Salary: TLR 1A of £9,782 Job type: Full Time, Permanent Start date: 1st September 2025 Apply by: 17 January 2025 Job overview SHAVINGTON ACADEMY Rope Lane, Shavington, Cheshire CW2 5DH Tel: 01270 260717 Email: recruitmentshavington.academy Website: www.shavington.academy Headteacher: Mrs Emma Casewell Applications are invited for the full-time permanent post of Curriculum Leader – Mathematics Required to start 1st September 2025 Salary Range: £38,034 - £49,084 TLR 1A of £9,782 Due to a change in responsibilities for the current postholder, Trustees and Governors are seeking to appoint an innovative, dynamic and highly motivated Mathematics expert, with a proven track record of pupil outcomes, in a secondary context. The successful candidate must have exceptional leadership and management skills, understand the value of teamwork, be an outstanding classroom practitioner and have the interpersonal skills to drive an ethos of continual improvement. The post is suitable for an experienced teacher who wishes to pursue their career within a good school. Please note we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible Shavington Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment All posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training Informal inquiries prior to application should be made to sdonaldshavington.academy Closing Date: Friday 17th January 2025 12 noon Interview Date week commencing: 20th January 2025 To apply for this post, please complete an application form and provide a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 on your suitability for the post to Mrs E J Casewell, Headteacher. Applications should be returned to recruitmentshavington.academy. Application packs are available from the Academy website: www.shavington.academy or by emailing: recruitmentshavington.academy Please note that only fully completed Academy applications forms will be considered About Shavington Academy Shavington Academy Rope Lane, Shavington Cheshire CW2 5DH United Kingdom 44 1270 260717 About Shavington Academy Who we are Shavington Academy has been a Multi Academy Trust since 1st September 2015 for pupils aged 11-16, serving the villages and conurbation to the South of Crewe. Our catchment includes Wistaston Church Lane, The Berkeley, Shavington, Weston and Wybunbury Delves Primary Schools, though we draw pupils from across Crewe and South Cheshire. Our current school population is 875 pupils; we are currently in a process of significant expansion, due for completion September 24 which will see our PAN increase to 1100 with a year group intake of 210 pupils. The academy’s growing reputation and a number of housing developments locally have attributed to the growth of the academy. We are very proud of our Academy and believe that our mission statement ‘Together we enjoy, aspire, create and achieve’ underpins our ethos and our collective drive for all pupils both academically and personally. Here at Shavington, we value the ethical and moral development of our pupils, promoting integrity, kindness, gratitude, respect and tolerance across all elements of Academy life, as well as promoting academic success. Our Academy has high aspirations for all of our pupils to enable them to achieve their potential and beyond. Pupils achieve well, above the national average across a range of subjects within the curriculum. We have an exceptional track record of preparing pupils for post 16 study, as well as the workplace and beyond. We pride ourselves on the Academy values that will enable our pupils to become a responsible member of our community, as well as preparing them for the diversity and demands of the modern-day world. Professional development All teachers have professional development opportunities, designed for their career point, and CPDL time is focused on need whether that is whole academy, departmental or at individual level. We continually review our process and practice to consider the work life balance of our teachers – please see our ‘Staff Benefits’ document for this detail. We are committed to supporting our Early Career Teachers through the accredited ECT framework and also deliver an ‘Aspiring Leaders’ Programme for third year teachers and beyond, moving on to ‘Middle Leadership’ and then ‘Senior Leadership’ as expertise and experience grow.