Teacher of Maths
Manchester Communication Academy
Manchester
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- M1 - M6/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 24 September 2024
Job overview
Greater Manchester Academies Trust is made up Manchester Communication Academy, Manchester Communication Primary Academy and Manchester Communication Research School.
Our ambition is to provide the highest quality education for children and young people in the urban context of Manchester. At GMAT, we believe passionately in the power of an excellent education to transform lives and futures and feel that we can build on our social investment activities, local knowledge, community relationships and strong partnerships to make this happen.
At the heart of our Trust are our five core values: trustworthy; helpful; inspiring; straightforward and heart.
The School
Manchester Communication Academy is a vibrant school that is at the heart of the community and is committed to improving educational outcomes for all of our students. MCA is proud to be a community hub and our outward facing work is exceptional.
Manchester Communication Academy serves the community of Harpurhey and its surrounding districts. We are an 11-16 secondary school with a primary school also on site. Close collaboration between the two schools is fundamental to our way of working.
Together, our driving force is to mitigate the impact of disadvantage and ensuring that the young people that we serve are equipped and ready to be successful and happy adults who we are proud to know.
In our Ofsted inspection in 2019 we were recognised as a GOOD school and want to build on this by recruiting excellent practitioners that are driven by evidence informed practice. MCA received Research School status in September 2019 and we are proud of the work that we conduct in partnership with the EEF and how this drives our teaching practice.
Everyone at MCA shares these same values and this is important to us. If you share these values too, then we would love to hear from you!
The Department
The Maths team at MCA has gone from strength to strength in the past 4 years with constantly improving results. The progress of our students in Maths is considerably above the national average. The team have embedded a curriculum that is challenging and engaging resulting in high performance from both staff and students. The curriculum is innovative and focused on developing students’ lifelong love of mathematics as well as achieving results the students deserve. Students at MCA have four lessons of Maths a week and the subject is highly valued by them. Our standards are high and we pride ourselves on our ability to inspire and excite all our pupils to exceed their potential.
Collaborative planning enables us to manage teacher workload and ensure a balance between teacher autonomy and consistency. All of our schemes of work identify the core knowledge and suggested activities with accompanying resources, but teachers are liberated to plan according to their students’ needs and in keeping with the principles of effective teaching and learning. At KS4, our students undertake the Edexcel Maths GCSEs and some students study statistics. We engage our students in ambitious and challenging study, which is supported by exciting extra-curricular trips and events that bring the study to life.
The Maths team is a wonderful group of practitioners, all of which are subject experts and they demonstrate an unwavering commitment to professional development. You will be a part of a department who embrace the latest developments in mathematics teaching and our detailed programme of weekly staff CPD will support you to deliver the highest quality of education. Our departmental Teacher Educator, who is an EEF Research School Evidence Lead in Education, facilitates the sessions. Thus, the sessions are evidence-informed and impactful. Our collaborative approach to curriculum development ensures that we have a collective focus on continuous improvement.
We work as a team and support each other, including being proactive in embedding a positive learning culture on corridors and in classrooms. These strong professional relationships are enriched through regular catch-ups in the workroom, social events and celebrations.
Further information about the role and our school is available in the attached Applicant Information Pack.
The closing date for applications is 8am on Tuesday 24th September 2024
If I’m still interested, what should I do next?
We think that applying for a new role should always be seen as a 2-way process, you have to be right for us, but the school also has to be right for you. So if you are interested in applying, please do feel free to get in touch to discuss the role.
Manchester Communication Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure for a Regulated Activity via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Manchester Communication Academy
- Manchester Communication Academy
- Silchester Drive, Harpurhey
- Manchester
- M40 8NT
- United Kingdom
Why Join Us?
Manchester Communication Academy is a highly successful 11-16 comprehensive school in north Manchester. In 2023, the school was placed in the top 10 % of schools nationally based on key stage 4 outcomes and has consistently secured student progress outcomes that are significantly above the national average.
Manchester Communication Academy is also host to Manchester Communication Research School, part of a national network of schools that is partnered with the Education Endowmment Foundation to support schools to effectively embed evidence informed practice that will break the link between family income and educational attainment. This means that the school is at the forefront of evidence informed practice and offers opportunities for involvement in wider national partnerships with other successful schools.
Manchester Communication Academy is part of Greater Manchester Academies Trust. Leaders and teachers across the Trust are driven by the aim of mitigating the impact of social disadvantage. This is achieved through a collective ownership from all leaders and teachers to prioritise the highest quality teaching and learning combined with effective partnerships with families and the wider community. We achieve this through recruiting on values; a significant investment in the highest quality, evidence informed professional development; and a highly skilled family partnership and social investment team.
The Trust is fully committed to it’s ethos of with you…for you…about you…Not just for our students but also for all of our staff.
Student and Staff well-being is high on our agenda and your professional development and interests are a priority for us. We want our young people to get the best possible deal and that can only be achieved if their teachers are happy, healthy and know that they are valued. Our commitment to you includes but is not exclusive to:
No marking policy-feedback policy is evidence informed.
No written reports.
One Flexi-Day a year, fully paid.
All quality assurance is collaborative and transparent-we do not apply judgements.
All funeral requests granted without question.
We expect you to attend your child’s nativity or open morning.
No meetings after school.
No additional cover outside of directed time.
Teaching staff have 20% protected non-contact time.
All detentions are centralised and facilitated by pastoral team, not teachers.
We develop leadership positions and undertake shadow-staffing/succession planning
exercises to see who we need to retain.
PM is called Performance Development and we focus on how to continue to thrive and excel
in the areas of your role that you already enjoy and demonstrate brilliance.
All new staff are buddied up with a mentor outside of their faculty area.
We make a big deal out of events that support your well-being, such as random acts of kindness, Macmillan coffee mornings, cultural diversity celebrations, Thank a Teacher. Staff are recognised and rewarded through our staff recognition scheme
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