Astley Community High School & Whytrig Middle School
Elsdon Avenue Seaton Delaval Tyne and Wear NE25 0BP
0191 237 1505
HEAD OF FACULTY - Mathematics Permanent, Full Time Main / Upper Pay Ranges £31,650 to £49,084 plus TLR 1.2
Required from 1 September 2025
Small enough to care, big enough to make a positive impact
Are you an outstanding, dynamic and experienced individual suitable for the role of Head of Faculty - Mathematics? This is a rare opportunity for the right candidate to join our schools at an exciting time, as we are due to move into our brand new school building in September 2025.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for all aspects of Maths teaching and learning in both schools. To be accountable for the progress and attainment of students across the Faculty from Years 7-13 through effective leadership and management of the Faculty team. As a subject leader, you will have demonstrated success in consistently delivering a high-quality curriculum and good outcomes for students, be able to use data effectively, and challenge and give feedback. You will have exhibited strong leadership skills in your previous roles, as you lead our maths department into the new building and make use of the incredible facilities available to us.
Based in south east Northumberland with good standards of teaching and behaviour and a strong commitment to improvement, we believe passionately that every student should be enabled to succeed in all aspects of school life. Building on our ‘Good’ rating by Ofsted, we continue to strive for further improvements.
As small schools, at Astley Community High School & Whytrig Middle School there is a real sense of community. Staff are able to fully get to know the students in both an academic and pastoral sense. Behaviour across the schools is good with the vast majority of students putting into practice our behaviour expectations of being ready, respectful, and safe on a daily basis. Our students across the Year groups into the Sixth Form have a focus on wanting to learn - this helps to foster an attitude of wanting to achieve the best they can.
The mathematics faculty consists of a team of 5 teachers based within Astley Community High School along with the Head of Faculty. The team teaches lessons in Key Stage 3, across years 7 and 8 at Whytrig Middle School, which shares the same site. The students at Astley Community High School enjoy mathematics and there is a high take-up of the subject at post-16 with A levels in Mathematics and Further Maths. Lessons are engaging, challenging, and full of pace. Students expect to work hard in lessons and to complete homework regularly. Students also expect regular written and verbal feedback, with built-in lesson time for improving the quality of their work. We use a flight path system to ensure that students can have an impact on their own progress. In such a small school, it is possible to meet the needs of individual learners.
Visits to the school are also warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Richard Goodman, Head of School ACHS on 0191 2371505 or email
vacancies@svf.org.uk
to make an appointment.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is essential that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required for all posts.
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Elsdon Avenue Seaton Delaval Tyne and Wear NE25 0BP
0191 237 1505
HEAD OF FACULTY - Mathematics Permanent, Full Time Main / Upper Pay Ranges £31,650 to £49,084 plus TLR 1.2
Required from 1 September 2025
Small enough to care, big enough to make a positive impact
Are you an outstanding, dynamic and experienced individual suitable for the role of Head of Faculty - Mathematics? This is a rare opportunity for the right candidate to join our schools at an exciting time, as we are due to move into our brand new school building in September 2025.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for all aspects of Maths teaching and learning in both schools. To be accountable for the progress and attainment of students across the Faculty from Years 7-13 through effective leadership and management of the Faculty team. As a subject leader, you will have demonstrated success in consistently delivering a high-quality curriculum and good outcomes for students, be able to use data effectively, and challenge and give feedback. You will have exhibited strong leadership skills in your previous roles, as you lead our maths department into the new building and make use of the incredible facilities available to us.
Based in south east Northumberland with good standards of teaching and behaviour and a strong commitment to improvement, we believe passionately that every student should be enabled to succeed in all aspects of school life. Building on our ‘Good’ rating by Ofsted, we continue to strive for further improvements.
As small schools, at Astley Community High School & Whytrig Middle School there is a real sense of community. Staff are able to fully get to know the students in both an academic and pastoral sense. Behaviour across the schools is good with the vast majority of students putting into practice our behaviour expectations of being ready, respectful, and safe on a daily basis. Our students across the Year groups into the Sixth Form have a focus on wanting to learn - this helps to foster an attitude of wanting to achieve the best they can.
The mathematics faculty consists of a team of 5 teachers based within Astley Community High School along with the Head of Faculty. The team teaches lessons in Key Stage 3, across years 7 and 8 at Whytrig Middle School, which shares the same site. The students at Astley Community High School enjoy mathematics and there is a high take-up of the subject at post-16 with A levels in Mathematics and Further Maths. Lessons are engaging, challenging, and full of pace. Students expect to work hard in lessons and to complete homework regularly. Students also expect regular written and verbal feedback, with built-in lesson time for improving the quality of their work. We use a flight path system to ensure that students can have an impact on their own progress. In such a small school, it is possible to meet the needs of individual learners.
Visits to the school are also warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Richard Goodman, Head of School ACHS on 0191 2371505 or email
vacancies@svf.org.uk
to make an appointment.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is essential that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required for all posts.
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