Mathematics 2nd in Charge

Required for September 2026, Stopsley High School is looking to recruit a highly ambitious, knowledgeable and motivated leader, as Second in Charge of Mathematics Department. The successful candidate will be joining an enthusiastic, forward thinking and highly ambitious team. They will demonstrate real enthusiasm for high quality teaching, curriculum design and development of staff. This is an excellent opportunity for a subject specialist, with experience in teaching at both Key Stages to embrace the opportunity that a leadership role brings. It is important that the successful candidate shows a willingness to work to make an already established department even stronger. There will be a full programme of CPD available to the successful candidate. Stopsley High School has been on a rapid improvement journey which included academising in September 2021 and joining the Middlesex Learning Trust. The School has benefitted from collaborative networking across the three schools, opportunities to showcase best practice and access to innovative training opportunities. All of this hard work culminated in an incredibly positive Ofsted in September 2022, in which the school was graded as “Good” in all five areas. There are a multitude of benefits to working at Stopsley High School, with Middlesex Learning Trust to support. Benefits include but is not limited to: Access to fantastic facilities at Stopsley High School in our state of the art school built in 2016, including access to our fitness suite which is free for staff A comprehensive New Staff Induction programme including a range of personalised CPD opportunities A supportive staff body who enjoy working collaboratively A strong commitment to staff wellbeing Access to excellent teacher training provision via the SCITT within the Trust, based at The Compton School. SCITT has been graded Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2022. Career pathways and a strong history of promotion across the Trust Access to national CPD programmes such as Ambition Institute NPQs to develop leadership expertise and specialisms Opportunity to take part in our Talent Management Programme which has well-developed tiers to develop the skills of staff and prepare them for promotion within the Trust Excellent public transport and road links to the rest of the UK and Europe Applications will be considered for interview as they are received, so early submission is recommended. We would be happy to welcome you for a tour of the school and to get more information before applying, if you would like to do this please contact recruitment@stopsleyhighschool.co.uk Who are we? Stopsley High School is part of Middlesex Learning Trust (MLT) - a Multi-Academy Trust consisting of 3 large secondary schools. The key purpose of MLT is to deliver the best possible education for our students, to enable them to maximise their progress, academically, socially and emotionally, ready to take their place in society as positive and suc