Teacher of MFL (0.6 FTE)
Samuel Ward Academy
Suffolk
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPR
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 18 April 2018
Job overview
Required from September 2018, we are looking for an exceptional candidate to join our excellent languages team.
Languages are central to our curriculum. We currently offer French and German at A level and French, German and Spanish at GCSE. Nearly all pupils take a language at KS4 and outcomes are excellent. At KS3, all pupils study French and some study Spanish or German.
You will be innovative, creative and enthusiastic with a determination to achieve the highest outcomes, have an incisive understanding of teaching and learning and the ability to reflect and challenge.
Samuel Ward Academy aims to be the inspiration for the individuals within its community. The willingness to take risks, to be innovative and creative are the attributes we wish to develop in everyone. We have a strong set of values and we care. Teaching and Learning is at the heart of all we do and permeates our culture.
We are part of the Samuel Ward Multi Academy Trust with other secondary, primary and a Special Free School and have a strong history of effective staff development and training.
We are located 20 miles from Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds.
Roll: 1,320 (including sixth form
Application packs are available from Marian Merch-Chammon on (01440) 760333, email: mmerch-chammon@samuelward.co.uk or from our website: www.samuelward.co.uk
Closing date: 19 April 2018.
Interview date: 26 April 2018.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all successful candidates will be expected to have a DBS and other relevant employment checks. We are a smoke free site.
About Samuel Ward Academy
Samuel Ward Academy is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in Suffolk, serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school, situated in Haverhill has approximately 1,182 students on record. The Unity Schools Partnership Multi-Academy Trust has a partnership with schools across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Havering.
Formerly Samuel Ward Arts and Technology College, Samuel Ward Academy converted to academy status in 2010. It was identified as good by Ofsted in its most recent inspection in 2022.
Headteacher
Andy Hunter
Values and vision
Samuel Ward Academy’s vision is to inspire student’s love for learning and build their confidence and responsibility as independent learners, who achieve to the highest of their abilities. The Suffolk secondary school nurtures supportive relationships and wants students to feel valued during their time learning. New students are allocated a learning coach and teamed with a small group of peers, enabling for them to settle into the new environment and develop new friendships. Mutual respect and supportive relationships are fostered at the school, with success celebrated. The school has the core values of compassion, hope, justice, respect, wisdom, courage, resilience, integrity and responsibility. Samuel Ward Academy encourages students to participate in enrichment activities to broaden their opportunities and practice skills in leadership and teamwork. These range from the Duke of Edinburgh Award to drama club.
Ofsted
“Students’ achievement is outstanding. They make excellent progress during their time at the academy, particularly in English and mathematics. The quality of teaching is outstanding. It is consistently at least good and often outstanding, and this results in students making rapid progress in lessons, particularly in the main academy”.
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