1. Deputy Leader of Maths - Curriculum, Teaching and Learning & 2. Deputy Leader of Maths - Standards, Outcomes and Intervention at Holte School in Birmingham

About this Role

These appointments come at acrucial time for the Maths Department and our students, as the school moves toensure that a strong and experienced Maths Leadership Team are in place tobuild on the increasing stability and growth found within the department. Your primaryrole will be to work with the Head of Maths and other Deputy Leader of Maths todrive up standards and outcomes for the young people we serve, through developingand securing high quality and consistent provision within Key Stage 3 and 4 acrossthe Maths Team.

The successful applicants will be able to nurture, enthuse,engage, motivate and challenge students to raise achievement at all levels,developing a confidence and love of their subject within the young people theyteach. They will demonstrate excellent communication skills and emotionalintelligence, as well as an enthusiasm about leading others within the Mathsteam. They will have a track record of delivering positive outcomes to allgroups of students, informing short and long-term action planning that drivesup standards. When working alongside colleagues within a supportive departmentand school team, they will consistently role model high standards andexpectations and secure this within others, to raise outcomes within theirsubject and improve the life chances of the young people in their care.

We welcome applications fromcandidates who are looking for a new challenge and environment in which towork, including teachers who already have experience of leading within a Mathsteam, as well as teachers who have a track record of positive outcomes at KeyStage 4 and are ready to take their first steps into a leadership role. We arelooking to secure the right mix of people who create a strong team topositively impact the students we serve, so also welcome applications fromstaff who are at the top of the upper pay scale. Whilst we offer opportunitiesto teach classes from Key Stage 3 to A-leveland are committed tosupporting staff to develop their skills to teach across all key stages, thekey focus of these roles is to raise standards and outcomes in Key Stage 3 and4.

We are looking for staff who:

• Arededicated and passionate about working with young people, through the deliveryof high-quality pastoral care, teaching and learning, and personal development.
• Haveexcellent subject knowledge, are passionate about curriculum, have a love oftheir subject and a track record of securing positive outcomes.
• Supportthe development of students, both in and out of the classroom, contributing tothe wider school offer.
• Havea good understanding of evidence informed approaches to curriculum, and teachingand learning.
• Are areflective practitioner, committed to their own continuing professionaldevelopment.
• Areexcellent communicators - with both young people and adults.
• Buildstrong relationships with young people, creating trust and belonging.
• Arededicated to raising achievement and can see the potential in all.
• Havehigh standards and expectations of themselves, staff and students, in all thatthey do.

We offer:

• Atalented and supportive staff team who have created a deep ethos of care,support and belonging, and who welcome new challenges.
• Friendlyand respectful young people, who are keen to learn, have high aspirations, strongvalues and are loyal to their school and the staff who work within it.
• Familieswho are incredibly supportive and appreciative of staff.
• Qualitycontinuous professional development that is done with and not to staff, withopportunities for training in a range of areas including in developingleadership, both in and outside of school.
• Acommitment to staff wellbeing which we continue to grow and is seen as astrength of the school.
• Opportunitiesto work in collaboration with partner schools and other professional bodies.
• Asupportive Governing Board.

HolteSchool is an oversubscribed, diverse, multi-racial, 11-18 local authority communityschool and is currently recognised as a 'National IQM Inclusion Champion'school. Visitors and new staff to our school consistently comment on how calmit is, how polite and engaging our students are and of the positive atmosphere onefeels when here. Theschool's ethos is built on strong relationships and values that we all live andbreathe and are embedded within our culturally rich school community. Our youngpeople are proud of their school and their community, having high aspirationsthat we see reflected in their conduct and engagement. Our pastoral offer andthe size and experience of the team who deliver it is a real strength of theschool, supporting students, families and teachers. We have a strong andgrowing extracurricular offer and actively support opportunities outside of theclassroom that positively develop cultural capital and personal development. Wework with a wide range of outside agencies, education providers and companiesto further provide our young people with real life experiences and theopportunity to engage with other people from a range of backgrounds. We are an inner-cityschool in a deprived area, but education is highly valued by our community and thestaff who work here genuinely make a difference to the lives of the youngpeople they teach, seeing high numbers of our students progress into our 6thform and subsequently on to respected university courses.

We offer students atraditional broad and balanced curriculum across all key stages and believethat all students are entitled to access this. We strive to deliver high-qualityteaching and learning to achieve excellence and enable our students to maximisetheir potential, breaking down barriers to achievement and increasing socialmobility. We have the highest expectations around behaviour and standards, andthis is achieved through working alongside passionate and dedicated colleagueswho share this vision. The school is on a shared site with both a primary and aspecial school. Although we are very much separate schools, our students andstaff only benefit from all this brings.

We actively promotestaff wellbeing, supporting colleagues in what is a challenging yet rewardingprofession. Staff feedback continues to tell us that Holte School is a placewhere people enjoy coming to work, feel they are valued and well-treated, andhave a clear sense of belonging.

We hopeyou will take the time to visit us, as it is only by stepping into our schooland meeting our students and staff, that you are able to appreciate the specialplace all who come here believe this school to be.

Please take the timeto look at our developing website and to read our last Ofsted Report (October2023). Although this only gives a snapshot of who we are as a school, there arekey messages within this report that we believe are representative of what youwould experience if working here.

To arrange a tour of thedepartment and school, please contact Cherise Hogan, HR Manager, on 0121 5664370.

Closing date Thursday 15th October at9:00am.

Thank you for taking the time to read this information and should youhave further questions when considering whether to submit a application,please do not hesitate to contact us.

Holte School is committed to safeguarding and promoting thewelfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successfulcandidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks in line withthe KCSIE guidance, including an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; ChildcareDisqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medicalfitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to providetwo suitable references. It is a requirementfor all shortlisted candidates to complete a self-declaration of their criminalrecord and to undergo a general online search carriedout by the school.

Thispost is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendmentsto the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying forcertain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they aredisclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information aboutfiltering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

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