French Language Assistant

The role: The French Language Assistant will help prepare our boys for their public speaking exams and will be working with our Fifth Form (Year 11) and our Lower and Upper Sixth Form (Years 12 and 13). The Fifth Form speaking sessions take place during their timetabled French lessons throughout the week. The sessions with our Sixth Formers are organised in their free time. The most popular time slots for these sessions are Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, when the boys are engaged in sport but can make themselves available before or after, although sessions can be arranged during their free periods or on other days after or in between lessons, too. With boys in the Fifth Form, the French Language Assistant will encourage them to speak on a range of GCSE topics and help them with their oral presentation. Speaking sessions with the Sixth Form boys are centred around newspaper articles and other authentic material that boys need to summarise and discuss, to correspond with the A Level topics that the boys study. For more information please review the job description attached as a separate document to this advertisement.. 

The skills: This role will suit a candidate with experience of teaching French either in one to one or small groups of young people. You will have a good track record of success at preparing pupils for examinations, ideally having held a similar position within an educational establishment. Using your ability to build rapport with pupils along with your talent for instilling an enthusiasm for language learning, you will develop a culture of respect and a positive, enjoyable learning environment. 

The benefits include:

• Free parking.

• Automatic enrolment in the School’s pension scheme.

• Use of the School’s sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track.

• Subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs.

The environment: Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill, northwest London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 835 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses. The Modern Languages Department is a large and thriving department in a purpose-built building looking out over the city of London. We teach seven languages on the timetable (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish) and a further eight languages off the timetable: Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, Modern Greek, Hindi, Swedish, Polish, and Portuguese. There is a lively culture of societies and other activities.

Applications will be processed as they are received and interviews may take place before the closing date, so early application is recommended.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome everyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.

Harrow School is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to adhere to and ensure compliance with the School’s Safeguarding and Child Protection policies and procedures at all times.

In the event of a successful application, candidates will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to, reference checks with past employers, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (including Children’s Barred List information) and prohibition checks. No member of staff will be able to start until these checks are complete and this process takes, on average, a month. Please plan accordingly. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all convictions and cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered as “spent” under the Act) must be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. It is a criminal offence for any person who is barred from working with children to attempt to apply for a position at the Harrow School. Please refer to the School's Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policy for more details.