Maths Teacher Vacancy at St Luke's CofE School, Exeter

St Luke's Church of England School is advertising a Maths Teacher vacancy in Exeter for a permanent, full-time post. The school is seeking a teacher who can teach across the mathematics curriculum, contribute to high expectations for learning and help pupils develop confidence and resilience. The advertised timetable covers Key Stages 3 and 4, placing the post within the school’s secondary-phase provision.

Based at the Harts Lane site, the post sits in the school’s Maths department and its wider Church of England academy community. The published role description places equal emphasis on strong subject knowledge, engaging teaching and inclusive classroom practice. It also points to collaboration, ongoing professional development and participation in the broader life of the school, rather than limiting the work to lessons alone.

Opportunity Details

Overview of the Vacancy

Location, Sector, and Role Context

The appointed teacher will work with pupils in the secondary age range through Key Stages 3 and 4. The vacancy describes a department that is successful and supportive, and asks for lessons that are engaging as well as challenging. Mathematics teaching is expected to build a positive attitude towards learning, while helping pupils gain confidence and resilience. The school frames this work around high expectations and strong relationships, with the aim that every pupil can make progress. Planning and delivery therefore need to combine clear subject knowledge with an approach that includes different learners in the classroom.

The published schedule is full time at 32.5 hours per week and the contract is permanent. The role is classified as a teacher or lecturer post in the education sector, with Mathematics named as the subject. Its description also asks the postholder to take part in the wider school community, which makes professional collaboration relevant beyond individual classes. A teacher who values structured behaviour systems, reflective practice and sharing ideas with colleagues will find those themes directly reflected in the vacancy information. The advertised working pattern gives a clear full-time framework for that contribution, while the permanent contract places the appointment within the school’s ongoing secondary provision. The school’s description does not narrow the work to a single course or year group, instead identifying curriculum delivery across the two published key stages.

About the Employer: St Luke's Church of England School

Organization and Relevant Services

Verified Employer Overview

St Luke's Church of England School is an academy and Church of England secondary school on Harts Lane in Exeter. Its official school profile describes provision for pupils aged 11 to 16. The school presents itself as ambitious and inclusive, with the stated aim of enabling pupils to live life to the full. Its homepage says that it holds high aspirations for pupils and works to provide opportunities both in the classroom and beyond it. That context gives the Maths Teacher post a clear place within a school-wide educational programme rather than an isolated subject appointment.

The school’s published values are respect, inclusion, hope, achieving one’s best and taking responsibility. These themes align with the vacancy’s focus on high expectations for achievement, behaviour and engagement. The role description also refers to strong relationships and an inclusive approach to lessons, so a Maths Teacher will be expected to connect subject teaching with the school’s wider ethos. The school identifies itself as part of the Ted Wragg Trust, a multi-academy trust whose official site includes St Luke’s CofE School among its schools.

Professional Setting and Role Context

Work Environment, Operations, and Facilities

Ted Wragg Trust describes itself as a trust of schools working to strengthen communities through education. Its official information places schools across Exeter, Plymouth, Crediton and East Devon, creating a regional setting for professional exchange. The Trust’s stated mission is to transform lives and strengthen communities. At school level, the vacancy says that St Luke’s uses centralised behaviour systems, giving the teacher a published framework for classroom routines and expectations. The role is therefore located in a secondary environment that combines subject responsibility with a shared school approach to pupil conduct.

Professional learning is a documented feature of the setting. St Luke’s states that staff have a weekly entitlement to an instructional coaching programme, while the Trust describes ongoing development tailored to individual career pathways. The Trust also refers to professional networks and development sessions that connect colleagues across its schools. These statements do not prescribe a particular career route for the postholder, but they show that coaching, collaboration and continued learning are part of the professional environment described for staff. For a mathematics specialist, that context complements the advert’s emphasis on subject knowledge and high-quality teaching.

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Application Guidance

Prepare a Focused Application

CV, Evidence, Documents, and Interview Preparation

The following points are general preparation guidance for this specific secondary mathematics application; they do not replace the school’s online form or selection process. A focused application can explain how teaching practice makes mathematics accessible while retaining challenge. It can also connect examples of planning, assessment, feedback and classroom routines with the advertised priorities of confidence, resilience, inclusion and high expectations. Where professional experience includes teaching Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4, applicants can describe that work precisely and relate it to the subject curriculum.

Use the form to present evidence in an organised way rather than relying on a generic account of teaching. The vacancy places value on strong relationships, pupil engagement and contribution to the wider community, so examples should show practical actions and outcomes without overstating them. Safeguarding is a formal part of the employer’s appointment process, and readiness to complete the required checks can be addressed accurately where requested. Because the role asks for confidence and fluency in spoken English, interview preparation can include clear explanation of teaching decisions, classroom inclusion and subject knowledge.

• Map each example of mathematics teaching to the advertised focus on engaging and challenging lessons.
• Explain how classroom practice supports confidence, resilience and a positive attitude to learning.
• Use concise examples that show high expectations for achievement, behaviour and engagement.
• Prepare to discuss collaboration, professional learning and contribution to school life in practical terms.
• Have relevant safeguarding information ready for the required enhanced DBS process when requested.
• Do not submit a CV in place of the official application, because the published process does not accept CVs.

How to Apply

Submit Your Application Through the Verified Route

Apply Through the Official School Vacancy Page

Open the official vacancy page using the application route below and select the visible option to view the advert on the school website. That control takes applicants to the Ted Wragg Trust’s official online recruitment route for the same Maths Teacher vacancy. Complete the screening questions and the application steps requested there, including the right-to-work response where applicable. The vacancy states that CVs are not accepted, so use the official process rather than sending a CV as a substitute.

Read each section of the online application carefully and provide a clear, role-specific supporting statement where the form requests one. The stable vacancy page is retained as the application link because it identifies the school, post and published route before handing over to the Trust’s recruitment system. Keep your application evidence focused on the responsibilities and requirements described in this advertisement, and submit it through the official online process.