Maths Mastery Design Lead (Secondary) - Hybrid, Flexible

Ark; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working (hybrid/remote)

Annual leave 27-30 days

Pension scheme 11% contribution

Professional learning

Ark Rewards program

Job summary

The Design Lead (Maths Mastery Secondary) at Ark Curriculum Plus drives the design and quality assurance of maths mastery resources, aligning classroom practice with the programme’s educational vision in partner schools.

This fixed-term, full-time role is based in our West London office with hybrid working; flexible start dates and virtual interviews are scheduled for 3rd and 4th November 2026.

Qualifications

• Right to work in the UK.
• Educated to degree level.
• Qualified to teach in the UK and qualified to degree level.
• Subject specific qualification/further study desirable.
• Understanding of the education landscape and issues affecting education.
• At least three years’ teaching experience across at least two key stages.
• A proven record in delivering outstanding achievement in mathematics, particularly for pupils with low prior attainment in challenging urban schools.
• Up-to-date knowledge and use of the current curriculum and assessment requirements and best practice in implementation and delivery of professional development.
• Experience of planning and designing mathematics curriculum and assessment materials.
• Record of successfully leading change in a school context.
• Track record of providing professional development to teachers, including coaching, mentoring and training.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
• A strong and proactive communicator with a collaborative working style.
• Highly organised, and able to work to deadlines.
• Good influencing skills, with track record of building strong relationships.

Responsibilities

• Implement the organisation’s strategy and mission.
• Work closely with the Head of Product, Head of Subject, the design team and the programmes team to implement programme strategies that contribute to the overall organisational mission, strategy and sustainability.
• Understand the vision for subject excellence underpinning the programme and ensure best practice and Ark School educational initiatives are implemented in new developments so that the programmes continue to drive subject excellence.
• Keep abreast of sector and subject developments, legislative changes, research findings and innovative practice and use this to inform the creation and quality assurance of new programme developments as appropriate.
• Create content across all subject excellence programme components, including curriculum, assessment and CPD.
• Update and improve content based on school feedback and assessment analysis.
• Adhere to briefs, training, scope and quality control.
• Follow a quality assurance process, implementing pedagogical and editorial quality assurance.
• Conduct or shadow school visits, interviews and other feedback mechanisms to observe and understand the use of the programmes in schools and any gaps or needs to help inform programme developments. Add any ideas for future developments to the programme pipeline.
• Understand and keep abreast of educational and market research and use this to inform the creation of new programme developments.

Skills

Teaching experience

Strong communication

Collaboration

Organisational skills

Curriculum planning

Education

Degree level

UK teaching qualification

Further study desirable

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Teams

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

The Design Lead (Maths Mastery Secondary) at Ark Curriculum Plus drives the design and quality assurance of maths mastery resources, aligning classroom practice with the programme’s educational vision in partner schools.

This fixed-term, full-time role is based in our West London office with hybrid working; flexible start dates and virtual interviews are scheduled for 3rd and 4th November 2026.