Job Description

Salary:

Competitive

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Apply by:

15 May 2025

Job overview

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St Teresa's seeks to appoint an enthusiastic, well-qualified, energetic, well-organised and experienced person to join this friendly and forward-thinking department. The successful candidate should demonstrate a passion for Mathematics, teaching across the age range 11 to 18 years.

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There is also the opportunity to assume additional responsibilities, such as the role of whole school tracking and monitoring coordinator (member of SLT academic) or Head of Year, for qualified candidates. (These roles will carry an extra incentive allowance).

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The successful candidate will be highly organised and have excellent communication skills. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic, highly successful school situated in 55 acres of parkland in the beautiful Surrey Hills.

To apply: please complete an application form and submit with a covering letter addressed to Dr Claire McShane (Headmistress) to Mrs Karen Babler, Recruitment Manager (k.babler@st-teresas.com)

The closing date for this post is Thursday 15th May 2025

As part of St. Teresa's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, any offer of employment to this post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

About

St Teresa's Effingham

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St Teresa's Effingham

Beech Avenue, Effingham Hill, Dorking
Surrey
RH5 6ST
United Kingdom

+44 1372 452 037

St Teresa's Effingham is an independent Roman Catholic day and boarding school in an area of outstanding natural beauty between Dorking and Effingham in Surrey.



St Teresa's has a school population of 600 including over 80 boarders, and a healthy Sixth Form.



The school sits in 55 acres of beautiful countryside and the school benefits from excellent facilities.



The School is centred around the original eighteenth century manor house and has evolved over the years and now proudly boasts some outstanding facilities.



A number of facilities have been provided to meet the needs of a modern education. These include a Sixth Form Centre, Equestrian Centre, Tennis Academy, a Performing Arts Centre comprising a large theatre, drama studios, music classrooms, practice rooms and recording suite. In addition, St Teresa's boasts a swimming pool and an all-weather pitch.



St Teresa's offers a strong, caring community based on its Catholic traditions, but remains an inclusive environment that welcomes pupils from all backgrounds. With recognised strengths spanning academia, sport and the creative and performing arts, we focus on the individual, allowing the girls to achieve their best and enabling them to follow their own unique path to happiness and success.

Headmistress

Dr. Claire McShane

Prep Headteacher

Mr G Tindall

Values and vision

St Teresa's Effingham places a strong emphasis on encouraging confidence and recognising pupils' achievement, while fostering modesty, kindness, good humour and a sense of humility. The school ethos is built on its Catholic traditions, but pupils from all backgrounds are welcomed.

ISI report

"The pupils' personal development is excellent. Pupils display maturity in their understanding of British values and a high level of spiritual awareness. They have a well-developed sense of right and wrong, and openly discuss moral and ethical issues. Pupils willingly take on responsibility to support others in the community and more widely in the world. They have a strong affection for the school. Arrangements for welfare, health and safety are excellent."



View St Teresa's Effingham's latest ISI report