Our Secondary client in North London has an urgent vacancy for a Head of Maths. To be responsible for the successful delivery of the teaching of Maths, ensuring all pupils consistently fulfil their academic potential, whilst being inspired by Maths. To lead the Maths Department to achieve high academic expectations. If you are interested in applying for a permanent vacancy in a high achieving school in North West London, please read on.

Responsibility for leading and managing the Maths curriculum include: Establishing and reviewing schemes of work and monitoring their use by staff; Reviewing the public examination specifications offered in Maths, and liaising with the examination board about specifications, examinations and results; Establishing effective methods of assessment of pupils’ work; Providing appropriate, effective co-curricular activities and opportunities for different age groups as part of the extra-curricular programme; Responsibility for leading and managing the teaching and learning in the Maths Department, including; In liaison with the Deputy Head (Academic) and the Assistant Head (Academic), developing teaching and learning strategies to promote Ensuring that all staff in the Department understand, and are teaching to promote, High Performance Learning and Engagement; Providing an effective induction programme for new members of the department and ECTs; Arranging for the observation of teaching as a matter of good practice and providing constructive feedback.

Managing the teaching and learning element of the Staff Professional Development Reviews of members of the department; Ensuring that teachers in the department use the School’s rewards and sanctions effectively; Providing support to members of the department in any matters involving classroom discipline; Fostering high expectations of pupils in Maths with regard to learning and behaviour; A commitment to academic excellence and the development and implementation of schemes of work to ensure that each pupil develops at an appropriate pace through differentiated planning and teaching; Maintaining full and informative records of pupil achievement and progress; Delegating appropriate leadership of projects and initiatives to create a sense of teamwork within the department and aid professional development; Monitoring the quality of written academic reports on pupils by department staff; Contributing to the department’s timetable allocation; Keeping up-to-date with subject developments and implementing new schemes as relevant.

Perm Education are an independent education recruitment consultancy that specifically helps Early Years Specialists, Teachers, Support staff and other education professionals find permanent employment in Nurseries, SEN and mainstream schools throughout the UK. For further information about this position, and for additional benefits offered for permanent staff, please apply and/or email your CV.