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Leading Practitioner of Mathematics

Leading Practitioner of Mathematics

Sale High School

Trafford

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
21 October 2014

Job overview

Sale High School is a rapidly improving 11-16 High School in the borough of Trafford.

This year the class of 2014 are above the National Average for their success in the English Baccalaureate. Students achieved impressive results too in a range of subject areas with significant increases in Geography, Expressive Arts, MFL and Psychology. Year 10 also achieved record results of 98% A*-C in Statistics.100% of students achieved A*-C in Triple Science (9% above NA), with almost half of Chemistry students achieving A /A* grades. Science overall reveals 93% of students achieving A* -C grades.

In English, students achieved 75% A*-C and expected progress is well above national average at 78%. Good progress in Maths continues to improve with increased A/ A* grades.

The Mathematics team of five has two new teachers and there is a drive and capacity for sustained improvement and a return to recent rapid progress. The Leading Practitioner will be a key force in this development. Substantial support and CPD is in place to enable improvement and to reward success.

You must be ready and able to:

  • Lead, develop and monitor best practice in the teaching of Mathematics (with the support of an SLE);
  • Work collaboratively to develop and implement strategies to secure high expectations and standards, and increased four levels of progress in Mathematics;
  • Influence, understand and translate the work and output of the Raising Achievement Group and other intervention groups, and to embed this strategy within the Mathematics department;
  • Maintain a visible and positive management profile with respect to Mathematics with colleagues, staff, students, parents and other stakeholders;
  • Provide and demonstrate effective leadership through strong professional practice.

You will have access to the benefits of working in a school with Specialist Technology status, including:

  • Interactive technology in every classroom;
  • All staff are provided with a laptop;
  • Access to online learning resources;
  • A dedicated Mathematics block with IT Suite;
  • Recently refurbished state of the art library;
  • A sincere commitment to professional development for all staff, including the Outstanding Teacher Programme and National College Leadership programmes.

The school is in a good location, easily accessible from Manchester, Warrington and Cheshire.

You will be joining a school committed to providing an outstanding education to every one of its children. If you have high expectations, are ambitious for young people, and believe every child matters, the leadership team invite you to take part in our journey to excellence.

For further information, to request an application or to arrange a visit to our school, please contact recruitment@salehighschool.org.uk

Only completed Sale High School applications will be considered.

Closing Date: 21 October 2014
Interviews: 23 October 2014

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore the successful candidate will be required to undertake a criminal records check via the DBS (Disclosure Barring Service).

Applications are welcome from all section of the community regardless of age, sex, ethnic origin, disability or sexual orientation.

SALE HIGH SCHOOL
Norris Road
Sale
Greater Manchester
M33 3JR

Headteacher Lynn Nicholls B.Ed (Hons) M.Sc. NPQH
'Innovation, Inspiration, Learning, Leading. together'

About Sale High School

Sale High School is an 11-16 mixed high school in the selective borough of Trafford. The school is focussed on being the school of choice for the local community. We want our local community to think long and hard about sending their children elsewhere in the borough, or into the selective system. We are committed to being the best type of comprehensive school, where students from a range of different backgrounds gain from being part of a diverse community, where everyone, no matter what their abilities, can aspire and achieve. The school is extremely popular and oversubscribed, having grown from having 540 on roll in September 2017 to having 1050 on roll in September 2021.

We were rated by Ofsted as ‘good’ in our inspection of 2019.

Behaviour for learning is excellent: students are engaged and hard working. The school community is proud of itself and its achievements with an overwhelming majority of staff (99%), saying they were proud of the school (November 2021 survey.

We place a strong emphasis on continuing professional development and work hard to grow and develop staff through training opportunities. We are proud to be a ‘teaching and learning’ school with a strong emphasis placed on continuing development through our teaching and learning hub groups.

The school is characterised by its focus on three simple priorities: firstly, excellent outcomes for all. We know that outcomes matter and for our disadvantaged students they matter very much indeed.  Secondly, that people really matter and we should treat everyone in our community with humanity and respect. It is essential that we value each other, staff and students, in order that all members of our community feel able to flourish and succeed. Lastly, we value learning. We espouse a growth mind-set, something which is particularly important in our context as a high school in a selective authority.

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