Jon Nash

Jon Nash is the current Head of Mathematics at Hutt Valley High School. Prior to this, they served as the Assistant Department Head at Ashmole Academy from July 2005 to November 2011. In this role, they supported the Head of Department with the management of the teaching and support staff within the department, the delivery of various curricula and the associated testing strategies, and the implementation of school wide policies for planning, assessment and behaviour. Jon also line-managed two members of the Mathematics Department and was responsible for following the school policies on performance management and lesson observations to enable the continuing professional development of those teachers.

In addition to their teaching duties, Jon was responsible for delivery of the mathematics curriculum at AS and A2 level for 16–18 year old students. Jon wrote the schemes of work for both the regular mathematics and further mathematics courses, including writing internal tests and mark schemes for all assessments undertaken by students studying mathematics at A-Level. Jon was also responsible for implementing effective and timely intervention across all the key stage 5 Mathematics courses, widening the focus of the departmental question level analysis strategy to encompass the A-Level courses, and creating a standardised homework pack for students studying AS mathematics to ensure a consistency of formative assessment and to assist teachers in the management of homework.

Jon also contributed to the Mathematics Department’s section with the school wide exams analysis by providing statistical data on the performance of students at key stage 5. As a classroom teacher, they taught all the Number, Algebra, Shape and Data units across all ability levels at key stage 3 and key stage 4, as well as teaching Statistics as a separate GCSE. At key stage 5, they have taught all aspects of the core, statistics, mechanics, decision and further mathematics modules at AS and A2 level. Jon created and delivered sessions on the use of Interactive Whiteboards and on the general use of IT for classroom teachers.

Jon Nash has a post-graduate certificate in education and a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Jon teaches mathematics at Middlesex University.