Lead Teacher Key Stage 3 Maths; Sir Graham Balfour School

Lead Teacher of Key Stage 3 Maths

Full time, permanent post

Salary:
Sir Graham Balfour Main Scale (£32,916 - £51,048) + TLR 2.1 (£3,527)

Required from January 2026

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic Teacher of Maths to join the Maths Faculty. Working within our strong, supportive and experienced team of Maths staff, the successful candidate will have a firm commitment to raising whole-school achievement; have a professional approach to staff development; high expectations; and a determination to succeed. The successful applicant will have the ability to successfully and effectively teach Maths in Key Stage 3 and 4, with the potential to teach at A level.

The faculty is at an exciting point in its development and enjoying considerable success in public exams at all levels. We are looking to appoint a forward thinking, inspirational professional to help lead the faculty and Computing through the next exciting phase of its development.

At Sir Graham Balfour we offer:

• A friendly, well-motivated staff, who embrace willingly a culture of professional development.
• An ever growing reputation in the local community which has resulted in the school being consistently oversubscribed in an area where student rolls are falling.
• A very positive climate for learning.
• A first rate learning environment.

We are housed in buildings completed in 2002 and financed via a PFI initiative. Innovative 14-19 collaboration and an increasing roll at KS5.

A commitment to inclusive practice.

Please note:

• All shortlisted applicants will be submitted for an enhanced DBS check.
• Applications will only be accepted if submitted on the IMAT’s formal application form.
• Two references will be required, one of which must be from your most recent employer. In the case of teachers, one reference must come from your most recent headteacher.
• Once a written reference has been received, we will contact the referee by telephone to confirm the provenance of that reference.
• If shortlisted, online searches will be carried out to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
• At interview, applicants will be asked if they have ever been involved in any form of media or activity which would make them unsuitable to work with children and young people, or, if it came to light, might risk the reputation of the school in the eyes of the community or wider public.
• If shortlisted, a portrait photo may be requested to attach to the file to help confirm identity.
• If appointed, the successful applicant will be informed that the appointment is subject to checks including right to work in the UK, qualifications verification, satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure, Criminal Record Self-Declaration, teacher prohibition and barred list checks, pre-employment medical screening (if necessary) and satisfactory references (if not already received).

Visits to the school are strongly recommended and can be arranged by contacting Mrs Vicki McKeen (details below).

For an application pack, please access our website at  or contact Mrs Vicki McKeen, Headteacher’s PA, at vmckeen@si or telephone  The closing date for applications is: 12:30pm, Monday 20 October 2025.

Please return completed applications to vmckeen@si

Shortlisting for this post will take place on Monday 20 October 2025 and successful applicants will be contacted no later than 5pm on the same day. If you have not heard from us by this time, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 22 October or Thursday 23 October 2025. They will include a tour around the school, meetings with the Faculty, delivery of a lesson and interviews for the shortlisted candidates. Further details of the lesson will be sent out to the successful candidates.