Teacher of Mathematics
Do you want to be part of a team where you will help make a lasting impact on our students and rapidly accelerate their progress?
Do you want to work in a school where you are free to teach, with impeccable student behaviour and unhindered by bureaucracy?
Cottenham Village College is seeking to appoint a full or part time teacher of mathematics to join a successful and thriving subject team. Our highly successful team is looking for new mathematicians to join our friendly and supportive school.This post is suitable for either an experienced teacher of maths, or an ECT.
We wish to appoint a teacher, who will be required to teach to the full ability range across years 7-11. The Maths department at Cottenham Village College is driven by the conviction that all students are entitled to develop their understanding of, and enthusiasm for, mathematics; we strive to foster a love of mathematics learning that will continue both in and outside of the classroom.We have high expectations for the pupils we teach, and our curriculum is carefully structured over five years, allowing for pupils to develop deep and secure learning that leads to highly successful outcomes. The department regularly achieves some of the highest results in the country and pupils make excellent progress as a result of expert teaching.
You will be working with a highly-skilled team of maths teachers in a well-resourced department. As a school and a department, we offer high-quality, subject-specific professional development supported by a collaborative team of teachers and strong leadership.
We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture. We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge, ’the best that has been thought and said’ and an ‘entitlement curriculum’ for all.We believe in explicit instruction and have been greatly influenced by Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion’, Rosenshine and recent developments in cognitive science. We believe that the creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful, where there is ‘purpose not power’, ensuring impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning, underpins everything.
We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs.We want to ensure that all our students have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative. We are not going to reduce expectations because of a child’s background or home life, or because they are new to English or have a special education need.
In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish.
We value our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour.
What we offer:
- Huge support and progression opportunities
- A knowledge-rich curriculum built on ‘powerful knowledge’ influenced by the importance of subject-specificity, and by thinking such as Rosenshine and Lemov.
- Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
- A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies
- Disruption-free learning
- Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who will support you
- Centralised detentions, including homework detentions
- No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback cycles to develop our practice
- Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea Cambridgeshire region
- Opportunity to complete NPQs
- An unrivalled professional progression model
- A very pleasant location in beautiful Cambridgeshire
- Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Free on-site parking
What we are looking for:
The successful candidate will be:
- A highly effective maths teacher.
- Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here.
- Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.
Interested in applying?
If this is something you are interested in, looking for a new challenge, have a passion for education or maybe all of the above, take a look at the Applicant Brief to find out more about the role and how to apply.
We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our academy to appreciate fully our excellent learning environment.
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.
All queries should be directed via email to recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org