Lead Practitioner for Mathematics

Ferryhill School; North Close; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Ferryhill School is seeking a Lead Practitioner in Mathematics to drive high standards and secure excellent outcomes for all students. You will lead curriculum planning, support colleagues and employ data to shape teaching and learning across the Maths department.

The role requires QTS with strong Maths expertise, a track record of impact at KS3/KS4, and a commitment to safeguarding. You will contribute to a culture of Think, Solve, Explore and Achieve across Ferryhill School.

Qualifications

• Hold Qualified Teacher Status with strong Mathematics expertise.
• Recent successful KS3/KS4 Maths teaching with evidence of student progress.
• Exceptional classroom practitioner with a proven record of positive outcomes.
• Strong understanding of curriculum sequencing and progression.
• Ability to analyse assessment data and translate into action.
• Credibility and interpersonal skills to coach and support colleagues.
• Experience designing and leading high-impact professional development.
• Commitment to evidence-informed professional learning.
• High expectations of achievement, behaviour, attendance and engagement.
• Excellent communication and collaborative leadership.
• Ambition, resilience and drive to lead improvement.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people.
• Influence practice beyond own classroom by modelling teaching, coaching and developing colleagues.
• Support the delivery of a challenging, engaging and effective Mathematics curriculum for every student.
• Establish consistently high expectations for teaching and student achievement across the department.
• Develop a culture of Think, Solve, Explore and Achieve.
• Champion Ferryhill School’s values of Integrity, Creativity and Excellence and contribute to Bold Futures.

Responsibilities

• Hold Qualified Teacher Status and strong Mathematics expertise.
• Recent successful KS3/KS4 Maths teaching with evidence of student progress.
• Exceptional classroom practitioner with a record of positive outcomes.
• Strong understanding of curriculum sequencing and progression.
• Analyse assessment information and translate it into effective classroom and curriculum action.
• Coach and support colleagues with credibility and interpersonal skills.
• Design and lead high-impact professional development.
• Commit to evidence-informed professional learning.
• High expectations of achievement, behaviour, attendance and engagement.
• Be an excellent communicator and collaborative leader.
• Demonstrate ambition, resilience and drive to lead improvement.
• Commit to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people.
• Influence practice beyond own classroom by modelling excellent teaching, coaching and developing colleagues.
• Support the delivery of a challenging, engaging and highly effective Mathematics curriculum for every student.
• Help establish consistently high expectations for teaching, learning and student achievement across the department.
• Develop a culture in which students Think,Solve, Explore and Achieve.
• Champion Ferryhill School’s values of Integrity, Creativity and Excellence and contribute to our ambition forall students to become their Best Selves and embrace Bold Futures.

Skills

Mathematics expertise

Classroom teaching excellence

Coaching and mentoring

Data-driven instruction

Curriculum sequencing

Assessment data analysis

Communication and collaboration

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

The Lead Practitioner will:

• HoldQualified Teacher Status and have strong academic or professional expertise inMathematics.
• Haverecent successful experience of teaching Mathematics at KeyStages 3 and 4, andbe able to demonstrate positive progress of classes taught.
• Be anexceptional classroom practitioner with a strong record of securing positiveoutcomes for students.
• Havea strong understanding of curriculum sequencing and progression.
• Understandhow students develop mathematical fluency, reasoning and problem-solving overtime.
• Beable to analyse assessment information and translate it into effectiveclassroom and curriculum action.
• Havethe credibility and interpersonal skills to coach, challenge and supportcolleagues.
• Beable to design and lead high-impact professional development.
• Becommitted to evidence-informed professional learning.
• Havehigh expectations of achievement, behaviour, attendance and engagement.
• Be anexcellent communicator and collaborative leader.
• Demonstratethe ambition, resilience and drive required to lead improvement.
• Becommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and youngpeople.
• Influencepractice beyond their own classroom by modelling excellent teaching, coachingand developing colleagues.
• Supportthe delivery of a challenging,engaging and highly effective Mathematics curriculumfor every student.
• Helpestablish consistently high expectations for teaching, learning and studentachievement across the department.
• Developa culture in which students are encouraged to Think,Solve, Explore and Achieve.
• ChampionFerryhill School’s values of Integrity,Creativity and Excellence and contribute to our ambition forall students to become their BestSelvesand embrace BoldFutures.