Teacher of Spanish
Taunton School
Taunton
- Expired
- Salary:
- Comparable to the national pay spine for qualified teachers
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- Start of summer term
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2018
Job overview
Job Reference No: 17-18047
Salary: Comparable to the national pay spine for qualified teachers
Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 7th February 2018
Taunton School is over 170 years old and is an Independent School for approximately 1000 boys and girls aged 0-18 years, with circa 300 boarders. We aim to challenge, inspire and nurture young people to succeed in a global community.
We are seeking to appoint a talented Part Time Teacher of Spanish for the summer term to teach up to A Level. It is essential that applicants for this role have A Level experience. The role will start with teaching 15 periods per week for the first 6 weeks and will reduce to 11 periods of teaching per week thereafter.
Application details:
Further details are available at www.tauntonschool.co.uk/job-vacancies/. Please complete and submit a Taunton School application form and equal opportunities monitoring form accompanied with a covering letter to tsrecruit@tauntonschool.co.uk. Alternatively, applications can be posted to the HR Department at the main School address. Please note CVs alone will not be accepted.
Closing date for receipt of applications is midnight on Wednesday 7th February 2018.
Taunton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The offer of employment will be subject to a number of pre-employment checks including ID and Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory references and a successful enhanced DBS check.
Taunton School is an equal opportunities employer and sets out to be caring and reasonable in its approach to all staff; it values its staff and has been accredited with the Investors in People gold standard.
About Taunton School
Welcome
Founded in 1847, we are an innovative, forward thinking co-educational, non-selective independent school set in a beautiful 56-acre campus in Somerset.
Our purpose is to enable each child to embrace their individuality, explore their passions and develop into confident, well-rounded adults ready to make a positive impact on the world.
Our school rests on four key pillars: a culture of ambition, a mindset for life, a sense of belonging and a global community. Three key values are espoused by all students and staff: humility, engagement and kindness. Our community is aspirational yet unpretentious. We seek to develop quiet self-confidence in our pupils, with no hint of arrogance. We encourage all students to engage fully with the range of opportunities available to them and, above all, we ask them to look after one another.
Working at Taunton School
Taunton School is a large, exciting and diverse organisation. We employ over 600 staff in our school community, in a variety of teaching and support roles, many of whom work for us all year round.
We aspire to deliver exceptional every day, whilst creating a welcoming and supportive environment where individuals can thrive, find their exceptional, and be celebrated. Our 3 cornerstone values are Humility, Engagement and Kindness. We are also a Menopause Aware Employer.
We are ambitious for all and offer a working environment that is welcoming, and where you can thrive and feel a real sense of belonging.
It’s not just our students we take care of, so as well as the chance to work in an inspiring environment, with beautiful surroundings, we offer the following benefits to staff:
- Competitive Annual Leave entitlement
- Pension Schemes Teaching Staff and Support Staff
- Fee remission for Teaching staff
- Death in Service benefits (linked to pension)
- Simply Health (subsidised health plans)
- BUPA Everyday Rewards
- Marsh 24/7 Employee Assistance
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
- Paid Compassionate leave
- Discounted membership of the school's Gym
- Access to onsite subsidised refreshment in our state of the art dining facility
- Free parking
- Specsavers Eye-care scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Home & Tech scheme
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Learning and development opportunities
- Wellbeing resources
ISI report
Taunton School received exceptional feedback in most recent inspection report
Taunton School is celebrating after it has received exceptional feedback following an inspection by the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate in 2024.
The school has received praise in many areas, including the extraordinary breadth of academic pathways which inspectors stated is tailored to the needs, aspirations and interests of pupils, its truly global community in which pupils are proud to celebrate a range of cultures, and the preparation for students’ next steps which inspectors stated has a strong emphasis on independent living and leadership skills.
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