Teacher of MFL (Spanish with French)
President Kennedy School
Coventry
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS (TLR negotiable for suitably experienced candidate)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 12 April 2020
Job overview
This is an exciting time to join The Futures Trust and President Kennedy School. The Trust is passionate about building brighter futures for the young people who attend its schools, and is a rapidly growing and successful Multi Academy Trust driven by a set of compelling values:
1. Learners First – teachers and leaders totally focused upon the educational benefit of our students
2. It’s about learning – students, teachers and leaders focused upon developing and improving their learning
3. No Barriers – no excuses, only support to ensure students, teachers and leaders maximise their achievement
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding MFL teacher to join our team of MFL specialists in our brand new school building.
As a qualified MFL teacher, you will possess a passion for raising achievement in your subject and an aptitude for overcoming barriers to learning. Dynamic and creative, you will be an excellent team player and able to further develop MFL provision across the school.
Staff at President Kennedy School are supported by experienced senior teachers who commit generously of their time to train and develop colleagues. The school offers focused CPDL for all staff based on their future aspirations, and has a proven track record of developing excellent teachers and leaders. President Kennedy School has recently been awarded ‘Teaching School’ status which provides further opportunities for collaboration and CPDL with other secondary schools within the Teaching School Alliance.
At President Kennedy School, everything we do is focused on Building Brighter Futures for our students, our staff and our community. We are an outstanding school with excellent examination results year after year. In 2019 almost every single student (99%) secured at least 1 GCSE and 63% of students achieved 5 GCSEs graded 4 – 9 (or equivalent) including English and Maths. Additionally 14% of students achieved 7+ in 5 or more of their GCSE subjects.
Our school was judged outstanding in all areas by Ofsted and awarded World Class Schools status in 2017 and re-accredited in 2019. The school is heavily oversubscribed and moved into a brand new building in 2017.
What makes us a good employer?
The Trust recognises that people's needs will change throughout their working lives and is committed to developing and delivering working practices and policies that are responsive to this. In addition to opportunities for professional development the Trust offers attractive reward and benefits packages including competitive rates of pay, access to the Teacher’s Pension Scheme, online discount at retail, travel, theme park and other leisure providers, policies to support family and carer commitments, Occupational Health services and career pathways across the Trust.
Closing date: 9am Monday 13th April 2020. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier.
For more information, and to request an application pack including job description and person specification, please contact Paul Hunt at Hays Education
M: 07921583731
E: pks@hays.com
Please also see our recruitment site: https://microsites.hays.co.uk/jobs/president-kennedy-school/index.htm
President Kennedy School and The Futures Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates for all positions will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
About President Kennedy School
President Kennedy School is a mixed, non-denominational academy school and sixth form centre for students aged between 11 and 18 years old. It is based in Holbrook, Coventry and has about 1,800 students.
Founded in 1966, and originally considered to be named Holbrook High or Rookery Lane School, the school is so named after US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during approval stage.
Headteacher
Samantha Rooke
Values and vision
The President Kennedy School motto is “Building Brighter Futures”, and everything the school does is focused on doing just that for the students and community. The school has a “no barriers” ethos, meaning pupils of all different backgrounds and abilities are all encouraged to work hard to achieve the highest goals they can set themselves.
The school's core values centre around the students and learning coming first, and no barriers to achievement. It endeavours to achieve its aims by encouraging a caring, fair and professional environment where each and every student is equally valued, and a high level of academic achievement where students respect each other and take pride in themselves and the school.
Ofsted
“Behaviour is outstanding. Students are typically polite, well-motivated and considerate towards each other. They respond very well to requests and instructions from teachers and can quickly and responsibly work in pairs or groups.”
“The school has an exceptional commitment to equality of opportunity. Real efforts are made to ensure that no student experiences any barrier to their learning.”
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