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Mathematics Teacher - Full-time

St John's Catholic Comprehensive School, Gravesend

  • Ref:KCC886-5461-217T
  • Posted:02/10/2023
  • Pay:Main/Upper Pay Scale
  • Start Date:January 2024
  • App Close Date:13/10/2023 at 17:00
  • Interviews:w/c 16 October

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We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, hard-working and enthusiastic member of staff who is looking to join our extremely high-performing and over-subscribed school. Applications are invited from well-qualified and passionate Maths specialists for this opportunity to teach in our thriving Catholic community. We are looking for a committed and talented member of staff who can demonstrate equal passion for the subject and working with young students. The successful candidate will join one of the school’s most effective and respected departments, working and collaborating with an exceptionally committed and talented team of practitioners. We offer both A Level Mathematics and A level Further Mathematics to our Key Stage 5 students and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach one or both of these courses in future academic years should they wish to do so.

Information about the school

St John’s is a very successful co-ed Catholic school with over 1300 pupils including over 300 students in our Sixth Form. We have an extremely strong Catholic ethos and pride ourselves in being a warm and welcoming community. Our recent Section 8 Inspection stated that - Pupils flourish in this inclusive school because staff provide high-quality care; Staff are consistently clear with their high expectations and Important values such as ‘excellence for all’ and ‘service to others’ underpin the ambitious culture in place. The school’s 2024 Progress 8 score of +0.11 was the seventh consecutive examination year where the school achieved a positive score on this key performance measure, and is a wonderful reflection of the talented and dedicated students and staff we have at the school.

This is an excellent and exciting time to join our thriving Catholic community and be part of a highly enthusiastic, forward thinking and supportive team.

If you would like to be part of this exciting opportunity, please visit our school website www.stjohnscs.com and click on the Recruitment tab to locate Recruitment Information and Monitoring forms.

Kindly complete the following forms and email them to Mrs L O'Neill (loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk): Application Form, Recruitment Monitoring Form, Consent to Obtain References Form and Staff Recruitment Online Checks Form.

St John's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an Enhanced DBS check and an online social media profile check. This role includes specific safeguarding responsibilities, as defined in the job description. Our school’s dedicated Child Protection Policy can be viewed on our school website.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

This post will be subject to safer recruitment procedures.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Mrs J Jay
  • Address:Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW
  • Telephone: (01474) 534718
  • Email:
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.