Accountable to: Subject Leader of Maths
Contract Type: Full Time – Permanent
Start Date: September 2025, October 2025 or January 2026
Salary: M1 to UPS3 – £32,916 to £51,047 (Based on a 4% national pay increase from 1st September 2025)
We are seeking a talented and inspirational Teacher of Maths to join our excellent Maths Department from 1st January 2026, or sooner. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a school with some of the strongest student outcomes in Somerset – both in terms of academic achievement and progression onto meaningful post-16 education and training. In September 2025, our outcomes placed Preston among the top three schools in Somerset for Attainment 8, with particularly strong results in Maths.
Preston School has a clear and ambitious vision: To Achieve Excellence, by Inspiring Ambition – For Every Student, Every Day. We are committed to delivering outstanding education and wider opportunities for our students, and we seek a Teacher of Maths who wholeheartedly shares this vision.
Based in the heart of Somerset, the successful applicant will benefit from beautiful surroundings, a strong commitment to continued professional development and join a welcoming and supportive staff community.
We encourage early applications for this role as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
What We Are Looking For:
• A talented and inspirational Teacher of Maths
• A commitment to securing strong student outcomes through consistently high-quality teaching and targeted intervention when required
• A teacher who sets and upholds high expectations for students’ behaviour and attitudes
• This role is suitable for both experienced colleagues and those currently completing their teacher training
What We Offer:
• A school ranked in the top 3 in Somerset for academic attainment in the last academic year
• Clear and consistent behaviour management routines, with centralised detentions
• A focus on workload and wellbeing, with strong centralised curriculum planning
• Strong links within the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership which support strong continued professional development and further career opportunities for our staff
• A Cycle to Work scheme and free eye tests, along with access to an employee benefits platform
Preston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
