Teacher of Mathematics

Salary: MPS/UPS 

Full Time

Permanent

To start September 2025 

• Do you want to work in a school that 'has undergone positive and transformational change and continues to strive to improve'?

• Do you want to work in a school that values the development of its staff and its approach to CPD?

• Do you want to work in a school that has a clear and systematic approach to behaviour?

• Do you want to work in a school where the staff work as a team?

• Do you want to work in a school where staff are welcomed as the experts of their subject?

• Do you want to work in a school where staff enrich the minds and enable the success of the young people they work with?

Come and be part of our journey of transformation, inspiring young people in North Norwich about the world of Maths. Our Maths department is amazing and they are rightly recognised across the school and trust as a body of friendly, supportive, forward thinking practitioners.

Sewell Park Academy, part of the Broad Horizons Education Trust, is looking to appoint a Teacher of Mathematics to join our team. The school has a burgeoning reputation, whilst growing rapidly with ever-increasing student and staff numbers, and has now become annually oversubscribed. You would be joining an exceptional department in a school which values every subject within the curriculum. Visits to the school are actively encouraged to allow you to see what takes place in Sewell Park Academy every day and what makes us so special. A school where the working week is designed to allow departmental collaboration, minimise meeting requirements outside of school hours and harmonise work-life balance.

Please consider applying if you can:

• Understand the content you are teaching and how it is learnt

• Create a supportive classroom environment characterised by student and teacher relationships

• Maximise the opportunities to learn by managing the classroom

• Activate hard thinking by presenting content, activities and interactions that activate students’ thinking

• Reflect on your teaching and are determined to improve as a practitioner

• Be committed to the education of all young people.

We welcome applications from ECTs and Instructors as well as experienced Teachers.

Sewell Park Academy, together with the Broad Horizons Education Trust, are dedicated to the wellbeing and professional development of their staff. This includes the careful design of the school day to incorporate the majority of meetings within the day rather than after school.

The Trust have recently bought into a comprehensive wellbeing package of support including: 

Confidential Wellbeing Telephone Support, Cancer & Chronic Illness Support, Bereavement Support, Menopause Support, Manspace, The Relaxation Room Maternity Mondays, Feeling Good App, SAS Gym, Be A Champion Pupil Wellbeing Confidential, individual therapy sessions, Physiotherapy, Complementary Services, GP Helpline and Ask Andy Leadership Clinic. 

To access the online application and to apply, please select the “Apply for job” button and enter your details. You will then be linked through to our recruitment portal MyNewTerm where you can complete an online application form.

You must “Submit” your fully completed application by the closing date/time.

Closing date:  Monday 27th January 2025 at 12pm

Interviews: End of w/b Monday 27th January / w/b Monday 3rd February       

We reserve the right to end the vacancy and interview before the advertised closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Please note that it is normal practice to appoint to the bottom of the scale. 

Broad Horizons Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check and attend a Warner Interview. Right to Work in the UK will need to be established. We are an equal opportunities employer.