Teacher of Mathematics (KS3 - KS4, with option to teach KS5)

Start date: September 2026

Salary: MPS/UPS 

Closing date: Midday, Thursday 30 April 2026

Interview date: Wednesday 6 May 2026

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a vibrant, thriving and leading school in the local area (1150 on roll in Main School (Y7-11), with a Sixth Form of 188), and our long history and excellent community links provide our students with exceptional opportunities. 

As a school, we are immensely proud of our September 2021 Ofsted report which describes our school as ‘Good’ with many ‘Outstanding’ features. Inspectors said that “Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a learning community where pupils have great respect for each other. Teachers support pupils to become highly articulate young people who can express their views well on a wide range of issues.” They also commented that “Pupils benefit from studying a wide range of subjects. Leaders have put in place an ambitious curriculum. Leaders and teachers have high expectations of all pupils.”

We wish to appoint a Teacher of Mathematics and are seeking a hard-working and committed person with drive, enthusiasm and inspiration who will make a valuable contribution to the school and its achievements. The governors are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and passionate teacher to work within a dedicated department of subject specialists who are extremely supportive, forward-thinking and friendly, and want the best for all of our pupils.

The successful candidate must be fully qualified to teach within a secondary environment and have a mathematics specialism. The role will consist of teaching mathematics at KS3 and KS4 with the possibility of teaching KS5 in our vibrant Sixth Form, where we currently have very strong numbers studying A-Level Mathematics, and we also offer AS and A-Level Further Mathematics. 

The successful candidate will:

• Be a well-qualified maths teacher with a record of delivering good and outstanding lessons
• Able to teach maths to KS4 and have excellent curriculum knowledge
• Have a solid understanding of current educational research
• Have the ability to lead and motivate pupils
• Have a resilient character and a strong personal drive
• An enthusiastic and passionate individual who can provide first-class teaching

We offer you:

• A vibrant school with outstanding facilities.
• The opportunity to join a large, thriving Mathematics department.
• Opportunities to support the delivery of a plethora of Mathematics-based qualifications:
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • A-Level Mathematics
  • A-Level Further Mathematics
  • Level 2 Further Mathematics in Years 10 and 11
  • GCSE Statistics in Year 10
• A welcoming staff culture, where we focus on supporting each other to grow and develop as teachers and aspiring leaders, with regular opportunities for staff to collaborate and share best practice.
• An environment where pupils have an excellent attitude to learning, where they can grow academically and personally. Pupils’ behaviour and safety was judged by Ofsted as ‘Outstanding’.
• Pupils who, through the wide and diverse academic and extra-curricular opportunities they are offered, grow as individuals and happily contribute to the school community.
• Opportunities to regularly develop your own professional practice through in-house CPD.

How to apply:

This role is full time and permanent.  If this advert incorporates your strengths and interests, and you wish to be part of our extremely successful and constantly evolving team, then please see the job description, person specification, application form, child protection policy, code of conduct – Safer working practice guidance, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 form, consent to obtain reference form and model reasonable adjustments statement below.

Email application forms and covering letters to Lynn Lewington (l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk) by midday, midday, Thursday 30 April 2026, with interviews to be held on Wednesday 6 May 2026.

Applicants who have lived or worked overseas should obtain an overseas criminal check before applying for a visit as the post is in the education sector.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory pre-employment checks, including satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS and Barred-List checks. This post is exempt from the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview.

The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance