Teacher of Mathematics
Glenalmond College
Perth and Kinross
- New
- Salary:
- Commensurate with skills and experience.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 13 December 2024
Job overview
We offer:
- A competitive salary
- Teacher's pension scheme
- Free staff lunches during term time
- Employee assistance programme
- Complimentary refreshments during hours of work
- Access to sporting and gym facilities
- A great working environment as part of a developing team and the possibility of opportunities for the role to grow.
- Fee concessions are available for staff children who attend Glenalmond and Craigclowan School
The Role
The Position
We are looking to appoint a teacher of Mathematics for a January 2025 start. The successful candidate should be able to teach up to A-level/Advanced Higher in Mathematics and be registered, or eligible to be registered, with GTC Scotland.
The College
Founded in 1847 by William Gladstone and others, Glenalmond College is a fully co-educational boarding and day school, set in the stunning Perthshire countryside and enjoying magnificent grounds of over 300 acres in an unrivalled setting at the foot of the Grampian hills. The principal point of entry is at 13 but we have a small Second Form group which is geared towards those transferring at 12 from the Scottish primary system. There are presently four boys' boarding houses and three girls' houses.
The School has excellent academic and co-curricular facilities. In addition to cricket, rugby, and lacrosse pitches, there are tennis courts, squash courts, a grass athletics track a nine-hole golf course, a swimming pool, a sports hall, and an all-weather playing surface. The Robin Thomson Theatre building is our drama and musical productions venue. The School has a strong CCF contingent, an outstanding Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, and a Community Service programme that operates locally regularly.
The Department
The Mathematics Department has an enviable track record at Glenalmond, where a passionate team of teaching staff come together to encourage pupils to reach their full potential. The department has a very high profile in the school, and our numbers at GCSE, and A-level are high. The department has 5 full-time teachers and aims to bring the subjects to life beyond the classroom: several competitions and extra-curricular activities are run by members of the team, and candidates will be expected to run and contribute to such events/activities.
Main Responsibilities
Functions
- To teach an academic timetable as stipulated by the examination boards
- To monitor pupil attendance and academic performance
- To take responsibility for all aspects of teaching and learning in Mathematics within and beyond the curriculum
- To ensure all pupils are motivated and are given opportunities to develop their creative talents in a positive, innovative, and effective working environment
- Ensure that all departmental documentation is collated and securely managed with Data Protection in mind and available for inspection when required
- A willingness to be committed to a boarding school ethos; the successful applicant will be expected to take a tutor group and assist with evening duties in a boarding house, normally one evening per week.
- To teach an academic timetable of GCSE and A-level courses as stipulated by the examination boards. Teaching also takes place on Saturday mornings (except leave out weekends which occur twice per term).
- To participate fully in the culture of the school which will include pastoral duties, boarding house duties, form tutor duties, extra-curricular responsibilities, and other school duties. This includes Saturday afternoon extra-curricular responsibilities.
Equal Opportunities
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of Equality and Diversity legislation and the College’s Equality and Diversity policies and procedures, in particular regarding the recruitment and retention of staff.
Safeguarding
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of Safeguarding legislation, and the College’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
Health & Safety
- Ensure that an up-to-date knowledge of Health and Safety legislation as applicable to the role is maintained and that the College’s Health and Safety policies and procedures are fully implemented and adhered to.
Professional Development
- Maintain and update your own knowledge and skills in line with legislation and the needs of the role
Terms
The College has its own pay scale and accommodation may be available as part of the role. We can offer you a competitive salary, complimentary refreshments and meals during hours of work, a good working environment as part of a close-knit team, and the possibility of opportunities for the role to grow and develop.
Fee concessions are available for staff children who attend Glenalmond and there are various reciprocal arrangements with local Prep schools.
Glenalmond staff has access to onsite school facilities to use at their leisure, including a gym, 25m swimming pool, 9-hole golf course, squash courts, tennis courts, and staff common room.
The Ideal Candidate
Personal and Professional Qualities Sought
- A proven track record of excellence in the delivery of Mathematics
- A candidate who will be able to work collaboratively and productively with staff from other disciplines when required.
- A qualified teacher of Mathematics with a passion for the subject.
- Ability to lead and inspire others
- Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal and listening skills
- Excellent planning and organisational skills
- An in-depth understanding of life in a Boarding School
- Demonstrable experience of pastoral care provision
- The ability to represent the school to parents, external agencies and professional bodies
- A willingness to embrace continual, personal professional development.
Applications for the post
Glenalmond is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children: applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers/Disclosure Scotland at an enhanced level. Appointments will be conditional on references acceptable to the College and sight of original qualification certificates.
All applications must be made on the College Application Form. Please also include a cover letter outlining your suitability for this position.
Detailed information about Glenalmond, together with a copy of this job description and an application form, can be found at:
https://www.glenalmondcollege.co.uk/about-us/work-for-us
The closing date for this post is Friday 1st March 2024 at 9 am with interviews scheduled from Wednesday 6th March 2024, although we reserve the right to interview and appoint at any time in the recruitment process.
