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SalaryLocation: Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
Contract: Permanent, full-time, 37 hours per week.
Start: As soon as possible, but fully negotiable
Starting Salary: up to £57,133 (Including Area Lead Allowance), depending upon the applicant’s skills and experience.
Relocation: A relocation allowance may be available where the employee’s new home is reasonably close to the workplace and their former home is not.
Are you a passionate and dedicated mathematics educator ready to take on a leadership role in a dynamic and forward-thinking educational institution? John Leggott College invites you to join our vibrant community as an Area Lead of Maths and be a part of our mission to inspire and empower the next generation of mathematicians!
This is a vital appointment for our award-winning, Ofsted ‘Good’ College. Reporting to the Assistant Principal, the role will be to lead the Mathematics Area and its suite of successful and important subjects including Mathematics A Level and GCSE, Further Mathematics A Level, and Accounting A Level. These are all highly popular STEM subjects with many Gifted and Talented students (almost 420 students study within the Mathematics Area overall).
John Leggott College is a successful 16-19 Sixth Form College, located on a busy but pleasant site in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The College is just ten minutes from the M180 which is fed directly from the M18 and then the M1 – you’d be able to commute here quite easily from most of the towns and conurbations in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, including Pontefract, Doncaster, Sheffield, Grimsby, Lincoln, and Hull. The college was reconfirmed as ‘Good’ in May 2018.
Almost all of our learners (around 96%) progress to positive destinations after study programmes, with 65% going into Higher Education and 23% to the Russell Group – sustained positive progression has been outstanding on DfE Performance Tables over the last few years. The Department for Education has affirmed we are also in ‘Outstanding’ financial health.
The Area Lead of Maths at John Leggott College is responsible for providing leadership and direction for the Mathematics department. This role involves overseeing the delivery of high-quality education, promoting a positive learning environment, and ensuring the academic success of students. The Area Lead will collaborate with colleagues, contribute to curriculum development, and engage in continuous improvement efforts within the department.
The main challenge in the role will be to build on best practice, ensuring consistency and leading continuous improvement (Value Added with GCSE candidates is Outstanding with students consistently gaining +0.5 grades or better. ALPS scores in the Mathematics Area are more mixed, currently ranging from ALPS 6 in A Level Further Maths and A Level Accounting to ALPS 8 in A Level Mathematics – there is scope for the new Area Lead to have a tremendous, positive impact on the lives of our students, and to establish a real name for themselves and their team in the sector. Our ideal leader will be adept at inspiring talented and high achieving mathematically minded professional staff.
We have dedicated classrooms in our new, state-of-the-art building, all superbly equipped with interactive whiteboards etc.
The role will suit:
- Anyone with a proven track record of outstanding teaching practice in Mathematics.
- Someone who can inspire, coach, and develop talented, intelligent, numerate, and logical professional colleagues to continually, rapidly, and incrementally improve results and outcomes for students.
- A teacher who is already successful at leading a team; OR a really effective mainscale teacher who can show the ability to drive, motivate, support, and lead the Mathematics Area to deliver consistently outstanding results.
In return, we offer:
- An exciting post in a successful and award-winning College serving local communities.
- The opportunity to shape and develop a very important Area within the College that makes a real difference to the lives of young people and the future technical, commercial and industrial life of our town, county, and region.
- We will invest in the right candidate, and they will join a middle leadership team who all support one another, share ideas, solve problems and practice techniques.
For an application pack and to read more about the vacancy, please visit www.jlcmaths.co.uk or telephone or text our advisers ASDTi on 07736 775776, or e-mail them at gm@asdti.com
ASDTi are also available during the working day, in the evening or at weekends to answer any questions you have and to help you make your application. If you’d like a tour of our fantastic college, please contact ASDTi and they will try to arrange this.
The closing date for applications is 2nd February 2024 at 9am.
Interviews will be held during the following week.
John Leggott College has a strong commitment to Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. Successful candidates will be subjected to enhanced checks by the Disclosure & Barring Service.
