Maths and Physics Chairs
The Maths and Physics Chairs Programme
The Maths and Physics Chairs programme is a government supported initiative that seeks to increase the supply of maths and physics teachers with high-level subject expertise in non-selective state schools. The Chairs Programme was launched through Researchers in Schools in May 2014 and is supported by leading business sponsors. It works to recruit outstanding postdoctoral researchers to train and teach in non-selective state schools.
Programme Overview:
Maths and Physics Chairs specifically aims to recruit postdoctoral maths and physics trainees - known as Chairs -to train and teach from September 2016, where individuals work to inject their subject expertise into the schools they work with.- The long-term aim of the programme is to fuel the pipeline of 16-18 year olds progressing to study maths and science at A-level and then university and/or into employment in sectors requiring these skills.
- Beyond this, the programme also works to disseminate the subject knowledge, resources and expertise of Chairs to schools and pupils across the education sector
- Leading businesses sponsor individual Chairs through the programme, including contributing to their training costs and offering a significant salary uplift to attract the very best candidates.
- As well as building relationships with postdoctoral researchers, businesses that sponsor the programme will offer opportunities to the schools and pupils associated with the programme.
- Through this business sponsorship, each Chair commands a significant salary uplift.
RIS is the training provider of the Maths and Physics Chairs programme. Every candidate who secures a place as a maths or physics trainee on the RIS programme will automatically be eligible for the salary uplift and associated benefits. Candidates wanting to become a maths or physics chair must apply through the normal RIS application process.
In 2014, leading businesses sponsored individual Maths and Physics Chairs through their programme, including contributing to their training costs and offering a significant salary uplift. The sponsors for the 2014 cohort were:
