Head of KS4 Maths

Salary/Hours: MPS/UPS + TLR2C (currently £8,733) Full-time

Closing Date: 9am Thursday 12th February 2026

Early applications are encouraged. Interview Date: WB 23rd February 2026. The Academy reserves the right to close the application early for the right candidate.

Teachers and support staff at Bexhill Academy make the education of their pupils their first concern. They seek to achieve the highest possible standards in work and conduct, act with integrity and have strong subject knowledge. Through endeavour, they keep their knowledge and skills as current as possible, remaining at the forefront of pedagogy and educational research.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of a challenging and ambitious curriculum in KS4 Maths that secures strong outcomes for pupils.
• Lead the team of KS4 Maths teachers with vision and purpose, driving staff to continually improve and secure strong outcomes.
• Create high quality and effective assessments for KS4 Maths that track, monitor and provide valid data for student progress.
• Through precise analysis of data ensure that student intervention is targeted, impactful and secures strong outcomes.
• Lead by example, with the highest professional and personal standards and classroom management.
• Ensure that classroom teaching of all teachers in KS4 Maths is of the highest quality.
• Lead the growth and development of subject knowledge and pedagogical improvements in the team of Maths teachers.
• Set high expectations, which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils.
• Establish a safe and stimulating environment for pupils of all abilities, needs and ages, rooted in and encouraging mutual respect that significantly develops learning.
• Set goals and targets based on an in-depth knowledge of individual and groups of pupils that enthuse, motivate and challenge all pupils.
• Effectively promote and demonstrate the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which are expected of pupils.
• Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils.
• Be accountable for continuously high levels of pupils’ attainment, progress and outcomes.
• Demonstrate a clear knowledge of pupils’ individual capabilities and their prior knowledge and plan teaching to build on these.
• Create opportunities for pupils to reflect on the progress they have made and enable them to set individual targets to significantly develop their performance.
• Demonstrate excellent knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn and how this impacts on teaching, implementing this in classroom teaching and sharing this with other staff.

Staffing:

• To take part in the academy’s staff development programme.
• To work as a member of a designated team and to contribute positively to the team ethos.

Quality Assurance:

• To contribute to the quality assurance procedures and policies of the academy.

Management Information:

• To maintain appropriate records and to provide relevant accurate and up-to-date information as appropriate for teaching colleagues/parents and carers and external agencies.
• To be responsible for developing and maintaining personal development records.

Communications:

• To communicate effectively with colleagues, the parents of students as appropriate.
• Where appropriate, to communicate and cooperate with persons or bodies outside of the school.
• To follow agreed policies for communications in the academy.

Management of Resources:

• To contribute to the process of the ordering department supplies through the appropriate channel.

Other Specific Duties:

• To play a full part in the life of the academy, to support its distinctive aim and to encourage staff and students to follow this example.
• To comply with the academy’s health and safety policy and undertake risk assessment as appropriate.
• Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
• Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers.
• The academy will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.
• The job description is current at the date shown, but following consultation with you, may be changed by management to reflect or anticipate changes in the job which are commensurate with the salary and job title.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.