Deputy ATL Mathematics

Required 1st September 2025

Deputy Academic Team Leader of Mathematics
•    Permanent position 
•    Full time
 

Dowdales School is a proud, thriving and ambitious community. Here, we work together, as one, to ensure that everyone thrives in everything that they do. As a whole school, and as individuals, we aim high by wanting the very best for all. Everyone in Dowdales School leads by example ensuring that we treat each other as we want to be treated ourselves.

We are a community school with 820 students aged 11-16 years on roll. Situated in the historic town of Dalton in Furness, we enjoy being on the fringe of the Lake District National Park. As an Ofsted rated ‘good’ school, we believe in high expectations, excellent teaching and ambition for every young person.

Dowdales Mathematics department is a well-established team of 6 full and part time members. We are seeking an inspirational teacher to support the Academic Team Leader in the leadership and management of the team to ensure outstanding outcomes for the full cohort of students.

Our ethos as a department is that all students can achieve in Mathematics and should be provided with adaptive teaching that enables this success. Students have 4 lessons per week across both key stage 3 and 4. We follow an ambitious, newly developed scheme of work that challenges all students.

Extra curricular activities are a strength at Dowdales, and the Maths department contributes to this through educational visits, team and individual challenges and clubs.

We are proud to have:
• Extremely high aspirations for all students at Dowdales ensuring that every young person makes excellent progress and performs to the best of their ability
• Students with positive attitudes who enjoy coming to school
• An enthusiastic and dedicated team of staff and governors

We would welcome applications from someone who has:

• A good understanding of effective and engaging teaching methods
• The ability to plan lessons and sequences of lessons with clear objectives to ensure progression for all students
• The ability to set consistently high expectations for all students through class work and homework

Please visit our website https://dowdalesschool.co.uk/vacancies/ for further details. Application forms to be returned to Mrs A Young at Dowdales School by 9am, Friday 25th April 2025 by email recruitment@dowdales.cumbria.sch.uk or post.

Dowdales School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust Safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of Safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers. The successful applicant will be required to undertake child protection screening, including references from past employers and an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT CVs AND AN APPLICATION FORM MUST BE COMPLETED