Graduate Trainee Maths Teacher

Star Academies is seeking motivated and ambitious maths graduates with a passion for teaching to join our Graduate Teacher Training Programme. Teaching is a hugely rewarding career; education is the fuel that will power progress to address the biggest global challenges. If you are eager to embark on a route into teaching that maximises your time in the classroom, leads to qualified teacher status and includes bespoke support for your rapid development, we want to hear from you.

As a Graduate Trainee Teacher, you’ll benefit from Star’s comprehensive talent strategy, which focuses on harnessing and nurturing aptitude and accelerating professional growth. Our programme enables trainees to take up paid employment in school while benefitting from a blended learning approach that culminates in a professional teaching qualification that will equip you to take the next steps on your career journey.

You will spend 80% of your time working in school and 20% attending training delivered by our teacher training partner, the National Institute of Teaching. This training will lead to the award of qualified teacher status (QTS) within fourteen months.

We are currently recruiting to the programme and are seeking to employ five maths graduates to join the programme in:

•   Bacup, Lancashire x 1

•   Blackpool x 1

•   Bradford x 1

•   Rochdale x 1

•   Birmingham x 1

What you will get

•   The opportunity to work in a school which is part of one of the highest performing multi-academy trusts in the country with a passion for improving the life chances of young people at the core of its work.

•   Paid employment as a trainee maths teacher in an established school maths department.

•   Fully-funded enrolment on the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship programme provided by the National Institute of Teaching, culminating in the award of qualified teacher status.

•   High quality professional mentoring and in-school CPD.

•   Regular feedback on your progress, complemented by supportive action planning.

•   Upon completing the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship Programme, you’ll be a qualified teacher with a job in the school where you trained with access to the National Institute of Teaching’s flagship leadership programmes. 

Who we are looking for

We are seeking graduates with proven academic credentials who are keen to become teachers in Star schools.

Applicants must:

•   be values-driven and determined to improve the life chances of children and young people.

•   have the motivation and commitment to become a Star teacher.

•   have the potential and ambition to secure qualified teacher status.

•   be reflective learners with a growth mindset and appetite to receive and act upon feedback.

When it's available

From September 2024 going forward.

Find out more

Please download the job description and person specification below for further information about the role.  For an informal and confidential discussion about the role please contact Star Central by calling 0330 313 9800.

To apply for a place please use the 'Apply for job' link below. You should ensure your application form and supporting statement address all elements of the person specification. 

We will only consider candidates who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification.

Key Dates

Closing Date: Saturday 22 June 2024 at midnight.

Interview Date: Wednesday 26 June 2024.

Proposed Start Date: Tuesday 27 August 2024.

About Star Academies

Star Academies is a high-performing multi-academy trust that runs 35 primary and secondary schools. We are a values-based organisation that works to improve the life chances of young people in areas of social and economic deprivation to help them succeed at the highest levels of education, employment and the professions. Every single day you’ll be rewarded with the opportunity to shape a young person’s future - our STAR values embody what we believe is needed to succeed.

Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we continually invest in our employees through our learning and development centre, Star Institute. 

We can also offer you a range of rewards and benefits, including competitive salaries and pension schemes, generous holiday entitlements and healthcare cash plans.

Our Commitment

Star Academies is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.