed in 2020. A £3m teaching block and another £3m project working collaboratively with an adjacent community centre will enhance our estate even further within this academic year.
We recognise the advantages of collaboration and have worked hard over the years to build and maintain close working relationships with other education providers and the Local Authority. The College has been a long-standing member of S7, the Surrey and Sussex group of Sixth Form Colleges, possibly the leading college consortium nationally, and we look forward to continued positive engagement with schools, colleges and the local community for the benefit of all.
With strong leadership from our passionate and committed senior leadership team, and with the support of excellent teaching and support staff across all areas, we look forward to the continued evolution of the College; we also look forward to meeting committed, engaging and passionate people who want to join us to further enhance the life-chances and choices of our students – which is of course our main mission as educators.
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