MPS 1 - UPS 3

Full Time, Maternity Cover

ASAP

29 November 2024

Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy is a warm and inclusive environment and supports the continued high levels of academic achievement attained by pupils. Our innovative curriculum offer provides staff with opportunities to be creative within their subject area whilst ensuring students are developed both personally and academically.
At Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy, we go the extra mile for our young people. We are committed to providing outstanding teaching and learning to enable every child to be the best that they can be. We strive to create a safe place where all students can learn, thrive, and achieve no matter their background.
We are currently looking to appoint a dynamic, strong, and inspirational teacher of mathematics to join our well-led, experienced mathematics team to cover a temporary period of maternity leave. The successful candidate will demonstrate a clear interest in developing mathematics teaching and learning and research informed practice, whilst working alongside a team passionate about securing the best possible outcomes for students. Candidates will be required to teach up to GCSE level and be keen to stretch our highest attaining pupils.
We will offer you:

• Professional and personal development;
• Excellent support from an experienced team;
• Friendly staff and motivated students;
• A comprehensive range of extra-curricular activities;
• Innovative approaches to reducing workload, improving wellbeing and work-life balance whilst retaining high standards;
• Wellbeing is at the core of our people strategy so we offer a range of practical and holistic measures to support your health and wellbeing, from private health insurance to retail discounts, with access to emotional support services and salary sacrifice schemes for bicycles available to all OSSMA employees.
• A wellbeing day which allows staff to request 1 day off within term time.
• An empowered workforce with a genuine voice in improving the Academy further;
• A unified, dedicated and supportive team of staff

At the Academy, we are committed to supporting the professional development of our staff at all stages of their careers. Each member of our teaching team is paired with an instructional coach, providing tailored support to refine and enhance their teaching practice. We also utilise Step Lab; an innovative CPD tool that offers all staff access to high-quality resources and training, helping to further their expertise and classroom effectiveness.
Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, a MAT of 43 primary and secondary academies. The Trust’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust.
Ormiston Academies Trust is an ethical sponsor, committed to improving the life chances of young people. We share their vision for all young people to have the highest academic, social and practical skills to allow them to lead a fulfilling life.
This is an exceptional opportunity to make a difference to the future of education with an academy that is ever improving and striving to be outstanding. If you share the academy's vision and ambitions, possess a strong desire to work within an ethos of creative collaboration and partnership and want to have a positive impact on young people, families and our community, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.

At Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy we go the extra mile for our young people and are committed to achieving our vision that:
"Aspiration without limits, success beyond measure."
We are a good school with outstanding features. The new Ofsted framework expects very high standards and this shows that we deliver a high quality education. We are one of only three schools in the City that have outstanding features and OSSMA is so proud of how far it has come over the last five years. Our academy will continue to drive up standards. This will enable our young people to achieve the results that will equip them for modern life, and to have no ceiling on their aspirations.