Teacher of Maths

Do you have what it takes to make a difference and help others succeed? Do you believe you can inspire the leaders, innovators and thinkers of tomorrow? Do you want to join a team of committed educators, continually striving to deliver the best teaching and learning to young people in a culture of research based learning and development with strong values to support your professional development? If so, joining LHA might just be the best career move you ever make.

At Lostock Hall Academy we are committed to providing our students with the education and the personal development they need to reach their goals. Through a Growth Mindset approach, we promote a can do attitude to learning, with guided pathways into further and higher education and ultimately, to the career that they want to pursue.

This post is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated, innovative and growing community in pursuit of achievement for all. To build on recent growth and success, Lostock Hall Academy is seeking to appoint an ‘outstanding’ teacher of Maths to join a highly successful team of experienced Maths teachers.

If you possess a genuine passion for Maths alongside a capacity to share this effectively with students of all ages this is the job for you.

Full time role starting September 2023

The successful candidate will:

·        Be confident in teaching the new GCSE standards

·        Have outstanding subject knowledge in Maths

·        Contribute to intervention within this subject area

·        Be an excellent classroom practitioner

·        Be an active member of the Maths team and wider STEM Faculty

·        Have experience of achieving excellent progress with students

·        Be fastidious, analytical and proactive in using assessment data to inform planning and teaching

·        Believe in the potential and growth of all students

·        Be passionate about teaching and learning and willing to innovate strategies to secure progress for all

·        Be creative, persistent and resilient in supporting students

·        Be committed to developing enrichment opportunities for students.

·        A willingness to teach in another subject would be advantageous

We like to develop the potential in all of our staff so CPD is offered and encouraged. Being a small school allows us to easily share best practice and our experienced members of staff gain satisfaction from passing on knowledge to ITT colleagues.

Lostock Hall Academy is first and foremost a happy school. Students enjoy lessons and the relationships between staff and students are excellent, this has been frequently noted by visitors and is mentioned as a strength of the school in the recent Ofsted report. Students behave well and have a good attitude to learning in the classroom.

Lostock Hall Academy is a wonderful school to work at where you can be part of a very supportive team. Teachers and support staff here work extremely hard in the best interests of all of the students.

If you’re an excellent classroom practitioner who is passionate about teaching and learning then we would like to hear from you.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 30th March 2023 12 noon

Interviews: w/c 17th April 2023

Lostock Hall Academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable people, therefore all posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and the receipt of satisfactory references.