School Relationship Lead (North East + Yorkshire)

Contract: This is a full time role or part time role depending on the level of growth we experience.

Application closing date: 6th April 2026

First round phone interviews: Ongoing

Interviews: Week commencing 23rd April

Salary: £39,938

Location:
While most school visits will take place in West Yorkshire, this role forms part of the wider North East and Yorkshire regional team. The successful candidate should therefore be comfortable travelling to schools across the region when required, for example when shadowing school visits or supporting regional events. School visits typically take place during or shortly after the school day.

Start date: TBC but likely to be Tuesday 25th August 2025 to complete induction before the start of term.

About Axiom Maths

Axiom Maths is a registered education charity on a mission to make the United Kingdom a more productive and socially mobile country. Half of disadvantaged children who are high attainers in mathematics at eleven are no longer high attainers by age sixteen. That is a huge loss of human potential that affects both those children as individuals and us as a wider society. We are focused on stopping that loss.

We do this by finding children with mathematical potential, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and guide them along a path to mathematical excellence. We take a dual pronged approach: providing an in-school programme to improve their experience of maths, and tackling harmful views in society that stop children from feeling like maths is for them. We also deliver Rising Mathematician Festivals and other community-building events for teachers.

We're looking for team members who will bring the best of themselves to Axiom Maths, and the best of Axiom Maths to the wider system. We champion innovation and our employees are empowered to implement new ideas without barriers. We are a small team with big ambitions, who are in a phase of substantial growth. You should be excited about working in a startup environment where things can change quickly but where you have the opportunity to have a tremendous impact.

We place a big focus on open communication, collaboration and supporting one another. If you are passionate about our mission we strongly encourage you to apply, especially if you consider yourself to be from a background where progressing to university mathematics is not the norm.

About this role

The School Relationship Lead will be a core member of our School Partnerships Team. School Relationship Leads work alongside Heads of Region to establish Axiom Maths as the universal offering in secondary schools across England and Wales. They do this through exceptional partnership building and relationship management.

The School Relationship Lead will be responsible for holding Axiom Maths’ relationship with up to 55 schools. This will include visiting all of them at least once a year, as well as managing communication and responding to queries so that every school we work with feels exceptionally well-supported. They will also support schools and teachers to engage with, and deliver, our wider offer, including Rising Mathematician Festivals and other community-building events.

This role requires a high level of autonomy to manage time. You will be expected to visit school-based programmes that run after the school day, so flexibility to work during late afternoons and early evenings is essential. Additionally, a willingness to travel to schools which are geographically dispersed is required.

The duties of this role include:

School Onboarding

• Lead communication with schools as they set up the programme, ensuring they have everything need to be able to kick start the programme in their school effectively.

• Provide active support to early-stage schools as they recruit pupils and launch their circles.

School relationship and retention

• Build and nurture strong relationships with a caseload of schools, owning key success metrics.

• Understand individual school needs, ensuring satisfaction and providing tailored solutions to any problems they may encounter.

• Support schools to fulfil their reporting commitments, including timely submission of data and required information.

Professional development.

• Visit schools to observe maths circles.

• Provide feedback to schools on the quality of maths circles, using the Axiom Maths quality framework.

• Support the in-person delivery and online delivery of professional development.

• Share feedback and ideas with the wider team to continuously improve our programme.

Data collection and analysis

• Ensure schools comply with data requests throughout the year.

• Analyse data and feedback to identify strengths and areas for improvement, and feed this back to ensure trends are identified to improve the programme.

• Provide insights to the organisation about opportunities to grow our impact.

Leading on and supporting projects

• Owning management of and providing support to projects across the organisation ensure the successful delivery of Axiom Maths’ strategy’

Project work

• There will also be opportunities to develop shorter term projects outside of the BAU which contribute to our objectives and key results and support you to develop your experience further.

Organisation contribution / champion

• You will act as a champion or otherwise contribute to the organisation's operations and mission. Specific responsibilities will vary according to areas of current relevance to the organisation and who is best placed to gain knowledge or share expertise'.

Community and events

• Support the planning and delivery of one-day pupil celebration events (often at a university), as well as other aspiration raising and community building events for pupils and teachers throughout the year

Following and complying with all of Axiom Maths’ Safeguarding Policy and Procedures

You should apply if you:

• Have a background in helping others become better. This could be through teaching at a school or college, extensive experience in tutoring, or another relevant activity.

• Have experience of working in or with schools.

• Are a skilled and confident verbal communicator, able to give feedback.

• Are highly organised, able to manage a caseload of up to 55 schools.

• Have exceptional written communication skills, with an excellent eye for detail.

• Are confident working autonomously and willing to travel to visit schools.

• Align closely with the culture and values of Axiom Maths. See careers.AxiomMaths.org.

• Have an appropriate mathematics qualification (A level or Degree or relevant equivalent qualification).

• School visits often take place after the school day so a willingness to work and travel in the afternoons and evenings is essential

You must have:

• The right to work in the UK.

• Commitment to equality of opportunity and the safeguarding and welfare of all students.

• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

• Willingness to travel regularly within England.

• Willingness to undertake in-person and online training and development, both of knowledge and of skills.

What we offer

💰 Salary: £39,938

🏡 Hybrid team: We all work remotely for part of the week. The successful candidate will work in the office on the first Tuesday of every month at our office near King’s Cross (N7 9QH)

🧳 Travel costs: This role requires school visits at least once a week, travel costs to schools are covered by us. An allowance for travel to London for office days every Tuesday is included in the salary above, and is not covered by expenses.

⏰ Flexible Working: We work flexibly by default, and value outcomes not hours worked. All our team are empowered to organise their work in a way that balances their work and life.

💻 Setup costs covered: We offer a £500 allowance to purchase equipment for working from home. A laptop is also provided.

💷 Pension: 11% employer contribution

📆 Annual leave: 27 days leave + bank holidays, increasing by 1 day after 2 years tenure (up to 30 days). The office closes for 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year.

🤝 Employee assistance programme: All our employees have access to a confidential employee assistance programme, which provides information and advice on a wide range of topics affecting their work or personal life.

📚 Books: Any employee can expense the purchase of any book that they believe will help make them better at their job.

👥Company off-sites: We organise three off-sites a year, each lasting two days (with an overnight stay). This is a chance for us to come together, do essential planning and celebrate our wins.

Equal Opportunities: We would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our criteria. We don’t want potential candidates to be put off if they believe they do not meet every one of the criteria as described in the person specification. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. Axiom Maths is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any candidate on the basis of any characteristic protected by the Equality Act 2010.