Mathematics Teacher | Highly Regarded School | Birmingham

CORE PURPOSE

We require an ambitious, highly quantitative Mathematics Teacher to deliver exceptional maths instruction across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, with opportunities to contribute to post-16 advanced pathways. Operating within an ambitious, oversubscribed secondary comprehensive academy widely celebrated for its strong academic progress and deep community pride, the successful candidate will facilitate a structured, mastery-led curriculum designed to foster deep conceptual understanding, mathematical fluency, and logical problem-solving stamina, preparing all pupils thoroughly for terminal GCSE Mathematics public examinations.

THE SCHOOL

Our academy operates as a proud, community-focused secondary provider dedicated to raising academic standards, celebrating diversity, and fostering a strong passion for STEM education within the city. The campus features custom-built mathematics suites, interactive learning spaces equipped with the latest graphing software, and a highly collaborative, data-driven faculty of subject specialists. Our behaviour management framework relies on strict organizational structures, clear behavioural expectations, and mutual respect, maintaining an exceptionally safe, orderly, and highly purposeful environment where pupils can confidently master advanced mathematical proofs, tackle multi-step equations, and cultivate analytical thinking.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Rigorous & Mastery-Led Instruction: Plan, resource, and deliver high-impact mathematics lessons across all attainment pathways, systematically embedding Shanghai or mathematical mastery principles to ensure deep procedural and conceptual fluency.

• Multi-Step Problem Solving & Stamina: Train pupils to a high technical standard in decoding complex, non-routine exam questions, teaching them how to break down abstract word problems into structured algebraic, geometric, or statistical models.

• GCSE Performance Optimization: Guide Year 11 cohorts systematically through the demands of linear terminal Foundation and Higher tier papers, utilizing highly precise diagnostic questioning to eliminate mathematical misconceptions and maximize high-grade boundary retention.

• Closing Numeracy & Attainment Gaps: Identify and target learning barriers within mixed-ability cohorts, deploying visual bar models, scaffolded working steps, and targeted numeracy interventions to accelerate progress for all pupils, including those with SEND.

• Inclusive Pastoral Support: Fulfil full form tutor responsibilities within an established year group structure, supporting pupil wellbeing, managing daily registration routines, and maintaining proactive, positive communication with families.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or a recognised equivalent teaching credential, paired with a strong honours degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, or a closely related highly quantitative discipline.

• Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to deliver strong progress metrics and high-grade retention in terminal public GCSE examinations through highly structured, explicit, and engaging mathematical pedagogy.

• Aspirational & Analytical Ethos: An unwavering commitment to comprehensive education, possessing the intellectual depth, data literacy, and structural clarity required to challenge high-attaining pupils while building mathematical confidence in pupils of all backgrounds.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• The Second City's Engineering Powerhouse & Digital Modernization: Based in the thriving metropolitan city of Birmingham, the school capitalizes on a world-class regional identity built upon industrial pioneering, advanced transport engineering, and rapid digital development. The city's status as a major national commercial hub—supported by a booming tech sector, massive urban regeneration projects, and historic infrastructure links—provides rich, real-world applications for statistics, financial mathematics, and geometric vectors, connecting classroom maths directly to cutting-edge West Midlands logistics, architecture, and technology careers.

• Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from premium West Midlands transport infrastructure, offering straightforward road commuting via the M5, M6, and A4123 corridors. Public transit networks operate flawlessly across the metropolitan area, utilizing comprehensive Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) bus networks and the expanding West Midlands Metro tram system, alongside Birmingham New Street station—a major national rail hub providing high-frequency rail links connecting the school directly to every corner of the region and the wider UK.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.