HARWICH AND DOVERCOURT HIGH SCHOOL
LEAD PRACTITIONER OF MATHEMATICS
Pay Range: Leadership Pay Range
Actual Salary from: £53,602 – £59,167 (Points L4-L8)
Start Date: 1st September 2025 (Earlier Start Negotiable)
The Role
We are seeking an outstanding individual to improve student outcomes and engagement by ensuring the quality of teaching and learning is of a strong standard in the faculty.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
Have teaching skills which lead to excellent results
Take on a role as a Visiting Fellow for Ambition Institute and contribute to the Trust's ECT programme.
Take a lead role, working closely with the senior leadership team and other lead practitioners in developing, implementing and evaluating policies and practices that lead to school improvement
Ensure the HDHS standard of learning across the school in liaison with the Deputy Headteacher through coaching and mentoring staff
Lead structured monitoring and evaluation of all aspects of teaching and learning through lesson observations, feedback to teaching staff, work sampling and learner interviews, providing written reports to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team as necessary
We're looking for you if you have:
Qualified Teacher Status in the UK
Accredited Lead Practitioner status or the desire to work towards Accredited Lead Practitioner status
Successful teaching experience within the secondary sector
Impact on the quality of teaching and learning delivered by others
Why work for The Sigma Trust, Harwich and Dovercourt High School?
We can offer you:
A Competitive Salary
Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
Opportunities to contribute to the Trust's ECT programme.
Employee benefits include:
Excellent pension scheme
A Health Cash Plan
Free membership to Perkbox, offering discounts and savings
Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential advice
Cycle to Work scheme
Eye care plan
Annual free flu vaccination
Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
Discounted cinema tickets
Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.
Additional Information:
For additional information about the Trust and this school, please visit our website
www.sigmatrust.org.uk .
To Apply
To apply for this post, please click on the ‘apply’ button.
Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CV’s and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.
Closing date: Midnight, Friday 10th January 2025
Shortlisting date: Monday 13th January 2025
Interviewing date: Friday 17th January 2025
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.
The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision ‘To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts’, where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.
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