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French Language Assistant

French Language Assistant

Pimlico Academy

Westminster

  • £8,923 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Part Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
1st September 2022
Apply by:
13 June 2022

Job overview

Pimlico Academy is one of London’s most improving and innovative schools. It provides an immensely exciting educational environment, and we are looking for people of outstanding imagination, intellect and passion to join us as we aim to develop excellence in our own pupils and forge new directions in education.

THE ROLE

As a Language Assistant at Pimlico Academy, your responsibilities will include:

  • Providing in-class support to French lessons to motivate, encourage and provide constructive feedback to students
  • Carrying out one-to-one or small group sessions when appropriate for KS3, 4 and 5
  • Keeping track of student progress at KS4 and 5
  • Insisting on high standards of work, behaviour, attendance and punctuality from students
  • Preparing resources to support the Languages Department
  • Liaising with staff to ensure effective information sharing
  • Helping to devise material for conversation class if requested, including making recordings that can be used as an example of native-speaker speech
  • Liaising with external agencies when appropriate for enrichment activities
  • Keeping on top of the requirements of the French GCSE and A-level exam boards
  • Running intervention sessions when required to support pupil progress
  • Reporting to the line manager on students’ progress
  • Running extra-curricular clubs and classes that contribute to students’ aspirations and achievement

The successful candidate should expect additional tasks and responsibilities if the line manager feels this is necessary to help meet the needs of targeted students. 

WHO YOU ARE

As the successful applicant, you will:

  • Be a fluent speaker of French with an excellent command of English and of the French language (oral and written)
  • Have effective behaviour management and motivational skills to ensure pupils fulfil their potential for learning
  • Be able to work flexibly, both independently and as a member of a team
  • Have organisational skills to work efficiently and accurately under pressure, meet deadlines, and keep effective pupil records
  • Have a proven good standard of teaching/coaching skills or demonstrable potential to attain high teaching standards
  • Have demonstrable knowledge of the AQA GCSE French specification 
  • Have a commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people

WHO WE ARE

Pimlico Academy is an outstanding state-funded secondary school based in the heart of Westminster and Future Academies’ flagship secondary. 

Future Academies is a Multi-Academy Trust which includes three primary schools and seven secondary schools in and around London and Hertfordshire. We are motivated by a mission of social change and reducing educational inequality. We are unique in our approach to a knowledge-rich curriculum – our school motto is Libertas per cultum (Freedom through education) – and in our strong emphasis on raising young people’s aspirations and outcomes through the teaching of classical and traditional subjects. Our children and young people study a bespoke curriculum developed by researchers at our Curriculum Centre, which places a focus on developing their cultural literacy and their awareness of the forces, words and events that have shaped our society today.

HOW TO APPLY

If you are interested in applying for the post of Language Assistant at Pimlico Academy, please click on the Apply button to complete an online application form.

Closing date: Monday 13th June 2022.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Future Academies reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date.

Pimlico Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, both an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Barred List check are required for this role. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

About Pimlico Academy

Pimlico Academy is a mixed ability non-fee paying school for 11-19 year olds. The academy opened in September 2008 and is sponsored by Future Academies. The academy became an all-through school, 3 to 19, from September 2013 when the first Reception class started at our on-site primary school, Pimlico Primary.

The academy has improved rapidly since taking over from the predecessor school and was judged good by Ofsted in December 2021. The percentage of students achieving 5 GCSE 9 -4 grades with Maths and English has improved from 36% to 69%. 90% of students achieved A*-C at A Level in 2016.

The distinguishing factor at Pimlico is our determination to provide pupils with the same standard of education that is on offer at the best independent schools and to ensure all pupils leave the academy as culturally literate young adults. The academy’s sponsor has established The Curriculum Centre to develop and implement a knowledge-based curriculum. We have an excellent Raising Aspirations programme, extensive extra-curricular provision, academic intervention tutors and a wide array of support to enable students to reach their potential.

We employ only very well-qualified staff who are committed to knowledge-rich education and embody a determination to ensure every pupil at Pimlico is hardworking, articulate, literate, ambitious, independent, confident, courteous and compassionate.

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