WAT Director of Maths

Windsor Academy Trust; Halesowen; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive wellbeing check-ins

Comprehensive reward structure

Confidential Employee Assistance Prog.

Continuous high-level executive coach-

Opportunities to present at sectorcon}

Job summary

The WAT Director of Maths sits in the central directorate of Windsor Academy Trust, within the achievement team reporting to the Director of Achievement. The role centers on raising curriculum quality, teaching and assessment in secondary maths across the Trust's 15 schools, working through Faculty Directors.

The post involves building the Trust's standing as a regional and national leader in subject curriculum and forging influencing links with examination boards, societies and policymakers.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading systemic change and academic excellence at scale.

Responsibilities

• Drive improvement in secondary maths curriculum quality and outcomes
• Drive improvement in the quality of teaching and assessment in secondary maths
• Support Faculty Directors in holding a shared concept of quality across curricula, teaching and assessment
• Lead a collective drive of the shared secondary maths curriculum across the Trust
• Help position the Trust as a regional and national leader in subject curriculum development
• Enhance the Trust's reputation for subject-specific practice, including curriculum enactment, innovation and teacher development
• Build influencing relationships with societies, organisations, examination boards and policymakers

Skills

Ability to build high-trust

Partnerships across schools

Ambitious leadership

Excellence

Collaboration

Inclusivity

Empowerment

Innovation

Job description

The WAT Director of Maths sits in the central directorate of Windsor Academy Trust, within the achievement team reporting to the Director of Achievement. The role centres on raising curriculum quality, teaching and assessment in secondary maths across the Trust's 15 schools, working through Faculty Directors. It also involves building the Trust's standing as a regional and national leader in subject curriculum and forging influencing links with examination boards, societies and policymakers. Visa sponsorship is not available, and the post starts in January 2027.

What the job involves

• Drive improvement in secondary maths curriculum quality and outcomes
• Drive improvement in the quality of teaching and assessment in secondary maths
• Support Faculty Directors in holding a shared concept of quality across curricula, teaching and assessment
• Lead a collective drive of the shared secondary maths curriculum across the Trust
• Help position the Trust as a regional and national leader in subject curriculum development
• Enhance the Trust's reputation for subject-specific practice, including curriculum enactment, innovation and teacher development
• Build influencing relationships with societies, organisations, examination boards and policymakers

What’s required

Experience

• Significant experience leading systemic change and academic excellence at scale

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to build high-trust partnerships across schools, local authorities and national bodies
• Ambitious, intellectually rigorous and visionary leadership
• Alignment with the Trust's core values of Excellence, Collaboration, Inclusivity, Empowerment and Innovation
• Commitment to the Trust's moral purpose of unlocking academic and personal potential

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check

Other

• Standard pre-employment safeguarding checks

What’s offered

• Executive wellbeing check-ins
• Comprehensive reward structure
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Continuous high-level executive coaching
• Opportunities to contribute to Trust-wide innovation and present at sector conferences through the Talent Institute
• Shared expertise and support across a network of 15 schools
• Support from an executive team and expert central directorate
• Opportunity to pioneer sector-leading educational research