Second in Charge of Maths

This could not be a more exciting time to join the St Mark's family. Outcomes at the Academy at both Key Stage 4 are in the top 9% of all schools nationally with a Progress 8 Score of +0.65. In 2023 an impressive 60% of all A Levels were awarded A*-B grades with 30% of students securing a place at a Russell Group University.

Do you have the highest expectations for every member of the school community and believe in transformational education for all, irrespective of starting points and background?

Are you able to win hearts and minds with your inspirational vision for school improvement, underpinned by the school’s inclusive Christian ethos and values, Love, Hope and Trust?

Are you passionate about high-quality teaching and learning and a life changing quality of education?

Do you have the experience, skills, insights and determination to lead this ambitious school from Good to Outstanding alongside a values driven Principal and Senior Leadership Team?

If you can answer yes to these four questions, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified and inspirational teacher of Maths and Second in Charge of department, to support the leadership and delivery of an enriching curriculum. We are looking for someone who is keen to begin or build their leadership, in a values driven environment, who;

· Will model excellent teaching and play a leading role in bringing the inclusive Christian vision to life through the Maths curriculum.

· Has the ability to model excellent classroom practice and lead CPD for others to do the same.

· Will do everything possible to demand the highest quality of lessons and outcomes.

· Will offer transformational leadership so that every child can realise their God-given potential

· Will mentor, guide and support teachers that are new to the profession within the Department.

· Is a skilful curriculum planner and understands how to sequence knowledge to transform the mind.

· Believes in building strong relationships with our students and who is willing to go above and beyond to allow them to transform and live life in all its fullness.

We are looking to recruit an inspirational teacher of Maths, keen to progress to an impactful middle leadership position, for commence September 2024. Outcomes within the department are in the top 10% of all schools in the country for Progress 8. You would be expected to develop, plan and deliver highly effective learning experiences to all students across every key stage and support the HOD in leading a transformational extracurricular offer.

Visits are warmly welcomed and can be arranged by email to the HR department.

In return St Mark’s can offer colleagues;

· Competitive salaries on Teachers Inner London Pay Range

· Pension schemes - TPS (Teachers) and LGPS (Non-Teachers)

· CPD certified opportunities - available to all employees, including the Step Lab Powerful Coaching programme

· In depth well-being programme, including 'Cake Wednesday', weekly Pilates classes, 'HR Surgery', fruit Friday's.

· An inspirational and collaborative culture, where Leadership actively promote staff voice

· Trust wider curricular collaboration and development opportunities

· Continual opportunities for succession and progression, including secondment opportunities to Middle and Senior leadership

· Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - providing well-being and confidential advice services

· Cycle to Work scheme

· Health Shield Scheme

· On site staff car park

· Free staff lunch offer

St Mark's were inspected by Ofsted in March 2023. The Academy performed exceptionally well in all areas, with particular reference made to expert curriculum design; transformational teaching and learning underpinned by the highest expectations; the extra-curricular offer and staff and pupil wellbeing. The report states, “there is enough evidence of improved performance to suggest that the school could be judged outstanding if we were to carry out a graded (section 5) inspection now.”

Successful candidates will transform their practice through our instructional coaching offer. As one of 10 nationally selected Steplab Hub Schools, staff benefit from this expertly led programme underpinned by cutting edge research into cognitive science.

St Mark’s Church of England Academy is part of Anthem Schools Trust, a multi-academy trust serving over 8,000 children and young people in 16 schools across the East Midlands, London and the Thames Valley.

Full details of the responsibilities can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification for this post. Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as received and therefore early application is strongly advised. Anthem Trust remains the right to close or extend this advert at any time.