Teacher of Mathematics

Contract: Full-time, Permanent.

Salary: M1-UPS3. Applications from ECTs welcome.

Location: Filey School, North Yorkshire.

Start Date: 1st September 2024.

Closing Date: Monday 15th July 2024 at 09:00am.  

Interviews to be held shortly after the closing date.

Our Opportunity

Filey School are looking to appoint an inspiring Teacher of Mathematics for September 2024. This role is an exciting opportunity for anyone wishing to join a rapidly growing Secondary School with strong moral purpose. You will join a fantastic, dedicated and enthusiastic team of mathematicians, in addition to benefiting from the support of subject directors from within Coast and Vale Learning Trust and through our partnership with The Education Exchange. There may be an opportunity for the successful candidate to teach some ICT depending on qualifications. If you love your subject and are passionate about developing your pedagogy and practice to inspire the pupils in your care, then this is a fantastic opportunity for you.   

Filey Secondary School

Filey School is a vibrant place to learn and as soon as you enter the door you know you belong to something special. We are a community centred school who focus on doing our utmost to ensure students and staff fulfil their potential.  As a small but rapidly growing school, we pride ourselves on fostering a family feel and on knowing our students really well, which we believe is key to unlocking the potential. The school site is situated in an idyllic part of North Yorkshire Coast between Scarborough and Bridlington and boasts extensive grounds and outdoor spaces. This is a genuinely exciting time to join our school as we embark on a new strategic partnership with The Education Exchange to “drive achievement, address disadvantage and raise aspirations of the children and community we serve”.

We are extremely proud of our school and students and would encourage you to visit us; as Headteacher I would be delighted to give you a personal tour of our school for you to experience the warmth and enthusiasm shared within our school community, to meet our incredible students and experience for yourself the calm and purposeful learning environment here.

At Filey school, we place learning at the centre of everything we do.  We know that high academic achievement is instrumental to our students’ life chances and celebrate ‘successful students’ at every opportunity. We believe in rewarding pupils for good attendance, achievement and behaviour and run numerous celebration events throughout the year including “Proud Thursdays”.  We are keen to teach our young people the importance of leadership and our student ambassadors and school council members play an active role within our school community.   Engagement with helping others is important to us and we always look forward to our highly celebrated traditional end of year whole school sponsored walk to raise funds for local charities. 

We understand the importance of enrichment activities and encourage all staff to share their passions and skills via enrichment clubs and activities alongside a host of academic support and intervention classes. We have an ever-increasing number of visits scheduled for the next academic year and encourage our staff to participate in opportunities to educate our young people outside of the classroom.

At Filey school we understand that our students can ‘be the best they can be’ when they feel happy, valued, challenged and supported to achieve their very best. We believe this also applies to our staff. We are passionate about giving colleagues the chance to develop and progress their careers and therefore offer an extensive range of opportunities, incentives and benefits within this post including:

• Membership of the Teacher’s pension Scheme (TPS) (opt out available).
• Significant support from subject directors across two trusts.
• Access to the comprehensive VIVUP employee benefits scheme with discounts on 1150+ retailers, holidays, days out and extensive benefits including health plans, mental, financial and physical wellbeing support, gym membership and much more.
• Access to a cycle to work scheme and car leasing scheme.
• Access to a confidential Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice.
• Training and development opportunities including NPQs.

Our Trust 

Coast and Vale Learning Trust is a growing family of schools located on the beautiful Yorkshire Coast. The Trust was founded by Scalby Secondary School but has grown over the last few years to include Newby and Scalby Primary School, Friarage Primary School and the Scarborough University Technical College (SUTC) in Scarborough, Lady Lumley’s Secondary School in Pickering and Filey School. Our ambition is to continue to welcome new schools into our Trust where we can add capacity, resources, improvement and make sure all our young people have access to the very best education.

The aim of the trust is to serve all the education community along the North Yorkshire Coast and down the Vale of Pickering. We are committed to supporting all schools in becoming great schools, whether they are part of Coast and Vale Learning Trust or not. The learners of our community deserve the best education regardless of their background or location.

Choosing where to work and who to work for is one of the vitally important decisions in life.  In choosing to work for Coast and Vale Learning Trust you would be joining a team of colleagues dedicated to transforming the lives of 3000 children and young people.  

We have a simple vision in wanting our schools to be places ‘where children and staff thrive’. Coast and Vale Learning Trust will work tirelessly to make this a reality.

Application Process

For any further information please email Amanda Cowling, the Trust’s Recruitment Assistant at: recruitment@coastandvale.academy or call 01723 362301.

We do not accept CVs.

If you would like to discuss this vacancy or arrange to visit us please contact as described above.  

Closing date for receipt of applications: Monday 15th July 2024 at 09:00am.

Interviews will be held shortly after.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy should we receive an overwhelming response. 

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people we work with and expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including an enhanced DBS check.  We have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our Schools.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief.  We want to recruit the right people for the Trust, from the widest possible backgrounds, to make the most of each individual’s different knowledge and experience.

Your privacy is important to us.  By submitting your personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Trust’s “Privacy Notice Recruitment” which can be found on our website.