All applications should be sent to hr@glenalmondcollege.co.uk
About the school/organisation
Glenalmond College is an inspiring place to live and work. The community atmosphere and warmth of welcome are matched by the commitment and professionalism of our staff, who are key to the success of the school.
Glenalmond welcomes boys and girls, aged 12 to 18, as boarders or day pupils. Most of our pupils are British, but we also have a number of pupils from up to 16 different countries around the world. There are up to 400 pupils at Glenalmond College, an almost even balance of boys and girls.
Glenalmond offers a rigorous model of education with international currency. A curriculum of breadth and depth, balancing a core of facilitating subjects with a variety of options to inform, challenge and ignite passions and recognise developments in technology.
Our purpose at Glenalmond is to help make the world a better place. That aim hasn’t changed at all since our foundation way back in 1847, and we share Ralph Waldo Emerson’s definition of success:
“To laugh often and much…to appreciate beauty…to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better…to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived.”
About Glenalmond College
The College is built on the south bank of the River Almond, from the north bank of which rise the Grampians. It is about 50 miles north of Edinburgh and 10 miles from both Perth and Crieff.
The College Buildings, grouped round a cloistered quadrangle, comprise the Chapel, Hall, Library, houserooms and studies, study bedrooms, classrooms. A separate block houses additional classrooms, a purpose built Science Centre and a Theatre. A few yards away are the Art School and the Design and Technology Centre. Next to these are the Music practise rooms.
The Sports Complex consists of squash courts, a strength and conditioning suite, an indoor sports hall and a heated indoor swimming pool, fitness suite and an indoor .22 range.
Houses. There are 4 houses for boys and 3 houses for girls. The organisation of all the Houses is the same, each having accommodation for resident Housestaff. Senior boys and girls have study-bedrooms or studies of their own.
Religion. The College is an Episcopalian foundation and has a splendid Chapel. However all denominations are welcomed.
Admission. Boys and girls enter the College between the ages of 13 and 14 via the Common Entrance Examination or Entrance Scholarship papers. Pupils leaving Primary Schools may qualify by tests and examinations for junior entry at rising 12. Girls and boys may also qualify for entry into the Lower Sixth, or at other points during their school career.
Curriculum. In the first 3 years all pupils take a wide range of subjects up to the GCSE with English, Mathematics, a modern language and the 3 Sciences as core subjects. Greek, Spanish, German, Art, Drama, Music, Design/Technology, History, Geography, Latin, Computer Science, Physical Education are optional subjects to GCSE and beyond. Each pupil is guided by a tutor.
The Sixth Form provides specialist courses in Arts and Sciences leading to GCE A-Level and also a selection of SQA Higher Levels. Lectures from outside speakers on social, economic and cultural subjects of topical interest take place regularly.
Economics, Business Studies, Theatre Studies, History of Art, and Politics are now fully established in the Sixth Form.
Careers. Over 90% of pupils qualify for entry to university; some go direct to professional careers, industry, the Services, etc. Great emphasis is placed on careers guidance: careers talks, visits and advice along with a well-stocked careers room assist pupils in their choice. Most pupils take careers aptitude tests at age 16.
Art, Drama and Music. Music plays a central part in the life of the school: there is an Orchestra as well as smaller String, Woodwind and Brass Groups. A large Choir and Choral Society perform at the College, in Perth and in Edinburgh. The Concert Society arranges recitals and concerts at the College; frequent visits are made to concerts in Perth and elsewhere. There is a Pipe Band.
The Drama and Art departments flourish, in conjunction with the well-established Design and Technology Centre. Art, Music as well as Design/Technology form part of the normal curriculum and can be taken at GCSE and A level.
Games and Recreations. Rugby, Hockey and Lacrosse are played in the Michaelmas Term and there is a wide variety of activities to choose from in the Lent Term including Football. In Summer Term the sports are Cricket, Athletics, Shooting, Tennis and Golf. Shooting on the Miniature Ranges takes place during the two winter terms. There is a large indoor heated Swimming Pool and pupils are trained in personal survival and Lifesaving. There are also Squash Courts, Tennis Courts, a private Golf Course, and two full-size all-weather pitches for hockey and tennis.
During the Summer, pupils have the opportunity to explore the hills and the neighbouring countryside.
Combined Cadet Force. There is a contingent of the Combined Cadet Force which has strong links with the Armed Forces and the Royal Regiment of Scotland (Black Watch Battalion) in particular. The ceremonial dress, as worn by the Pipe Band for example, is the Highland dress with the Murray of Atholl tartan.
Army and Air sections, with a Pre-Service section for Junior Pupils, are organised on the basis of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Shooting and Adventure Training figure prominently; pupils may also be engaged on Conservation, Community Service Work or Mountain Awareness Group.
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