Head of Maths

**Full Job Description**:
**_How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?_**

**Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).**

**If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group - so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG**

**Location: Longdon Hall School, Near Lichfield, Staffordshire**

**Salary: Up to £38,000 per annum**

**Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**Contract: Permanent, Term time only**

**If you really want to make your mark in a rapidly growing business that is committed to improving the lives of pupils and young people, we have the role for you**

**We now have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Head of Maths to join our close-knit team at Longdon Hall School in Lichfield. Someone who takes a more creative approach to teaching would be perfect for this role.**

**About the Role**

The Head of Maths will successfully set a vision and targets for pupil success and be confident in using their knowledge and expertise to monitor progress, give regular feedback and encouraging our young people to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study.

**Who we are looking for**

We are looking for a Qualified Teacher who wants to spend less time on paperwork and more time developing creative learning opportunities for the most reluctant and troubled learners.

Whilst previous experience of working in a SEN environment would be desirable, excellent teaching skills and the right motivation, personal qualities and levels of resilience are just as important.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Establish and maintain good working relationships in order to promote the development and effective delivery of the school curriculum and maximise pupils’ achievement.
- Teaching pupils according to their educational needs and acknowledging that every lesson counts.
- Creating a well-ordered and secure environment that will ensure the educational well-being of individual pupils within the group.
- Working with school leaders to complete and teach individual pupil plans where pupils have specific needs.
- Contributing and cooperating with other staff and professional agencies as appropriate to the needs of the pupils.

**Essential Criteria**
- Must be educated to degree level or be of Qualified Teacher Status.
- Ability to use ICT effectively for teaching.
- Resilience.
- Understanding of the curriculum in order for successful planning and delivery.
- The ability to manage challenging behaviour effectively.

**About us**

Longdon Hall School is an independent specialist day school for ages from 7 to 18, catering for pupils with a wide range of social, emotional, and mental health needs. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

Acorn Education & Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

**Why join Acorn Education & Care?**

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including**:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
- **_You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy._