Teacher of Maths
Stratford School Academy
Newham
- Expired
- Salary:
- £29,655 - £46,927
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 12 April 2017
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed teacher to join our experienced and innovative Maths Department. Our department actively engages with research, which has included a visit to Shanghai in 2015, and the Academy is the lead in the London North-East Maths Network Hub. Applications are welcomed from both experienced and newly qualified teachers, who share our passion for excellence.
Between 2014 and 2016 Stratford School academy was rebuilt through the Government’s Priority Building Programme. We now have two brand new buildings each for 750 pupils. In September 2015 we admitted our first 300 strong Year 7 cohort and we will grow to 1500 pupils by 2020. We have not gone for the usual Upper/Lower School split but instead operate two ‘mini schools’ educating pupils from Year 7 to 11. Our mini school in Upton lane incorporates a Resource Provision for up to twenty children with Autism; our mini school in Grosvenor Road will develop a complementary specialism in teaching pupils with Speech, language and Communication needs.
We are ambitious: we are expanding, have new buildings, have improved our teacher workforce both in terms of readiness and capacity, and the ‘mini school’ approach is innovative and we have Academy Sponsor status. We have asked ourselves what is an ambitious but achievable academic target that, if we can hit it, will let us say with confidence that we are providing our pupils with a top quality education. One simple answer would be to achieve a Progress 8 score of +0.5. We use this (and a couple of other targets) to drive all aspects of our work, to ask: what do we need to do over the next couple of years to get from where we are to P8 +0.5? In summer 2016 we achieved P8 +0.2 and we think +0.5 is well within our reach over the next couple of years.
We have a very clear approach to our work and focus our efforts on what educational research (as opposed to fashion) tells us will really make a difference to student outcomes. We are going about implementing this plan through extending systematic shared practice and developing teacher expertise through deliberate practice.
We try to look after our staff. We provide travel loans and run cycle to work, parking permit and childcare voucher schemes. All staff get priority admission to the school for their children. Teachers have lower than average teaching loads and we don’t expect them to do cover – so you have time to do the job properly. Our school dinners are well worth eating and you get free coffee all day made by a qualified barista. Last but not least you get to work with very nice people and pupils.
If you think this might be the job for you then you should come in and meet us, see the buildings, hear more about what we do and how we do it. If you do want to visit please call Anna Mason on 02072598770. We know that it can be difficult to get out of school and so we can be flexible with times and dates.
How to Apply
To apply, please request an application from Anna Mason at StratfordSchoolAcademy@hays.com or call Anna on 0207 259 8770. Your application is a direct permanent application to our school, Hays is our recruitment partner for all permanent appointments.
Closing Date: 9am on Tuesday 25th April 2017
For more information you can also visit our dedicated recruitment website at www.hays.co.uk/jobs/stratfordschoolacademy or www.stratfordschoolacademy.com
Stratford School Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The school will take up DBS certificates and Barred list checks where appropriate
Please note we reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers, therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as soon as possible.
Contact Details
Anna Mason c/o Stratford School Academy
Grosvenor Road, Forest Gate, London E7 8JA
E: StratfordSchoolAcademy@hays.com
T: 02072598770
Attached documents
About Stratford School Academy
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Vision
We are a mixed, all ability, and non-faith school. Our focus is our local community but our outlook is global. We affirm what we have in common just as much as we celebrate what makes us different.
We believe that education is an intrinsic good that should be enjoyed by all. As educators we will play our part in forming citizens who have a moral compass and understand and accept their responsibility for the well being of others.
At the same time, as a publicly funded educational institution, we have a responsibility to create public value and to succeed to the best of our abilities against those measures by which we are held accountable. We accept this responsibility
School is an important step on the road to learning but it is not the only one.
There are some things that we must all learn now and much else that we will need to learn in the future. We all learn from our families, our communities, our employers and our peers. To this end we must teach our students not just what they need to know now but also to become independent learners who understand how to learn – people who, when they leave us, can travel the road to education by themselves.
We know that people learn in different ways but that for all of us learning is a social process. We will use new technologies to accommodate this reality. We will create a culture at Stratford School founded on finding answers to two questions: What do we currently know about how we all learn and how can we implement our understanding within our school? And: What isn't working and how can we make it better?
We will do everything we can with the resources at our disposal to provide each pupil in our school with a personal education that is enjoyable, that leads to appropriate qualifications and that lays the foundation for further learning.
The world in which we live is changing fast, education is no different. We must therefore create open and flexible structures, both human and physical, that can quickly respond to change.
But we must not lose sight of the students at the heart of our school; we must see the education of each and every one of them in the round and ensure it is conducted in a human scale environment.
No student should be anonymous at Stratford School Academy.
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