Teacher of Maths
TEACHER OF MATHS
REQUIRED FOR SEPTEMBER 2025
This is a full-time role, although flexibility regarding the number of working days will be considered.
The successful candidate for this post:
- Will have a passion for learning and teaching
- Believes in the right of every student to fulfil their potential
- Is or has the potential to be an outstanding practitioner, with the energy to inspire, motivate and challenge students
In return, Goffs can offer you:
- A thriving, successful and hugely popular department
- A new £20million school building, opened in January 2017, with additional new facilities for the Humanities department which opened in April 2022
- A school described by Ofsted as being one where “students work together exceptionally well,” and where “students are overwhelmingly enthusiastic about school”
- Outstanding, highly personalised professional development opportunities
- Outstanding career development including dedicated leadership development and coaching in a national “Leadership” school
- A forward looking, innovative and oversubscribed working environment
Please contact the HR department on 01992 624375, or by email at recruitment@generationsmat.herts.sch.uk for further details.
Closing date for applications: 9.00am, Monday 24th February 2025Interviews: Week beginning 24th February 2025, or sooner for the right candidate
The Maths Department at Goffs Academy
The Maths department is a strong and stable department which is overseen by a highly experienced teacher as Head of Maths. The department is staffed with enthusiastic, supportive and collaborative colleagues. We have had great GCSE and A Level results for a number of years (in 2024, 75% of students achieved 4+ in Maths, with 28% achieving 7+) and we are constantly striving to improve these even further.
We have a wide range of resources available to support outstanding teaching and learning. There is also a close link between the Maths departments at Goffs Academy and Goffs-Churchgate (partners within the Generations Multi Academy Trust), which leads to collaborative approaches to learning at both schools, as well as mutual sharing of expertise and ideas.
At Key Stage 3, we build the foundation for future learning by facilitating students’ learning of key subject content, but also by developing and strengthening our students’ skills. Across Key Stage 3, we focus on ensuring the sequencing of learning is correct for students, and prioritise the development of secure numeracy which underpins so much of future learning in our subject.
At Key Stage 4, Maths is a core subject taught in sets based on students’ prior attainment. Students start Key Stage 4 in Year 10 and undertake the Edexcel GCSE Maths specifications. We regularly use retrieval practice in lessons to review previous topics and help students with retaining what they have learned.There are also regular low stakes tests to help assess and aid progress.
Staff Benefits
Alongside our very strong focus on outstanding professional development and promotion opportunities, we also offer a range of benefits including:
Competitive base salary with a tailor made development plan aimed at enhancing your future [earnings] potential through:
- High quality, personalised CPD
- Bespoke leadership development programmes
- Subsidies for Masters and Degree courses
- Secondment and shadowing opportunities
- As part of our Multi Academy Trust, “Generations”, potential to work across more than one school to develop career enhancing skills and knowledge
- Supported Nursery provision with Ashbourne at any of their nurseries in the Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Bedfordshire area:
- 15% discount for all Trust staff
- Term time only places are available
- Onsite car valeting at a reduced price for Trust staff
- Substantially discounted membership to Lifestyle Fitness’s state of the art purpose built gym, at Goffs Academy
Additional financial incentives and tax efficient benefits, including:
- Exam marker payment of £400 plus 2 days paid leave to do the marking (1st year)
- Childcare voucher scheme
- Payments for staff taking weekend sporting fixtures: staff paid £200 for leading a minimum of six Saturday fixtures plus 6 weekly training sessions
- A daily allowance of £50 for school trips taken over a weekend or any school holiday
- A £1,000 Employee Referral Scheme (i.e. finder’s fee) for any qualifying positions that you refer the successful candidate for: £500 on the person starting, and £500 if the person is still at the school 12 months later
Access to a wide range of health and well-being resources including:
- New, professional and fit for purpose £20million working environment
- Free use of gym
- Occupational Health & counselling support
- Free flu jabs
- Subsidised social events
- Free tea, coffee and milk for staff
Safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people.
All post-holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
The Trust reserves the right to process applications as they are received, and early applications are encouraged. Previous applicants need not apply.
Generations Multi Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note that this role is ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore, you are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013).Further information is available on the school’s website.