Teacher of Mathematics
Permanent, Full-time
Pay Scale: M1-UPS3 (possible fixed term TLR 2a for the right candidate)
Start date: 1st September 2026
Interview date: 26th March 2026
We require an enthusiastic Teacher of Mathematics to join our team. You must be an excellent classroom teacher, passionate about Mathematics and able to deliver high quality and impactful lessons. There is a possible TLR for the right candidate to assist in leading this core faculty on the next stage of its exciting journey towards excellence.
What Ashton Park School will offer you:
✔ A school with excellent outcomes where staff are happy and valued
✔ A commitment to your well-being with 14% PPA
✔ A team of outstanding Mathematics specialists who are passionate about their subject
✔ A community of staff, students and parents with a strong culture of professional development and improvement
✔ Employee benefits including employee assistance, cycle to work and discounted access to Ashton Park Fitness Centre
Developing students for a lifelong love of all things mathematical
Mathematics at Ashton Park School is growing from strength to strength. In the last four years we have transformed our pedagogy, our curriculum and ultimately our outcomes. At Key Stage 4, we are proud that Mathematics now have positive P8 scores, demonstrating our students are working above the national average. Our curriculum (which you can see on our website) is rigorous and robust. Students are taught carefully chosen units that spiral through the years as they progress with us. Our pedagogy with a focus on modelling and purposeful practice ensures that all students make progress.
The successful candidate will be an effective and inspiring classroom practitioner who can plan and deliver engaging and ambitious lessons. Key Stage 5 experience is desirable as there is the potential to teach in our growing sixth form.
Ashton Park is growing great learners, great leaders and a great community
Ashton Park is an inclusive and oversubscribed school, with over 1200 students, set in the beautiful grounds of Ashton Court Estate in Bristol. Our school is in the top 3% of most improved schools in the country when you compare our 2023 GCSE results with those pre-pandemic. In October 2022, Ofsted graded us ‘Good’ in all areas, and we are proud they recognised that: ‘Pupils are happy to attend Ashton Park School. They enjoy their lessons and the range of opportunities the school provides for them. Staff know pupils well and want the best for them.’ The report also commented that ‘lessons are purposeful and learning is rarely interrupted by poor behaviour.’
We are on a journey to excellence and have a mission to grow great learners, great leaders and a great community.
Through our Growing Great Learners framework, we guide and support staff to become excellent teachers, but we also give freedom and autonomy to allow practitioners to be the teacher they want to be in the classroom. We are committed to growing great leaders by providing high quality CPD and focusing on well-being in all the decisions we make. We are growing a great community by ensuring we focus on students, parents and the wider community through our strong culture and ethics. This is an exciting school to be a part of, one that prides itself on providing a happy and supportive environment for both students and staff.
If you wish to be considered for the fixed term TLR post, please make clear in the application form how your abilities and experience have prepared you to contribute to the leadership and development of the faculty.
We wish you the very best of luck with your application and hope to meet you soon!
Please be aware that we will review applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close this posting once suitable candidates have been found. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible in order to be considered.
Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.