Whole School Maths Lead
City Academy Whitehawk
Brighton and Hove
- Expired
- Salary:
- Teacher’s Mainscale + TLR 2.a
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 15 May 2016
Job overview
City Academy Whitehawk is a vibrant primary school offering an exciting and inclusive education to 361 children between the ages of 4 and 11. Since opening in September 2013, we have established links with local and national organisations including Outward Bound, Raspberry Pi, The Fonthill Foundation and the Duke of York’s office. This has provided many new opportunities for our pupils and staff including the 1:1 deployment of iPads across the school and a royal visit from the Duke of York.
Rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in July 2015, we are now striving to become an outstanding school and are looking for exceptional staff to join us on our journey.
Are you passionate about teaching maths? Are you looking for a career opportunity with a difference?
We can offer –
- The opportunity to work as part of a friendly and highly motivated team
- Ongoing training and development
- Supportive leadership
We are looking for an outstanding teacher to lead maths across all key stages in our school from September 2016. Your time will be entirely focused on leading in the subject by modelling teaching, coaching colleagues, delivering interventions and developing a vibrant maths culture across the school.
We are seeking –
- An effective team member and leader with a positive attitude
- The ability to lead and inspire pupils and staff through quality first teaching
- Resilience and ability to meet the complex needs of all children
- Commitment to improvements in progress and attainment
- A reflective, creative and inspiring teacher willing to undertake CPD
- A resourceful and inclusive practitioner who believes in harnessing the potential of every child
Our school has high expectations of Behaviour for Learning and staff are flexible to meet the changing needs of a busy environment. The ability to form positive relationships with children is essential.
For more information about City Academy Whitehawk please visit our website – http://www.whitehawkacademy.ccb.ac.uk/
Visits to the school prior to application are strongly encouraged and can be arranged by telephoning the school office on 01273 681377.
Any enquires or completed application forms should be e-mailed to Angela Dolan, Business Manager at angeladolan@caw.brighton-hove.sch.uk
We would welcome applications from experienced TMS teachers who are aspiring to reach UPS level or existing upper pay scale teachers.
Closing date – Monday 16th May
Interviews – Friday 20th May
The Academy is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
City Academy Whitehawk
Whitehawk Road
Brighton, East Sussex
BN2 5FL
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About City Academy Whitehawk
- City Academy Whitehawk
- Whitehawk Road, Whitehawk, Brighton
- East Sussex
- BN2 5FL
- United Kingdom
City Academy Whitehawk is a vibrant, two form entry primary school with a Nursery, serving the East Brighton community. We are very proud of our school and everything we do is captured in the phrase: ‘Highest Expectations for All”.
We believe passionately in the potential for every child in our school to be supported, nurtured and challenged in order to allow each child to flourish into being the very best that they can be. We strive to provide an exemplary education to ensure that every child develops the self-belief and the skills that they need to have a successful and fulfilling life. To achieve this, we have the highest expectations for our staff, our families, our community and of course our children themselves.
We challenge ourselves to provide the best possible education and to really be a school that ‘goes the extra mile’ for our children and community. We are committed to ensuring that our children feel safe, understand what it means and why it is important to be healthy and know how to achieve this. We believe that central to achieving their very best, children need to be confident and highly skilled in the core subjects of reading, writing and maths.
As a proud member of the Aurora Academies Trust, we value greatly the distinct features of our school. We are a school that places great value on sport, exercise and physical activity. We hold the top award of School Games Mark – Gold, and this is due to the strong culture of Physical Education we have at our school and the commitment of our staff. At City Academy Whitehawk, every child can expect access to two hours high quality PE lessons each week, numerous clubs and many sporting opportunities.
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