Curriculum Leader in Spanish

We are seeking to appoint a Curriculum Leader for Spanish to cover a maternity leave in a successful and thriving department. This must be an outstanding and experienced classroom practitioner with leadership aspirations and seeking to grow professionally in this role.

Applicants must have a demonstrable enthusiasm for language teaching and must be able to show that their commitment can contribute to the innovation of pedagogy in this flourishing Modern Foreign Language department. The study of language is compulsory for all students up to GCSE and many students opt for Language at A Level. Many students study two languages at Key Stage 3.

The Modern Foreign Language team is innovative team of consistently outstanding teachers.

The successful candidate must have exceptional curriculum knowledge not only of the language (which must be fluent) but also of the subject topics, content and assessment at all Key Stages. up to A-Level. To be able to teach French at Key Stage 3 would be an advantage.

“This year 90% of our students gained 5 A*-C grades, and 70% achieved the benchmark 5 A*-C including English and Maths”

St Bonaventure’s is an outstanding popular provider of education within the London Borough of Newham. With a long and distinguished history of educating boys’, aged 11-18, in the East End of London, St Bons is recognised by the DfE as a ‘high performing’ Catholic school. The school is founded under Franciscan principles, with a large and exciting culturally and religiously diverse co-educational sixth form.

Rated as outstanding in all of our last 3 Ofsted and Diocesan reports we believe that our students have an entitlement to the very best education, with high expectations for all in our community. Results have shown significant improvement each year, we nurture talent and ensure that every boy achieves their full potential; we stand in the top 5% for value added.

We Offer:

• An opportunity to be part of an enthusiastic, inspired and motivated team where staff genuinely feel valued
• A strong commitment to your professional development and career management with CPD courses offered throughout the Local Authority and Diocese
• A relocation package for the right applicant
• A school with ‘outstanding teaching and learning’ where all our staff and the wider community feel privileged to be associated with
• A curriculum where personalised learning is at the heart

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 19th April 2017, 12 Noon

To apply please request an application pack from Benjamin Evans at stbons@hays.com, or you can contact Ben on 020 7259 8770. Your application is a direct permanent application to St Bons, Hays is our recruitment partner and manages our permanent appointments.

Please also visit www.stbons.org and www.hays.co.uk/jobs/stbons for more information.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share the commitment. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check. Hays is the recruitment partner for permanent vacancies at the school.