Head of Mathematics & Computing Faculty

Job title:             Head of Mathematics & Computing Faculty

Grade:                MPS / UPS, plus TLR £12,124

Hours:                 Full time

Responsible to:  SLT line manager for Mathematics & Computing

Start date:        September 2024

Contract: Permanent

We are looking for an enthusiastic and imaginative individual to join and lead a committed, friendly and supportive team. You will have the skills and experience to teach Mathematics across the age and ability range and to lead the faculty as it develops and grows.  You will join us in developing our school so that our pupils can ‘achieve their potential and enjoy the journey’. In particular we are looking for candidates who are determined to help our pupils to break through STEM glass ceilings and enable them to embrace the opportunities that STEM subjects bring. A recruitment and retention allowance may be available to a suitably qualified applicant.

Mathematics and Computing are popular subjects with a strong track record of success. The head of faculty is supported by a Second in Maths and a Subject Lead for Computing.  We are pleased to be able to offer Edexcel Algebra Awards Level 2 and 3 and Functional Skills at KS4, and Core Maths and Further Maths in the 6th Form. Our pupils regularly participate in Mathematics UKMT Maths Challenges (and progress to subsequent rounds), Maths Team Challenge competitions and Maths Week England activities.  Pupils are invited to attend enrichment days at universities and AMSP activities.  We run a number of enrichment clubs across the faculty including Maths Team Challenge, Origami club, Artful Maths, Minecraft, Lego Robotics and Tabletopia (board games).  The faculty is well stocked with resources and subscriptions, White Rose Maths, Mathspad, MyMaths and Mathswatch. We are always seeking opportunities to enhance our offer to the pupils and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to build on our secure foundations.

Visitors tell us that our school is a friendly, lively and stimulating community where we emphasise the importance of each individual’s contribution and take pleasure in sharing and celebrating achievement.  They commend the good behaviour of the pupils and their thirst for learning. Bishop’s is a diverse community that offers mutual support and encouragement and expects everyone within it to respect others’ heritage, cultures, religion and beliefs.  We hope that the values, self-discipline and sense of personal worth that pupils gain here will be a support throughout their lives as British and Global Citizens. We welcome applications from candidates from racially minoritised backgrounds and from other groups that are underrepresented in the UK education system. We are a single sex school but we encourage any gender to apply for staff posts.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the school at a time of growth and development and we are looking for a candidate who will help to extend what we do. The Mathematics & Computing Faculty makes a huge contribution to the life of the school and we are looking for a candidate who will help to extend this work. 

Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School is heavily over-subscribed and has around 950 pupils on roll including the Sixth Form.  We are fully committed to our values of teamwork, respect, honesty, trust, kindness and ambition.  The school completed its most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2022 and was judged to continue to be Outstanding. However, we are not driven by Ofsted and our priorities lie in supporting our pupils to develop their knowledge, skills and character through the ‘Bishop’s 360’ model.  The school has benefited from a total rebuild on the same site and enjoys excellent state of the art facilities.  BHGS holds International School Status, the Music Mark and is a Fairtrade School.  Hatfield is within easy reach of London and other areas and the London Fringe Allowance is payable.

The school's Admissions’ Code gives priority places to children of staff and we give high priority to staff development. Staff are able to apply for our Professional Development Award which provides bursary payments to help finance CPD that goes beyond the school’s usual training programme.

We take safeguarding of our students extremely seriously and an enhanced disclosure will be sought through the Disclosure and Barring Service as part of the school’s pre-employment checks.

If you would like to visit us, prior to making an application, and see for yourself how our pupils learn in a vibrant, supportive environment please contact Sally Fullerton at sfullerton@bishophatfield.herts.sch.uk. 

Please see the job description on our website for more detail.

Closing date for applications: Friday 10th May, 9 am

Interview and assessment date: To be confirmed (please note that we reserve the right to make an early appointment for applications made prior to the deadline)

PLEASE COMPLETE THE BHGS APPLICATION FORM available on our website - https://bishophatfield.herts.sch.uk/vacancies/

Completed application forms accompanied by a covering letter should be emailed to sfullerton@bishophatfield.herts.sch.uk

An Equal Opportunities’ Employer,

Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School is committed to

the protection and safety of its pupils and expects all

staff to share this commitment.