Start Your Teaching Career With Purpose – £37,101 Starting Salary.

Join Co-op Academies Trust as a Graduate Maths Excellence Specialist. Inspire young minds, earn a competitive salary and a new route leading to salaried teacher training in 2028.

This is a new route into teaching, so we are not looking for candidates who already have qualified teacher status.

Make a Real Impact

This isn’t just another graduate job. As a Maths Excellence Specialist, you’ll support high-achieving pupils, run enrichment sessions, and gain real classroom experience – all while being paid £37,101 per year.

You’ll be working in a Co-op Academy in the North of England, with the opportunity to move into a fully funded teacher training programme after two years.

Benefits

• £37,101 salary (plus pay award in Sept 2026)
• 2-year contract with guaranteed interview for salaried teacher training
• Work in schools in Stoke, or Bebington
• Progression into leadership pathways within the Trust
• Co-op employee benefits (discounts, pension, gym, and more)

Before you apply, do you have:

• A Mathematics degree (or high-maths content - 50% or more)?
• Recent or soon-to-be maths graduate
• Eligibility for UK Teacher Training?
• DO NOT already have Qualified Teacher Status

Learn More

Want to hear more before applying?
We’re hosting informal virtual info sessions:

• 25th Feb at 15:30

• 5th March at 15:30

Email jay.timotheus@coopacademies.co.uk to book a spot.

Apply Now

This is your chance to make a difference – and get paid to do it.

Click here to apply

Closing date: 13th March
Interview dates: 20th March or 23rd March

About Co-op Academies Trust

We’re a values-led Trust with 39 academies across the North of England, sponsored by the Co-op Group. Our mission is to transform young lives and communities through education – and we live that mission every day.

Our “Ways of Being Co-op” guide everything we do:

• Be Yourself, Always

• Show You Care

• Do What Matters Most

• Succeed Together