Job Description

Salary:

GDST Middle Leader 3 (dependent on experience)

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

01/09/2025

Apply by:

5 May 2025

Job overview

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Required from: September 2025 or January 2026


Portsmouth High School is looking to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic Head of Mathematics. The successful candidate will be an innovative teacher with experience of teaching up to A Level and a track record of management success. You will have the vision and ability to inspire our resilient and ambitious pupils and will enjoy enabling students to reach their potential.

The department:

The mathematics department consists of a mixture of full-time and part-time teachers, all of whom teach across the ability range, including A Level. The ability to teach some of the further maths syllabus and prepare girls for Oxbridge applications would be of benefit.


Interested girls are entered for the UKMT challenges and each year we have students who qualify for the follow-on rounds. We actively seek to develop problem-solving skills in all our pupils, not just those of higher natural ability; all members of the department contribute to providing additional support.


The department is very supportive with the sharing of resources and teaching strategies commonplace. We benefit from a school culture that actively encourages trying new ideas and approaches to make the learning of maths engaging. Use of the latest technology is encouraged: teachers are provided with iPads and a stylus, the department invests annually in software packages such as Mathswatch and Integral and most students work on a device using a stylus and OneNote and Teams.

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Safeguarding Statement:

The GDST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including online checks, checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.


The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

About

Portsmouth High School

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Portsmouth High School

25 Kent Road, Southsea
Hampshire
PO5 3EQ
United Kingdom

+44 23 9282 6714

Portsmouth High School is an independent school for girls aged 3 to 18 situated in Southsea, Hampshire, just a 5 minute walk from the sea. The school part of the Girls' Day School Trust, the leading provider of education for girls in the country which has been successfully educating girls since 1872. Portsmouth High School is ambitious for every pupil, preparing them for life beyond the school gates and an education at the school can be life changing.



The senior school opened its doors in 1882 and moved to its current location almost 130 years ago. Other sections have been founded over the years: the junior school opened in 1927, while the nursery was established in 2005.

Principal

Sarah Parker

Values and vision

Portsmouth High School nurtures students' talents to help them grow into well-rounded individuals, socially and personally as well as academically. Relationships between students and staff are respectful and supportive, and bullying is extremely rare.



The school believes its status as an all-girls school is a valuable one, giving its students a confidence that helps redress the imbalance in female representation in leading positions in the outside world.

ISI report

"The school is highly successful in providing an excellent education and fully meets its aims to encourage pupils' academic success and personal development within a positive and supportive environment. The excellent curriculum provides a wide range of choices, beyond requirements, accounting for the needs of pupils of all ages, including those in the EYFS, and for those with SEND or EAL. The pupils' excellent personal development is evident in their growing self-assurance and sense of themselves as unique individuals with specific talents."



View Portsmouth High School's latest ISI report