Chinese Oral Assistant

Notting Hill & Ealing High School, one of London’s leading independent girls’ day schools, has an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to support this thriving and popular department. The successful candidate will teach Chinese conversation classes to GCSE and A-Level students.

The vacancy provides the opportunity for an individual with an interest in the Chinese language and culture to share this with motivated, high-achieving students.

If you are a good communicator who can enthuse and inspire about the subject of Chinese, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Chinese at NHEHS

Chinese is a vibrant and thriving subject within the MFL department of NHEHS. Since the introduction of Mandarin in 2007, its popularity has grown hugely, and the department achieves exceptional results. From September 2017, the NHEHS world language pathway has enabled all pupils to learn Mandarin from Year 1. 

The skills and confidence pupils develop through learning Mandarin gives them a flying start in their choices at the start of Year 8. Girls and their parents recognise the importance of Mandarin but perhaps more importantly,

learners find it a fascinating and engaging intellectual challenge as well as a doorway to its vibrant culture. Our students sit the Edexcel GCSE and Cambridge Pre-U.

The department currently has two full-time teachers and one part-time teacher. The team works collaboratively to provide a curriculum which provides both fun and challenge. There are also opportunities for students to gain an in-depth understanding of Chinese culture using clubs, trips and exchange visits to Beijing No. 80 School with which we have a link in China.

Teaching at NHEHS

“Teaching here is all about being able to have in-depth conversations with students about your subject and helping to enthuse them with the same passion as you have. Teaching at NHEHS is exactly what I imagined teaching would be like when I got my first teaching job; it’s what teaching should be!”

- Head of Department

About the School

NHEHS is a leading academic day school. Our girls are ambitious, bright, enthusiastic and eager to learn and we offer a warm and supportive community. We occupy a site in suburban, leafy, west Ealing with excellent transport links. As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Membership of Teaching Staff Pension Scheme
• Access to the GDST central training and development programme
• Season Ticket Loans: Interest free loans for travel are available to staff to enable them to buy annual
• season tickets
• Lunches: free lunches are provided to all staff during term time

Further information about this position and how to apply is available by clicking the apply button or by emailing recruitment@nhehs.gdst.net

Closing date: Wednesday 5th June (12pm) but early applications are welcomed.

Interviews will take place on Monday 10th June.

NHEHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.

Applications will be considered only from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK.