French Language Assistant
Abingdon School
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Allowance of circa £1127 per month
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 16 August 2021
Job overview
Abingdon School is an outstanding independent school for boys aged 11 to 18 conveniently situated in a beautiful area near Oxford, UK. The Modern Languages department wishes to appoint an enthusiastic, well-organised and engaging fluent French Language Assistant to teach motivated Fifth and Sixth formers for the academic year 2021/2022, from the 1st of September 2021 to the 8th of July 2022.
The successful candidate will work to develop pupils’ spoken French skills and appreciation of Francophone cultures, as well as playing an integral role in their preparation for public examinations. The French department follows the Cambridge IGCSE and Pre-U syllabi. The person appointed will demonstrate genuine enthusiasm for the subject, will strive to inspire and motivate our pupils, and play an important role in promoting French across the School.
This post is term time only (34 weeks). Term time is defined as the published school calendar dates. You will also be required for staff training on INSET days prior to the start of term. Assistants teach 18 hours per week and are expected to be in school before 9am until 5pm each day for preparation, teaching and other tasks as set by the Head of French. We offer an attractive employment package which includes accommodation (if required) as well as training.
Please see the job description for full details and for instructions on how to apply.
Closing date: Monday 16 August 2021 (midday)
Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
Abingdon is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
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About Abingdon School
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A level 2023 - 90% grade A* to B
GCSE 2023 - 81% grade 9 to 7
Abingdon combines over 750 years of history and tradition with a modern outlook. It offers day and boarding with the senior school housing around 1070 students aged 11 to 18, of whom 360 are in the sixth form, and approximately 130 are boarders. There is also a preparatory school at Frilford, near Abingdon, for 215 students aged 4 - 13. The two establishments together form the Abingdon Foundation, an independent charity, governed according to a scheme approved by the Charity Commissioners. Full particulars can be found in the Independent Schools Year Book.
The School stands in beautiful grounds close to the centre of Abingdon, six miles south of Oxford. Day students are drawn from a region that includes the University and City of Oxford, a number of large scientific establishments such as those at Harwell and Culham, and a wide area of the Upper Thames Valley and the Berkshire Downs. A wider region supplies weekly boarders, and there is a thriving international community of full boarders.
Students are selected for entry by examination, and the curriculum is geared towards the academic pupil. The expectation is that the vast majority of students who enter the school proceed to university, with a significant number winning places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
The School has developed considerably over the last half-century, and has benefitted from a major building programme, including a new arts centre and a multi-million pound sports centre. Recent additions include a superb science centre housing 21 teaching labs and a new sixth form centre, a library and art facilities which opened in 2018. Autumn 2020 saw the Computer Science and Business & Economics departments move into a purpose built new three-story building. New and refurbished boarding facilities as well as a flexible new dining pavilion were completed in Autumn 2023.
The strength of the teaching staff is seen as the key to Abingdon’s continuing success. The Head seeks recruits of the highest possible standard, with a powerful professional vision and who are prepared to exert themselves wholeheartedly for the benefit of their pupils and the School.
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