Director of Secondary Maths

Director of Secondary Maths

Salary: £63,815 - £70,293 (provisional) per annum

Location: Wimborne

Job Term: Full Time

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy.

Join Initio Learning Trust as a Director of Secondary Maths

Location: South West England

Do you have a passion for driving educational excellence and a commitment to transforming student outcomes? Are you ready to lead subject-specific improvement across multiple schools while working in the beautiful South West of England?

At Initio Learning Trust, we are seeking a driven and visionary Director of Secondary Maths to join our growing and improving group of secondary schools and help us realise our ambitious vision for education. 

This role will be based across our Trust secondary schools - locations to include Wimborne, Broadstone and Bridport.  

As a key member of our leadersip team, you will work closely with a team of subject directors, led by the Director of Education (Secondary), to:

• Lead subject-specific improvement work that empowers departments to improve student progress and attainment across the trust. 
• Raise standards in Maths by delivering strategic curriculum leadership, high-quality CPD, and targeted support. 
• Ensure a consistent and high-quality approach to teaching, learning, and assessment, while developing and aligning curricula across all secondary schools in the trust.
• Teach your subject in one of our trust schools, modelling outstanding teaching. 

The salary quoted above shows the provisional range for L11 to L15, assuming 5.5% uplift for 2024 - 2025. (The current salary range is £60,466 - £66,628.) 

This job is full time and offered on a permanent basis. 

Approximate start: January 2025. 

What we're looking for:

We are seeking an educational leader who: 

• Has a proven track record of raising standards in secondary education, particularly in Maths. 
• Is passionate about curriculum and teacher development, ensuring high standards of teaching, learning, and assessment.
• Demonstrates outstanding teaching practice in their subject. 
• Shares our values of ambition, collaboration, and respect and is eager to contribute to our vision of educational excellence. 

If you are ready to make a significant impact across multiple schools, collaborate with talented educational leaders, and be part of a Trust that values both professional growth and work-life balance, we want to hear from you!

Apply here to be a part of Initio Learning Trust and help shape the future of education in the South West. 

Please refer to the attached job descriptions for more details about the role. 

If you have any further questions, please contact Brian Boyes, Director of Education (Secondary) by emailing bboyes@initiolearning.org 

About Initio Learning Trust

Initio Learning Trust comprises 17 schools across Dorset, with our head office based in Wimborne. Formed in February 2023 from the merger of The Minerva Learning Trust and Wimborne Academy Trust, we offer outstanding education through every stage of schooling, from nursery through to upper sixth form. We believe in enabling every person to thrive within their role, and our core values of Ambition, Collaboration and Respect underpin the pride we take in offering genuine professional development opportunities for all our staff; and in our focus on staff wellbeing.

Initio Learning Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and aims to provide an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you would like to discuss any changes or support you may need as part of this process, please call or email the recruiting manager (see contact details above). 

Initio Learning Trust values and respects the diversity of our workforce, and encourages employees to be their unique selves. Having a diverse and inclusive workforce underpins our core values of collaboration, ambition and respect, and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. Applicant shortlisting is done without reference to any personal data including your name. 

Applying for a job with us - other things you need to know

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be verified.

Initio Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

In line with current safer recruitment guidance, we may collect further information for applicants who are shortlisted for interview including criminal record and social media checks, references and verification of qualifications.

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2023). 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.

Fluency in English is required for all student and public-facing roles, in accordance with the “fluency duty” (Immigration Act 2016). Please refer to the Job Description for further details.