Teacher of Maths

Teacher of Maths

Final date to receive applications: 21 August 2026

Department: Maths, Digital Media & IT

Employment Type: Part Time

Location: Itchen Sixth Form College

Compensation: £33,465 - £51,714 / year

We are looking to recruit a talented and enthusiastic person to join our highly successful and inclusive Sixth Form College. The successful candidate will be a committed, inspirational and dynamic individual with a passion for teaching.

Maths is a curriculum area within our highly successful Faculty of English, maths and ESOL. The curriculum area offers courses in A-level Maths, Further Maths, A-level Statistics, Core Maths, GCSE Maths and Functional Skills Maths. The curriculum area is well equipped with specialist classrooms and equipment.

Contract: Permanent 0.4 FTE

Salary; SFCA Teachers Scale 1-9 currently £33,465 - £51,714 FTE p/a

Closing date: Friday 21st August 2026

Interview date: TBC

Start date: 2nd November 2026

Itchen College is a thriving Sixth Form College with a broad curriculum offer to meet the needs of the local community. The college is situated in pleasant surroundings to the east of Southampton with excellent local transport links. Ofsted inspected the college in September 2024, grading overall provision as Outstanding with Outstanding Quality of Education, Outstanding Behaviour and Attitudes, Outstanding Leadership and Management, Outstanding Education Programmes for Young People and Outstanding Provision for Learners with High Needs.

The college is committed to supporting staff wellbeing and professional development. The college has an excellent in house CPD programme for all teaching and support staff including a dedicated programme for Early Career Teachers. The college also has close links with the Southampton Education Forum, the Wessex Group and the SFCA, including subject groups and CPD opportunities at all levels.

The college offers a wide range of benefits for staff, including free parking, an onsite nursery, occupational pension schemes, an Employee Assistance Programme and free use of the college gym.

Key Task:

• Deliver high quality courses and successful learning outcomes for students.
• Teaching groups at all levels and across the range of courses offered within the curriculum area, including the preparation and marking involved in each course and the provision of tutorial support.
• Motivating students of all abilities to achieve their potential.
• Preparing detailed schemes of work and course materials to support student learning.
• Undertaking the internal assessment of coursework of those students entered for examination courses, as required by the examination boards involved.
• Encouraging independent learning through the setting of appropriate homework tasks.
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• To promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults you come into contact with.
• Ensuring all students are treated fairly, without discrimination and promoting diversity.
• Providing regular, frequent and constructive feedback to students on their progress.
• Maintaining records of student progress.
• Promoting the maintenance of acceptable standards of conduct of students.
• Undertaking the completion of class registers and other administrative tasks, ensuring absences and lateness are accounted for and taking appropriate action where they are not, in accordance with the procedures in the staff handbook.
• Undertaking the compilation of records of achievement and references on pupils, as required.
• Following the College quality procedures and producing the course SAR where there is no team leader.
• Contributing as required to the Enrichment Programme including Careers and Recreational Activities offered by the College.
• Contributing to course/curriculum/learning area teams in curriculum development and liaison activities.
• Participating, as required, in meetings with colleagues and parents in respect of the duties of the post.
• Undertaking appropriate professional development activities and maintaining/working towards PSP standards.
• Any other duties/responsibilities which are reasonably requested within the purview of the post.
• Work within the framework provided by College Policies e.g. Equal Opportunities, Quality, ICT and Health & Safety.
• Responsible for providing information to College Information Systems in the required format.

• Effective teacher
• Good communication skills with both staff and students
• Enthusiasm and commitment to subject
• Good organisational, planning and administrative skills
• Ability to form good working relationships with students and colleagues
• To be innovative, and to show a willingness to keep-up-to-date
• Willingness and ability to teach at all levels and across the range of courses offered in the Curriculum Area.
• Ability to work to deadlines

Values-driven culture we’re really proud of our culture. We’re looking for someone who is as driven by our college values as we are!

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