Assistant Headteacher - Maths

Thank you for your interest in applying for the role of Assistant Headteacher - Maths at Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent. I am delighted that you are interested in joining us at such a crucial point in our evolution. With a PAN of 270 in each year group, we are a large secondary academy serving Tunstall in the north of Stoke-on-Trent. We are routinely over-subscribed and the school of choice for our community. This really matters.

As a founder member of the Co-op Academies Trust, our mission is to work in the service of making sure our community has the very best academy, so that our young people can overcome disadvantage to achieve success. As the leading professional in Maths, the successful candidate will play a critical role in driving standards in the classroom so that practice is consistently exceptional. Our ambition is that every classroom works for every child. Students from all backgrounds and faced with any barriers need to experience the highest quality teaching and enjoy great academic success. That is the mission of the successful candidate. The ultimate expression of success will be the results children achieve.

Working with the Headteacher and the Senior Leadership Team, the postholder will have strategic oversight and overall accountability for all aspects of Maths at the Academy. They will be accountable for outcomes and for ensuring that these are sufficiently strong over time that the Academy is routinely exceeding national averages on all measures. Equally, the postholder will be accountable for the overall standards of teaching in the subject, working with the Head of Faculty, to ensure that all students get the very best lessons every day.

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

• You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme).
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders).
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit.
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans.
• And More!

The Co-op Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust. Co-op Academies Trust is committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced check by the DBS and satisfactory references. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.