Lead Practitioner - Maths

Coppice Performing Arts School; Wednesfield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Coppice Performing Arts School is seeking a Lead Practitioner in Maths to lead teaching and learning across the department. The role offers leadership development opportunities and scope to shape Maths provision within the school and across its collaborative trust schools.

The successful candidate will model high-quality teaching, drive improvement strategies, and support professional development for staff and trainees as part of a dynamic leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Modelling quality first teaching.
• Supporting and developing teachers and departments to help learners reach their potential.
• Ensuring engaging and effective curriculum provision across key stages.
• Expanding the breadth of provision across all key stages.
• Collaborating with partner schools within the Trust to create learning hubs.
• Mentoring and providing high quality experiences for trainees.
• Developing teachers and delivering personalised CPD programmes.

Job description

Coppice Performing Arts School

Lead Practitioner Maths

Leadership Scale (depending on experience and effectiveness)

Coppice is a highly effective school within the Central Learning Partnership Trust. We are unrelenting in our determination to provide the highest quality learning experiences for our students. We have a joint Sixth Form offering Maths A Level and it is a popular choice at post 16.

We are seeking to appoint a talented and creative Mathematician to the post of Lead Practitioner within the school. This is an exciting opportunity providing enormous scope to support and further develop the work of the existing team and to also work as professional partners, sharing best practice and improvement strategies across all three secondary schools within the trust.

This position is aimed at an energetic and innovative practitioner to work as an effective team player to ensure the highest standards and expectations in teaching, learning and leadership. The Lead Practitioner needs to be creative, highly motivated and independently minded, with the capacity to enthuse and inspire young people and colleagues.

The position of Lead Practitioner is an exciting opportunity to have a central responsibility for developing, leading and directing learning experiences for young people and professional development opportunities for trainee and experienced teachers. If you are an ambitious leader and believe that all young people, no matter their starting points, can achieve at least a standard pass in Maths we would be interested in hearing from you.

The post holder must be an exceptional classroom practitioner and the key aspects of the role will include:

Modelling quality first teaching

Supporting and developing teachers / departments to ensure all learners achieve or exceed their potential

Ensuring effective curriculum provision and exciting learning experiences

Enhancing the breadth of provision in all key stages

Working with partner schools within the Trust to establish ‘learning hubs’

Contribute to ensure highly effective mentors and quality experiences for trainees

Developing teachers and creating personalised CPD programmes

If you share our vision and determination, possess strong ambitions for learners, and want to have a positive impact on young people, families and the community, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Closing Date

9.00am Monday 21st September 2026

Compliance and Safeguarding

CLPT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. CLPT expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post involves working with children and therefore will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

If you are shortlisted for an interview, we shall request two references at this stage to comply with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Please note that by submitting an application, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines.

CLPT is required under law and guidance to check the criminal background of all employees. Decisions to appoint will be subject to consideration of an enhanced disclosure, including a Barred List check, from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).

If shortlisted for an interview you will be required to disclose to us information about any:

adult cautions (simple or conditional);

conditional cautions;

convictions in a Court of Law; and

This information can be disclosed either with the application or verbally at interview. It is an offence for anyone to apply for a role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Eligibility to Work in the UK

We are legally obliged to ask you to provide evidence of your right to live and work in the UK. If you are successful, we will ask you to provide appropriate documents, such as a passport, visa of full birth certificate and national insurance number to confirm this. (Further details are available from the UK Boarder Agency website).

The school values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. Equality is promoted and the school will guarantee an interview to disabled candidates if the essential job criteria is met fully.