Subject Leader - Spanish

Part-time, approx 0.9 FTE (Full time opportunity available for the right candidate)

Northampton High School are seeking a passionate and well-qualified individual to join their highly successful languages team as a Subject Leader of Spanish. 

You will teach Spanish from KS3 to A Level, delivering lessons which are challenging and thought-provoking with a strong emphasis on creativity and collaboration. You will also be responsible for leading academic and extracurricular activities, which will involve close liaison with the Head of the Languages faculty. This will include planning and reviewing the Spanish curriculum throughout the school.

You will be passionate about teaching, possess excellent curriculum and subject knowledge and have exciting ideas about MFL teaching and the ways in which Spanish can be further developed and encouraged across the whole school.

The ability to teach other subjects such as French, German, Latin and Classical Civilisation would be beneficial, particularly one or both of French/German to at least GCSE.  

About the School:

Northampton High School, part of the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST), is one of the oldest girls’ schools in the country, with a tradition of pioneering in girls’ education going back to its foundation in 1878. 

Our school is situated in Hardingstone, just outside the town of Northampton, in a leafy site with extensive playing fields and spacious buildings that were purpose built when the school moved from the town centre in 1992. The transport links are excellent, with easy access from the M1 and Northampton rail station a short taxi ride away. The school is a popular choice in the local vicinity and girls also join us from areas further afield, such as Milton Keynes, Warwickshire and Bedfordshire.  

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Membership of the GDST flexible pension scheme (18% employer contribution and flexibility to generate a pay top-up of up to 10% of pensionable salary in lieu of pension)
• 36-week school year (including INSET days) across 3 terms with a two-week half term break in the Autumn
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Free life assurance benefit
• An employee assistance programme via Health Assured, offering free 24 hour counselling, wellbeing support and advice services
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
• Free lunches for all staff during term time (equivalent to at least £740 per year)
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Good transport links and free parking
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Applications should be submitted by midday on Friday 9th December 2022 at the latest; however, applications may be considered in advance of the deadline. 

Interviews will be held week commencing 12th December 2022.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

Northampton High School and the GDST (Registered Charity No. 306983) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including online searches and checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.