Mathematics Lead Practitioner

Permanent Full Time or Part-Time 

Salary: Lead Practitioner Scale 1-4

Closing Date for Applications: 8am Monday 3rd February 2025

Start date: April 2025 or as soon as possible.

The Governors of Loreto High School Chorlton seek to appoint a well-qualified, experienced, passionate and inspirational Mathematics Lead Practitioner to join our school. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic, highly motivated, reflective and knowledgeable teacher to play a leading and highly visible role in the development, implementation and monitoring of our whole school mathematics strategy.

We are an ambitious and aspirational community and are focussed on achieving strong academic outcomes alongside a holistic education that prepares our students for life. Ensuring young people develop good mathematics skills and a broad vocabulary is a key part of this mission.

The Mathematics department at Loreto achieve significantly above the national average securing 78% at 9-4 in the 2024 examinations. Maths is a popular subject in the school and we offer further maths at GCSE. You will be joining a supportive and enthusiastic department whose priority is improving both their own practice and the outcomes for the students.

The successful candidate will work under the guidance and direction of the Deputy Headteacher Curriculum and other senior and middle leaders to drive forward the Governors’ and Loreto Trust Board’s vision for the improvement of the school. The successful post holder will be ‘committed to building a better world’, ensuring all staff are upskilled to deliver outstanding mathematics provision allowing our students to flourish academically and develop into confident, articulate, active, respectful, successful and happy young people. The successful candidate will be self-aware, open to development and believe, like we do, that ‘feedback is a gift’ and be passionate about making a real difference in the lives of our students.

About Loreto High School

• Part of the international family of Loreto schools and colleges and as such benefits from a 400 year old tradition and links with Loreto Sixth Form College and with Loreto schools both in the UK and worldwide. “The vision and values of the Gospel and the Loreto community of schools act as a living reference point for the whole community.” Section 48 Inspection 2020
• We will support and develop you to become an exceptional leader. We are an aspirational, reflective and creative learning community where all adults are learners who strive rigorously for excellence in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for our students.
• Excellent CPD programme to support teachers at each stage of their career which includes an investment in Instructional Coaching; Visitors tell us our students are calm and well-mannered and that our Catholic ethos

Equal Opportunities

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or believe, sex and sexual orientation. We are committed to ensuring equality across our school, and that all staff are treated fairly, in line with our school policies.

Safeguarding information

The school is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. We ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

The above post will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and a barred list check before appointment to the post. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions and any other information held by local police that is considered relevant to the role. Any convictions listed on a DBS check will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks including receipt of two satisfactory references.

If you possess the necessary skills and experience, we invite you to submit an application. Your application should explain fully your suitability for the role as detailed in the job description and tailored to meet the Person Specification in terms of your knowledge, experience, skills, qualities and qualifications.