Assistant Lead - Maths
Location: Corby Technical School
Salary: MPS/UPS and TLR
Start date: Easter or September 2025
About Corby Technical School and the Assistant Lead - Maths role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Corby Technical School as Assistant Lead for Maths. This position is a key appointment in the school, and the successful candidate will support the Head of Maths in ensuring the success of the department. We offer an exceptional working and learning environment where students are placed at the heart of the learning experience. Corby Technical School is a fast-paced environment with all the exciting challenges and opportunities you would expect to find in a fully comprehensive school, and with this role comes the potential to be a part of our aspirational and driven team.
We are looking for an inspirational teacher and confident leader with a proven track record of sustained impact from Year 7 to A Level, including Maths and Further Maths. At Corby Technical School, we believe in open and transparent leadership. We encourage our leaders to lead by example, be professional ambassadors for the school, and contribute positively, upholding the school values. Leaders at Corby Technical School are always flexible in their work, responding to the needs of the school, and are motivated to ensure that an exceptional education is provided for our young people. We are seeking to appoint a leader with high aspirations for staff and students alike, who models professionalism in every aspect of their work. They will be a determined and resilient individual with high levels of integrity, a commitment to effective teamwork, and a strong vision for sustaining the excellent provision of Maths at the school.
Are you:
1. An individual that has a clear vision of what great Maths teaching is?
2. Passionate about the teaching and study of Maths?
3. A strong classroom teacher, who can inspire the students and staff around you?
4. A reflective practitioner, motivated by evidence-informed curriculum development and pedagogy?
5. An ambitious person interested in continuous personal and professional improvement, even when standards are already high?
At Corby Technical School, we encourage our subject leaders to be the drivers for change and improvement. Our Senior Leaders support and nurture them to do this. When we recruit subject leaders, we look for potential as well as current experience. We are looking for the right person for our future development. If you are looking for the next step in your career and want to develop your leadership skills, we want to recruit people who can improve our school in the long term. We believe that our internal CPD and coaching ethos will create and develop the best leader over time, as well as taking an existing leader to new levels.
At Corby Technical School, we are motivated by:
1. Supporting our students to become the most employable students they can be and promoting lifelong learning.
2. Providing our students with an ambitious and balanced curriculum, teaching core knowledge to secure foundations to enable excellent progress.
3. Developing essential skills by making numeracy central to all subjects.
4. Enhancing learning by providing opportunities for students to develop their character and cultural awareness.
5. Teaching the Core British Value, encouraging students to become moral and confident contributors to society.
6. Inspiring students to be resilient and motivated learners.
Our students come from all walks of life, and we want our staffing body to be reflective of the communities we work within. Brooke Weston Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, culture, age, disability, marital status or socio-economic backgrounds. We encourage and welcome applications from minority groups and foster a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where people can be themselves.
As part of the Brooke Weston Trust, you have fantastic opportunities to:
1. Work with a subject network of five secondary academies to discuss and share curriculum and teaching ideas.
2. Make links with colleagues in our five Primary academies, to develop a shared knowledge of a curriculum that works from EYFS up to Year 13.
3. Get subject-specific support and coaching from our Trust Head of Maths.
4. Develop your leadership through our Leadership Academy, learning from established leaders from across the Trust.
5. Have access to the Northamptonshire Teaching School Hub, that is based at Brooke Weston Academy.
6. Get free breakfast, lunch, tea, and coffee through our in-house catering. All Trust staff benefit from this.
Our Trust was formed more than 25 years ago with a simple and clear mission - to transform educational performance in all of our communities. Working in some of the most challenging contexts, we improve our students’ achievements by making long-term commitments to the community and championing new approaches to improve the life chances for young people.
Our members of staff are essential to realizing this vision, and a happy, motivated, and supported team will deliver the best possible experiences for our young people.
We place great emphasis on creating a supportive and collaborative working environment in all our schools, where all staff can share best practice through our colleague networks. Brooke Weston staff get access to first-class professional development through our Ambition Hub, which is also home to the Northamptonshire Teaching School.
To find out more about working with us at Corby Technical School please visit our Work with Us page on the school website here.
How to Apply
If you think this role is for you, either now or in the future, then we would like to extend an invitation for an informal discussion by contacting HR@corbytechnicalschool.org who will be able to talk through the opportunity in specific detail. More details can also be found in the Job Description and Person Specification.
Safer Recruitment
Care and respect for others are the values that lie at the heart of our Trust. The Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. It expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts require proof of identity, and as the role is working with children and young people, this will also be subject to an enhanced disclosures barring service check. In line with safer recruitment requirements, individuals shortlisted for a role in the school will have online checks conducted on their name across social media platforms and Google.
A copy of the Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found here - Safeguarding and Child Protection
The Trust’s position on the recruitment of Ex-Offenders can be found under section 7 of the Trust SCR, Safer Recruitment and Staff Files Policy - Safer Recruitment and Staff Files Policy
Closing date: Friday 7th February - 12.00pm
Interview date: w/c Monday
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
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