Mathematics Teacher (Head of Mathematics option) August 2026

Job Description

• Promote the mission and philosophy of the school, ensuring that children work towards being truly bilingual, international citizens.
• Ensure planning, preparation, recording, assessment, and reporting are of high quality and meet the varying learning and social needs of students.
• Be flexible and adjust to the needs of the school, actively contributing to school development plans and growth.
• Demonstrate thorough curriculum knowledge, teach, and assess effectively.
• Teach Secondary Mathematics from Year 7 to Year 13.
• Utilize student tracking and monitoring processes to advance student learning and enhance professional practice in line with the school’s aspirations and priorities.
• Take personal responsibility for professional development.
• Effectively communicate the school’s narrative, being an ambassador for the school at all times.

Leadership responsibilities (for Head of Mathematics):

• Contribute to school improvement planning and the development of the curriculum.
• Develop and deploy curriculum, schemes, budgets, staffing and resources efficiently and effectively
• Ensure using your team have set challenging and developmental objectives and monitor and support this process through observations and conversations.
• Coach, mentor and help develop subject teachers to be the best they can be.
• Create meaningful accountability for outcomes.
• Be an outstanding role model.
• Work with the Head of Secondary, MLT, Assistant Head and appropriate Heads of Department and the Mathematics team to establish a clear, shared understanding of the importance of high-quality teaching of mathematics that engages students and enables them to achieve ambitious goals.
• Track and analyse data from the Assistant Head, ensuring effective challenge and intervention plans are in place for individual and groups of students.
• Analyse and interpret national, local and school data, translating international requirements and expectations into policy and practice.
• Develop and implement policies and practices for mathematics which reflect our commitment to high achievement: students are inspired to reach their potential and staff aspire to continuously develop and raise standards.

Engagement and Interaction:

• Support extracurricular activities and events beyond the classroom.
• Organize and plan day trips related to the subject area as needed.
• Lead extracurricular clubs according to school expectations.
• Assist with school-wide events such as productions and assemblies.
• Participate in the school's core program, including delivering a core CAS club.

Learning and Teaching:

• Inspire students to become enthusiastic, curious, and engaged learners.
• Set consistently high standards for learning.
• Develop effective learning strategies for students.
• Monitor, evaluate, and improve teaching practices.
• Plan teaching programs that offer exemplary learning opportunities.
• Identify and support individual learning needs.
• Maintain high levels of behavior conducive to learning.
• Utilize baseline data to establish ambitious targets for student achievement.
• Effectively incorporate homework and co-curricular learning opportunities.

Required Skills/Abilities

Qualification/ Training: 

• Qualified to degree level or above in mathematics plus PGCE/QTS – Essential

Experience:  

• Experience of teaching a UK National Curriculum– Essential
• Experience of teaching IB and IGCSE mathematics -Desirable
• Proven track record with at least two years’ teaching experience – Essential
• Good classroom practice and interpersonal skills – Essential
• Demonstrable evidence of innovating and adapting curriculum to engage children and enable them to reach their potential – Essential
• Working in partnership with parents – Essential
• (if Head of Faculty) Experience of leading a highly successful department and school – Desirable

Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills – Essential
• Ability to teach different age-ranges and English proficiency levels – Essential
• Ability to engage children and enable them to perform highly – Essential
• Use of iSAMS – Desirable
• Evidence of commitment to continuous professional development – Desirable
• Confident global citizen or a willingness to become one – Desirable
• Understand the complex and demanding environment of an international school community – Desirable

Others:

• The ability to integrate technology into the classroom experience to enhance and extend the learning of students 
• Successfully teach students using technology in a virtual/hybrid environment
• Strong proficiency with office 365 for producing reports, analysing data and preparing resources.
• Good cross-cultural, interpersonal and communication skills to interact with diverse nationalities and cultures.
• Excellent analytical skills – with the passion and drive to demonstrate and quantify success.
• Results orientated with the ability to consistently map efforts against identified KPIs.
• Excellent time management skills and flexibility in dealing with multi-functional tasks.

Personal attributes:

• High levels of personal integrity 
• Conscientious and able to focus on completing work to a consistently high standard 
• Flexible and positive approach to work 
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills; high attention to detail 
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and able to prompt others to ensure deadlines are achieved 
• Adaptable to working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment 
• Ability to work under pressure and remain calm  
• Proactive and willingness to take on multiple tasks 
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic 
• Ability to work independently 
• Must be a team player, willing to help and be flexible
• Continually strive for improvement