Trust Teacher of Maths

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust (FMAT) is looking for an enthusiastic Trust Teacher to join the team from 1 January 2025. Located at any one of our Academies, you will lead by example in the classroom and will contribute to the work of the Mathematics team to ensure excellent outcomes for our students.

This is a particularly exciting time to join our Trust, and this post represents an increase in FMAT’s School Improvement Team. This challenging and rewarding role requires an individual who is inspirational, passionate and highly effective. Those who work for our Trust do so because they are values-driven, having our students’ best interests at heart.

In this role, you will:

• Plan, prepare, and deliver engaging and effective lessons in Maths, following the national curriculum
• Use a variety of teaching strategies to accommodate diverse learning styles and abilities
• Assess students’ progress regularly and provide constructive feedback to support their development
• Create a positive and inclusive classroom environment that promotes a love for learning
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop and share best practices, resources, and innovative teaching methods
• Contribute to the wider school community by participating in extracurricular activities and school events

To be successful, you will have:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent
• A degree in a relevant discipline
• Strong subject knowledge and a passion for Maths
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to inspire and motivate students to achieve their full potential

About us

At Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, we enrich lives and transform futures. Our four academies in and around Birmingham offer an outstanding quality of education, recognising that all our children are individuals and delivering exceptional pastoral care to ensure their happiness. Whilst we place strong emphasis on academic achievement, we take a holistic view of education and maintain exciting extracurricular programmes to create the well-rounded young adults of tomorrow. We’re also creating outstanding careers that could take you anywhere within our network – and take your future anywhere you want to go.

Benefits

When you join Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, you join a nurturing family where your professional satisfaction and personal happiness really count. You can expect heavy investment in your career development alongside an outstanding package of benefits, including:

• Educational support
• Flexi perks
• Salary sacrifice scheme
• Perkbox subscription
• Professional learning and regular training
• Counselling, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a Wellness Hub
• Wellbeing updates and stress management guidance
• Menopause awareness training
• Free flu jabs
• Access to fitness programmes, including yoga, HIIT and more
• Access to physical activities during our Trust-wide Wellbeing Week
• Diet and nutrition webinars

As part of FMAT, you can help us inspire and enable young people to build successful lives and benefit from outstanding learning. CPD opportunities for those wanting to move into senior leadership and/or more senior Trust roles in the future will be offered, alongside a range of high-quality training and leadership opportunities, including a current partnership with Ambition School Leadership, enhancing learning and teaching.

If you are an outstanding Teacher with drive, resilience and ambition, then we would love to hear from you.

Closing date: 21 October 2024.

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974