Teacher of Mathematics

The post would suit equally a newly or recently qualified teacher.

Old Swinford Hospital is one of the country’s leading state boarding schools. A large number of the School’s students are boarders who come from a wide range of backgrounds in the UK and also from the EU and overseas. A third of our pupils are day pupils, who usually go home after lessons, unless they are involved in sport or music, CCF or DofE.

The School has now become fully co-education

OSH is calm place to work. It is inclusive, tolerant and welcoming. The atmosphere is supportive and orderly, and it is also very relaxed because for many of our pupils their school is also their home. Parents, pupils and staff are all on the same side and our pupils want to learn before going out into the wider world and making their own contribution to it.

We have had two very favourable Ofsted visits, one for boarding and one for curriculum. You can see these via our  We enjoy a very good academic reputation and regularly feature in the lists of the most academically successful maintained schools. We’re not about league tables, however. We pride ourselves on developing in our pupils a balance of academic achievement, character and resilience and we’ve been doing this now for nearly 360 years.

Our extensive extra-curricular programme contributes to our pupils becoming happy, healthy and interested young people, for whom sport, music, art, drama, outdoor pursuits feature in their everyday lives.

The mathematics department from September 2026 will be a department of nine teachers. They are regularly one of the best performing departments in the school, with 20% of all students achieving a grade 9 and 50% of all students achieving a grade 7 or above at GCSE Mathematics last year. The team is incredibly experienced in teaching, and all count maths as being just as a hobby as it is their profession

At GCSE, we follow the AQA specification whilst at A Level we are with Edexcel for all of our courses.

The department operates out of its own floor in our newest building, Swinford Court.

• Genuine resilience, a ‘can-do’ attitude and an enthusiasm for teaching young people;
• A belief that young people have potential and can achieve, despite any obstacles they may face;
• A graduate teacher with a keen academic interest in the subject from Year 7 to Year 13 and beyond;
• The willingness and ability to teach at all key stages, as well as supporting university admissions test preparation (with training that we can give you if required).
• The ability to work as part of a successful and supportive team;
• Interest in taking an active part in the development of the curriculum within the school;
• Interest in contributing to extra-curricular activities, including sport, music, drama and the adventure curriculum;
• Flexibility and imagination in developing new ideas and resources, as well as adapting to curriculum changes;
• The ability to make a contribution to the wider School curriculum and the personal development of our pupils;
• Commitment to becoming a pro‑active, reliable and supportive form tutor.
• Commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people.

The conditions of employment set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and conditions Document will apply. The person appointed is responsible to the Subject Leader to carry out the duties and functions of a teacher in accordance with the Teaching Standards and the stated aims and objectives of the School and the Department.

The person appointed will:

• in consultation with the Subject Leader, plan, design and produce teaching materials and resources which are appropriate to age and ability and are in accordance with the School Development Plan and the Department Development Plan;
• in accordance with scheme of work, plan, deliver and review lessons which are appropriate to the age and ability of the students so as to facilitate progression in students’ learning and following the required examination syllabuses;
• assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of the students…