Art Teacher
Magdalen College School
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 5 May 2016
Job overview
Magdalen College School is located in the heart of Oxford on the banks of the Cherwell and is one of the country's leading and most historic day schools. It was founded by William of Waynflete in 1480.
The school seeks to appoint a well-qualified Teacher of Art to provide cover for a period of staff leave. The exact date is not yet determined, but the post will become available no earlier than September 2016. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will teach in the region of 20 periods per week over four days (0.65 of a timetable).
Completed Teaching Staff application form, cv and covering letter, should be sent by email to the Master, Dr T.R.Hands (master@mcsoxford.org) by midday Friday 6th May 2016.
Early applications are encouraged as candidates may be invited for interview at any time. The school reserves the right to appoint before the closing date.
Further details of the position, plus Teaching Staff Application Form, can be found on the Job Vacancy link of the website.
MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS 7 - 18 AND SIXTH FORM GIRLS
www.mcsoxford.org
Oxford OX4 1DZ
Telephone 01865 242191
About Magdalen College School
MCS has a rich and distinctive history. The school was founded in 1480 by William Waynflete who believed in education as a facilitator of social mobility, and as such wanted to found a school of an entirely new kind. MCS quickly flourished as a school which firmly connected school education with a newly emerging university education and it soon became one of the country’s leading schools.
Today MCS provides a first-class education for boys aged 7-18 and sixth form girls. The school is small enough to develop every young person’s character and talents, yet large enough to provide a wide range of subjects and activities. MCS encourages a respect for learning whilst developing in every pupil a close interest in a wide range of extra-curricular interests.
MCS pupils enjoy a stimulating curriculum which is designed both to provide academic stretch and challenge, and to equip pupils with the skills for success beyond school.
In the early years, the emphasis is on exposing pupils to a wide range of subjects in order to discover their interests and talents. Pupils are put in sets by ability in French at 11 and in Mathematics at 12, no other subjects are set. There is an additional intake of pupils from prep and maintained schools at 13 and it is at this stage that boys make their first subject choices. Almost all pupils take ten (I)GCSEs, an increasing number of which are now reformed 9-1 (I)GCSEs.
Although MCS consistently secures outstanding public examination results, the real priority in the Sixth Form is on teaching beyond the syllabus, and the formation of habits of mind for life. In the Lower Sixth all pupils study at least four subjects, research and write their Waynflete Project (a 5000 word essay on a subject of their choice), undertake a community service or CCF placement, and participate in Games. From September 2017 all A Level (or Pre-U) courses will be linear; MCS pupils will no longer sit AS Levels. In the Upper Sixth, between one third and one half of Sixth Formers gain four or more A Levels, and there is a programme of lectures from visiting speakers, as well as UCAS applications and Games.
The School was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2017 and was recognised as “excellent” in both of the assessed outcomes: “Quality of Pupil Achievement” and “Quality of Pupil Personal Development”.
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