Teacher of Maths/KS5 Lead
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Buckinghamshire
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- TLR 2 for undertaking KS5 lead
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required for September 2025 (or July 2025 for ECT)
- Apply by:
- 13 January 2025
Job overview
We are seeking two well-qualified and committed mathematics teachers who want to work with students who are all eager to learn and challenge themselves. The successful applicant will be able to teach years 7 to 13 confidently with potential to develop further maths teaching if this fits with the candidate’s aspirations. There is a TLR available for a candidate wanting to lead KS5 Maths.
Many students go on to study Mathematics and related subjects at Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group Universities. Maths is the most popular A Level for boys and girls with many taking Further Maths and STEP papers.
Our Mathematics Department is a vibrant learning environment where extremely large numbers of students study Mathematics and Further Mathematics in sixth form, and there is a wide range of extension and enrichment opportunities throughout the key stages. We work hard to ensure that all students enjoy their mathematics and appreciate the creativity and beauty inherent within the subject, as well as its power to develop their problem solving skills.
The Department
“…where maths is fun to teach and learn, and all students achieve their potential.”
A friendly and supportive team who teach in our individual styles,adapting educational research to the needs of our pupils. We know that every student can achieve, and build positive relationships with pupils to inspire them to work hard and achieve their best in maths.
Please do contact us with any queries or if you would like to discuss your situation with us first.
For an application form please visit www.swbgs.com and click on Vacancies
Applications submitted via email should be sent to
Mrs Lynn Cupitt-Jones, HR at lcupitt-jones@swbgs.com
Closing date: 9am, Monday 13 January 2025.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should suitable candidates apply before the closing date.
All shortlisted candidates will be will be subject to an online search as part of the safer recruitment process.
The school is fully committed to the DfE guidance on Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education and all candidates for the post will therefore be subject to vetting procedures following Buckinghamshire Council’s guidance and the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Policy.
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About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- West Street, Marlow
- Buckinghamshire
- SL7 2BR
- United Kingdom
About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School:
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in the attractive Thames-side town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Founded in 1624 and still based on the original site, we are proud of our heritage as we approach our 400th birthday and excited to be inspiring and empowering the aspirations of our students today. Borlase is forward-looking; in 2019 we were awarded World Class School status from High Performance Learning for our innovative practice and received a government grant of over £2million to develop further our excellent facilities. We have a motivated staff of subject specialists who enjoy sharing their expertise with committed and engaged students. As a Teaching School, we have a particular strength in developing our teachers through a research-engaged professional development programme.
Headteacher
Ed Goodall.
Vision and Values
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is committed to being an inspirational learning environment for students and staff, empowering young people to fulfil their aspirations and ambitions; supporting them in developing the confidence to shape their own futures and in so doing, the future of the world around them.
Our values today are captured in the school motto, adopted by those early scholars back in 1624. Te Digna Sequere - Follow things Worthy - is a principle that underpins the distinctive ethos of the school. It reminds us all that we should have a clear moral purpose behind the choices we make; that we should value all individuals within a supportive community and that we have the potential to use our different talents to make a positive difference at Borlase and beyond.
The Borlase Curriculum provides a breadth and depth of academic learning and cultural experience to excite and extend all our students. It is rich in knowledge and in opportunities to develop creativity, instilling a life-long enthusiasm for learning. Our curriculum is delivered by passionate, specialist teachers who encourage aspiration, intellectual curiosity and the exploration of their subject disciplines inside and beyond the classroom, as independent thinkers and learners. It includes a broad range of super and extra-curricular opportunities which ignite and extend students' interests, enthusiasm and skills across a wide range of endeavours including those linked to academic subjects, to sports, the arts, engineering, AI, public speaking, creative writing, entrepreneurism and so much more.
Ofsted
"This is an outstanding school. The headteacher and senior leadership team have the very highest of expectations and have developed an inspirational learning culture which is embraced by both staff and students. Teaching and achievement are of the very highest quality and students take responsibility for their own learning.”
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