Course Leader - Maths, Keighley

Keighley College are seeking a Course Leader of Maths to be responsible for leading and managing the delivery of high-quality mathematics provision across a Sector Area. The role focuses on ensuring learners achieve strong outcomes, develop confidence in maths, and gain the skills needed for further study, employment, and everyday life. The postholder will oversee curriculum planning, teaching quality, assessment, and learner progress while supporting and developing staff to deliver engaging and effective lessons. They will use data to monitor performance, identify areas for improvement, and implement strategies to raise achievement and attendance. The Course Leader will work closely with managers, teaching staff, and support teams to ensure maths programmes meet awarding body requirements, organisational targets, and learner needs. They will also contribute to curriculum development, quality improvement, and the promotion of maths across the wider organisation.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for retention, achievement, progress/value added, attendance and positive progression rates selected Mathematics courses.
• Maintain high quality and effective delivery across the course team.
• Develop new modules, units and courses.
• Responsible for developing new units, modules and courses in line with government policy, awarding organisation developments and student demand as well as local community, economic and employer requirements.

About You

• You hold a relevant maths qualification and a recognised teaching qualification, or are willing to work towards one.
• Experience of curriculum leadership and knowledge of quality assurance processes would be an advantage.
• You have experience of teaching maths successfully across a range of levels and understand how to motivate and support learners with differing starting points and needs.
• You are an enthusiastic and experienced maths professional with a strong commitment to improving learner outcomes and promoting the value of mathematics.
• You are confident in using data to monitor performance, identify trends, and implement improvement strategies that raise achievement, attendance, and learner progress.
• You have excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, build positive relationships, and work collaboratively with colleagues across teams.
• You are proactive, solution-focused, and committed to continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Annual leave: Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays; Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays.
• Pension schemes with generous employer contributions: Teachers Pension Scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, Peoples Pension Scheme.
• CPD opportunities: Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days. Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
• Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
• Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us

Keighley College has excellent modern facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment. We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals. We have state-of-the-art facilities in a central location, close to public transport links and great industry connections. Choosing to work for Keighley College means that you will be part of an enterprising, inclusive, inspiring, collaborative, empowering, and dynamic environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to Keighley College.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It's not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone's contributions and perspectives.

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly. We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies. We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.