Post: Teacher of Maths

Interview: TBC

The role:

We invite applications to join our team from ECTs starting their career, to experienced teachers looking for a new opportunity.

Shoreham Academy is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our successful maths department in January 2024. You will be joining a collaborative and forward-thinking team who always have the best interests of our students in mind. GCSE results have steadily risen over the past 5 years. In 2022, we had our best GCSE results yet with our cohort achieving 87% 4+, 73% 5+ and 32% 7+. We are looking for someone to continue the climb with us as we aim to get even better results for years to come.

Shoreham Academy Mathematics department is a fast-paced, hardworking department. Resources are freely shared between department members and collaborative working is commonplace. With a strong and experienced leadership team in place, members of the department are highly supported, but freethinking ideas and creativity are always welcome.

Our classrooms are spacious, with modern interactive technology and equipment. We are a large department; currently occupying 11 classrooms. We also have a dedicated Maths office with workspace and computers for hot desking.

About you:

As a Teacher of Maths, you will be a passionate and dedicated teacher, who wants only the best for the students under your care. We are looking for energetic, passionate and committed teachers who can inspire a love of mathematics in their students.

At Shoreham Academy, we also recognize that you will need support to challenge yourself to become the best you can be – we will make this happen. You will relate to the Academy’s ethos of “the best in everyone” and enjoy working with a rich, diverse group of young people in a dynamic and vibrant learning environment.

The Maths department is thriving, and we are looking for a team member who is keen to be involved and is passionate about maintaining a high standard of delivery within the department. We value leadership at all levels and we would be looking for an applicant who has ambition and who would be willing to take on additional responsibility within the team. Our team puts the needs of the students at the very center of all that we do and we need a teacher who shares this understanding of their role.

All new employees will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with Barred List information prior to working in school. Two satisfactory references are required from all successful applicants, one of which must be the current or most recent employer. Prohibition order checks are undertaken for all newly appointed teachers and support staff who will be engaged in ‘teaching work’.

All new employees will be required to complete a medical questionnaire.

United Learning reserve the right to request further checks for individuals that have ever lived or worked outside the UK. It is an individual’s obligation to meet these requirements by requesting a Certificate of Good Conduct from that country, or those countries, of residence and (for teachers) a Letter of Professional Standing from the professional regulating authority in the country or those countries in which they worked.

All new employees will be required to read and sign the annual Staff Student Relationship letter upon joining the Academy.

All new employees are required to complete three online safeguarding modules prior to starting work.

Evidence of an individual’s right to work in the UK will be checked at interview. Verification of any mandatory professional qualifications and professional status; relevant certificates or a letter of confirmation from the awarding institution must be provided at interview.