Head of Maths and Strategic Data Lead

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:

Headof Maths and Strategic Data Lead

NORMAL

LOCATION:

Silverstone UTC

SCALE& SALARY RANGE:
Silverstone UTC Leadership Scale

RESPONSIBLE TO:
Assistant Principal

Applyby:
Friday
20th November 2026. Interviews will take place on 23rd November. (We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates before this closing date and change our interview date.)

Start date:

January 27 or Easter 27

This is an exciting time to join our senior middle leadership team at the unique Silverstone University Technical College. This is an excellent opportunity for acandidate to lead a rapidly improving maths department whilst also taking on awhole-school priority; the strategic leadership of data. This role will allow an aspiring strategic leader to demonstrate their suitability for a senior leadership role in the future.

Silverstone UTC is a purpose-built centre of excellence for young people wanting to break into the specialist fields ofHigh-Performance Engineering and Business with Events Management. It is basedin the very heart of British Motorsport, within the Silverstone circuit, in astunning multi-million-pound facility. Inspected by OFSTED in September 2026, achieving

Expected Standard across the board, the school has successfully navigated aperiod of sustained improvement following the introduction of a new senior leadership team in 2024.

Strategic direction

• Promote maths, its importance, and the value that it brings across the school
• Have a good understanding of how well the subject is being delivered and the impact it has on pupil achievement
• Promote employer engagement through the maths curriculum and ensure that teaching and learning illustrates how the subject might lead to meaningful career opportunities
• Promote pupils' spiritual, moral, social, cultural, physical and mental development alongside British values in the teaching of maths
• Work withthe special educational needs co-ordinator (SENDCO) to ensure the curriculum matches the needs of different pupils, such as disadvantaged pupils and thosewith special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)

Leading the curriculum

• Develop andreview regularly the vision, aims and purpose for the subject area
• Oversee the planning of the curriculum content, ensuring it is well sequenced to promote pupil progress
• Ensure the planned curriculum is effectively and consistently implemented across the subject
• Make surethere is an effective system of assessment that oversees the progress of pupilsto ensure the curriculum has a positive impact on pupils' learning
• Have an overarching responsibility for pupils' achievement and standards in the subject area

Leading and managing staff

• Line management of maths teaching staff
• Provide support to staff regarding teaching and learning, resources, and planning inmaths.
• Monitor teaching and learning using the whole-school QA systems.
• Liaise effectively with exam boards to ensure that teachers understand and are familiar with the syllabuses that are being delivered
• Support teachers to make accurate assessments, manage internal and external moderation,and complete external moderation exercises
• Contribute to timetabling and manage setting pupils into attainment groups

Data Analysis and Reporting:

• Strategic lead for the compilation, analysis, and production of reports of student attainment and progress.
• Importand manage assessment data from external providers (e.g., GL Assessments) and maintain target-setting data
• Support internal evaluation and self-assessment processes by providing accurate and timely data
• Create,customise, and maintain reports, mark books, and templates for internal and external reporting
• Line management of data staff

Communication and

Collaboration:

• Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team, teachers, support staff, and parents to ensure effective use of data
• Respondto ad hoc data requests and ensure compliance with data protection and security policies
• Maintain historical records

• Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g.Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies
• Work with the DSL to promote the best interests of pupils,including sharing concerns where necessary
• Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

Teachers atSUTC are expected to take on the role of the form tutor.

• Deliver tutorial sessions effectively, following theprogramme of study provided.
• Foster excellent relationships with tutees and their parents.
• Make regular and effective…