Maths Teacher

If you are a candidate committed to high quality teaching and learning who wants to develop your career - we want to hear from you! Students at Chessington School love maths. Come and be part of a great school and excellent Faculty. 

Due to growth within the Faculty, Chessington School is seeking an engaging and passionate teacher to deliver maths in Key Stages 3 and 4. The successful candidate will be joining a Faculty that is focused on creativity, support and collaboration and is the leading department in the school. 

You will be ambitious for young people and for yourself, keen to continually develop your practice, sharing what works best with your colleagues. You will be an enthusiastic teacher who can motivate and challenge students. This is a unique opportunity to join a community of staff striving to create a truly great comprehensive school.

We welcome applications from experienced teachers and those who are newer to the profession.

The successful candidate:

• Love maths in all its forms
• will champion all of our young people 
• is passionate about the importance of education and their subject area.
• refuses to accept that disadvantage or SEND should limit ambition or potential 
• is consistently an excellent practitioner with a positive work ethic.
• is student centred and progress focused
• stays solution based
• is reflective, with a constant drive to improve 
• is a versatile and proactive  professional who is flexible in their operational and strategic outlook
• Will have a commitment to safeguarding.  Ensuring students grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care, and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes. 

Why work at Chessington: 

• Our students are wonderful. They love the school, their teachers and learning. 
• £30 million state of the art modern facilities in an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ school (February 2024)
• Fantastic support from line managers and SLT who genuinely want to see you succeed and thrive. 
• Excellent opportunities for career progression and professional development in a successful family of schools within the Every Child Every Day Trust 
• A school dedicated to well-being. Increased length of October Half Term, workload reducing feedback strategies, subsidised gym membership, onsite childcare and more. 

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Chessington maths  Faculty 

The maths team currently consists of seven specialist teachers. This vacancy has arisen due to our growing school and Faculty.

The Faculty has a good blend of age and experience and gets along extremely well together as a team. The Faculty regularly enjoys mentoring trainee maths teachers in their teaching practice.

The aims of the Faculty are:

• to ensure that every student, regardless of ability, reaches his/her full potential 
• to ensure that each student on leaving school has the numeracy and maths skills for the next stage of their educational journey 

The students are set in ability groups for their maths lessons, but these are fluid and monitored regularly.  We follow our own scheme of work which we have developed over the last few years, and our GCSE exam board is Edexcel. We also offer GCSE further maths to high achieving Year 11 students that are interested in A-level study. 

The maths classrooms are located together in our own corridor, with teachers having their own classroom. Each classroom is equipped with a Promethean board and visualiser.

Here’s what our teachers say:

“I have been at this school for 9 years and I love it! It gets better and better each year without losing the supportive and caring environment” Head of Subject

I am in my ECT year. The CPD, support and commitment I get has been overwhelming. I made the right choice” ECT New Teacher

“This is the best school I have ever worked at” Deputy Headteacher 

Application closing date: 

Candidates will be shortlisted and potentially interviewed on receipt of applications. We reserve the right to close the advert early should an appropriate candidate be identified.

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview. 

If you do not hear back from us within a week of your application submission, please assume you have not been shortlisted this time.

For more information about Chessington school please visit our Website: https://www.chessington.kingston.sch.uk/about-us/headteachers-welcome 

For an informal discussion please contact Natasha Spink – nspink@chessington.kingston.sch.uk

Application form link here:

https://www.chessington.kingston.sch.uk/about-us/vacancies 

Please forward completed application forms to eharris@chessington.kingston.sch.uk or addressed to Elsa Harris, Chessington School, Garrison Lane, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2JS, email 

The Governing and Trust Bodies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and expect all staff to share this commitment. We fully recognise our responsibilities for safeguarding and child protection. 

Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check, overseas criminal record checks where relevant, background check including an online check of the applicant’s social media accounts and receipt of satisfactory references. 

It is an offense to apply to work with children if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

The schools within the Trust are committed to all aspects of personal development, are inclusive and seek to ensure every student achieves to the best of their ability.