Teacher of Maths
The Thomas Lord Audley School
Essex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main Pay Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 2 March 2020
Job overview
THE THOMAS LORD AUDLEY SCHOOL
TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS - SEPTEMBER 2020
MPS - £24,373 to £35,971
(Suitable for an experienced or newly qualified teacher)
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking teacher of Mathematics to join a team of dedicated teachers. Please refer to the separate document entitled ‘The TLA Maths Department’ to find more information about the department. The successful candidate will teach students across Key Stage 3 and 4 and will take ownership of their own classroom base. This post is suitable for an individual currently completing teacher training who would be an NQT in September 2020.
The school is in a strong position and consistently secures good outcomes for students, including in Mathematics. In 2019, the school’s Progress 8 element for Maths was positive.
We have seven dedicated Mathematics classrooms, all with interactive SMART boards, and access to ICT rooms and laptops. We use a range of ICT programmes to support learning within the classroom and at home. The Mathematics team has a strong ethos of working together and regularly share ideas and resources to support planning and teaching. The team has built up a bank of activities to engage students and would welcome new ideas to contribute to these resources. Every member of staff is committed to engage with new teaching ideas, such as the bar model, and support each other when needed.
The school follows a 25 period week and each period is 60 minutes. Students in Key Stage 4 have four periods per week whilst Key Stage 3 have seven periods per fortnight. Students are placed into sets from the beginning of Year 7 and through regular assessment the sets are frequently reviewed. The department has a wide number of interventions to support progress in KS3 and KS4 and are keen to widen this with new ideas and involve new staff to make this stronger.
The schemes of work are objective led and allow for easy differentiation and challenge at both KS3 and KS4. A major focus of the department is problem solving and decoding harder questions. KS3 and KS4 follow the Edexcel linear course, complemented by the Edexcel text resource. Students follow either the foundation or higher course. There are many opportunities for Mathematics staff to be involved in developing new lesson ideas and activities to promote deeper understanding in a wider context.
The Maths Department fully engages with all of the Maths Departments within the Trust. This includes student activities, curriculum development and staff CPD. The school participates, through The Sigma Trust, in leadership development programmes, including NPQML and NPQSL. We are committed to career development and currently two members of the department are completing the NPQML.
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About The Thomas Lord Audley School
- The Thomas Lord Audley School
- Monkwick Avenue, Monkwick, Colchester
- Essex
- CO2 8NJ
- United Kingdom
The Thomas Lord Audley School is a high performing, over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school, situated to the south of Colchester. It serves a wide and diverse catchment area, including Old Heath, Monkwick, Shrub End, the villages to the south of Colchester and the community of Mersea Island. Students achieve a good standard of GCSE results in a wide range of subjects including English and Maths.
The Thomas Lord Audley School is a community in which every student matters. We have high expectations of all students with respect to behaviour, attendance and punctuality and have developed a curriculum, which enables our students to develop as young people as well as achieve good exam results. We have a highly committed and well-qualified staff who encourage students to give their best in all aspects of school life.
The school achieved an impressive ‘Good’ in its Ofsted inspection in February 2020, which recognised the further developments we have made following our previous ‘Good’ in April 2016. Furthermore the school was recognised as the Most Improved Secondary School in Essex in 2016.
We very much value the commitment and determination of all our staff in ensuring that the students access a high quality education. The school is value driven and not inclined to game the system or focus exclusively on the quick fix. Our SLT is mature and well rounded and we have excellent relationships with colleagues. We are a happy school and have a relatively low staff turnover because staff in general feel well supported both personally and professionally. As a school, we take a considered approach to school improvement and performance management. We believe in building on our strengths and developing a few key aspects of our provision in depth and over time in order to have a sustained positive impact on students and to enable staff to experience professional satisfaction.
The Thomas Lord Audley School is pleased to be a member of the Sigma Trust and we fully subscribe to the Trust’s Mission, Vision and Values. We have positive relationships with our partner schools and fully engage in a wide range of activities. A number of colleagues are involved in leading aspects of Trust development at a senior level and other colleagues are participating in middle and senior leadership courses. We are keen to enable members of staff to develop their professional expertise and career.
We would very much welcome an application from you and think that if you came to work here you would have a positive experience.
Simon Essex
Headteacher
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