Reports to: Director of Curriculum, Assessment and Professional Development

Location: West London travel to other sites as needed (flexible working available)

Contract: 1 Year FTC (maternity cover)

Pattern: Full time (standard hours 9am – 5.30pm), 0.8 FTE would be considered

Start date: Ideally January 2027, but flexibility is available

Salary: £60,000 – £70,000, but negotiable for exceptional candidates.

Key responsibilities

Working alongside the existing Secondary Maths Network Lead, the wider Curriculum and Assessment team, and Ark Curriculum Plus, you will:

• Provide targeted, school-facing support to maths departments, working with leaders and teachers to strengthen curriculum implementation, teaching and pupil outcomes.

• Support implementation of Ark's maths curriculum and assessment approach, including the KS4 curriculum framework, Precise Planning, common assessment and effective use of assessment information to respond to gaps in learning.

• Support our work to strengthen KS3 mathematics, including the Year 7 maths catch-up programme and approaches to improving teaching and addressing gaps in foundational knowledge.

• Develop maths leaders and teachers across the network through Network Days, subject network meetings, professional development, collaboration and the sharing of effective practice.

• Contribute to the continued development of Ark's maths curriculum and resources, working closely with colleagues across Ark Schools and Ark Curriculum Plus.

• Use evidence from school visits, assessment and outcomes to identify priorities, provide clear and actionable feedback, and support departments to make and sustain improvements.

• Contribute to wider maths priorities and projects, including work on teacher deployment, enrichment and curriculum development.

Is this you?

• An excellent and credible maths practitioner with a strong track record of teaching and securing strong pupil outcomes at secondary level

• A strong communicator and collaborator, able to build effective relationships with maths leaders and teachers across a network of schools

• Passionate about improving maths teaching, curriculum and assessment, with the ability to translate subject expertise into practical support for schools

• Able to use assessment, outcomes and other evidence to identify priorities and support leaders to improve provision and pupil achievement

If so, this is an excellent opportunity to shape the future of maths across Ark.

Other requirements

• Right to work in the UK
• Commitment to equality of opportunity and the safeguarding and welfare of all students
• Willingness to undertake training
• This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check

Applying

Applicants should submit a supporting statement outlining:

• how their experience to date has prepared them for the role;
• the strengths and expertise they would bring to the Secondary Maths network; and
• how they would approach supporting schools and improving maths outcomes across the Network.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 19 October, with interviews taking place that week. If applying from an Ark school, applicants should first speak to their Principal, letting them know they intend to apply for the role and requesting their approval to do so.

If you would like an informal conversation about the role before applying, please contact Amit Hathi Amit.Hathi@arkonline.org.

• Our flexible working model offers the best of both worlds, balancing in person collaboration, either in our state of the art West London office or through visits to our schools, with the flexibility of remote working
• In addition to flexible working arrangements, employees can request to work fully remotely for up to 10 working days a year, whether this be in the UK or abroad
• Our flexitime policy allows you to work your hours around our core hours of 10.00 - 16.00, helping you prioritise your work-life balance and personal commitments
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service up to 30 days after 3-years’ service. This entitlement is pro rata for part time employees. This entitlement excludes bank holidays
• Full office closure between Christmas and New Year
• As an Ark employee, you will have the opportunity to be part of the TPT (The Pension Trust) scheme, our workplace pension scheme where we make an 11% contribution; you are not required to contribute towards this scheme unless you choose to. Depending on your role you may also be entitled to TPS which is a defined benefit scheme where you contribute a percentage based on how much you earn (as do we) in exchange for a guaranteed amount in your pension pot every year
• Access to high-quality professional learning throughout your career, offering both face-to-face sessions and a bespoke online learning platform
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bike, gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym and free eye tests

There are 34,000 students learning in our network of 48 schools across Birmingham, Hastings, London, Pontefract and Portsmouth. We’ve always believed that, with the right approach, every child has the potential to succeed. We work in the communities where we can make the biggest difference to children’s lives, and all our schools are non-selective.

It works: our schools achieve great results – significantly outperforming national averages, especially when it comes to driving progress – the best measure for ‘closing the gap’.

We take what we learn in our schools to develop new solutions and approaches that we can share. Over the last two decades, we have developed and incubated more than 20 projects and programmes, supporting them to scale and achieve systemic impact on the life chances of all children. Over 300,000 children currently learn using an Ark curriculum and our Ark Start nurseries are demonstrating a new model for early years education that we hope will become the norm.