Head of English (Secondary)

Globeducate is amongst the 5 most important educational groups in the world. Globeducate owns more than 50 schools worldwide, situated throughout Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Andorra, India, Portugal, Canada and Qatar, and has more than 40 years’ experience in the education sector.

O Castro British School is a happy, inclusive and successful school in Vigo, Spain with over 800 students in Primary and Secondary. We follow the National Curriculum for England and the Cambridge International Curriculum for KS3 in English, Maths and Science and IGCSE and A Levels.

O Castro British School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and skilled Secondary English teacher with qualified teacher status to teach through Secondary (up to A Level) and lead our fantastic English teaching team as Head of Department.  You would join our fantastic team in September 2020. 

If you meet these criteria, are enthusiastic about teaching and learning and have the drive and passion to get the most from our students then we will welcome your application.

The Head of Department will be responsible for: 

• Providing strategic leadership so that colleagues are aware of, and can act upon both national developments and developments within the subject within the school. 

• Consulting with senior and departmental colleagues to ensure that developments are consistent with the school’s broader aims and policies and are in the best interests of the students. 

• Ensuring that the core values of the school are fully expressed by the department. 

• Ensuring that school policies are implemented within the department. 

• Ensuring that departmental evaluation is effective both in terms of staff performance and the academic standards reached. 

• Producing Departmental Improvement (Development) Plans to address the identified priorities. 

• Setting appropriate, but challenging, targets for the department as a whole and individual targets for those who work within it. 

• Managing the department and its resources, including the deployment of all staff, the appropriate delegation of tasks and the effective use of all finances. 

• Ensuring that effective tracking of students’ progress is in place throughout all Key Stages; through accurate identification, any underperformance is supported by intervention programmes whose impact are closely monitored. 

• Ensuring that staff are properly appraised (within the timescales given) through the agreed performance management systems and that appropriate training is provided to meet identified needs. This includes the accurate, and continuous evaluation of staff performance, and when (if) necessary, following the capability procedure. 

• Ensuring that staff have the opportunity for professional development.

• Assisting in the appointment of staff as required. 

• Ensuring the department is fully represented and well prepared at any evening functions required (e.g. transition evenings) 

• Ensuring that regular and appropriate homework contributes to learning. 

• Ensuring that live and engaging Schemes of Work are in place.

The Head of Department will be accountable for: 

• The standards (this includes the attainment outcomes, and progress outcomes) reached by all students throughout each Key Stage. 

• The standard/quality of teaching and learning throughout the department. 

• The effective and appropriate use of resources.

The Head of Department will be expected to:

• Contribute to the collective ethos of the school by requiring high professional standards from colleagues and appropriate behaviour from students. 

• Contribute to the development of the school as a whole. 

• Ensure the learning environment in the department is of a high quality, and is tidy and safe.  

• Help maintain a calm and purposeful atmosphere around the school, in and out of classrooms, especially within his/her subject area(s). 

• Attend all relevant meetings appropriate to their role, as specified by the school. 

• Carry out, following consultation, any other reasonable task determined by the Headteacher. 

All staff at O Castro International School are expected to: 

• Contribute to the collective ethos of the school by requiring high professional standards from colleagues and appropriate behaviour from students. 

• Contribute to the development of the school as a whole. 

• Ensure the learning environment in the department is of a high quality, and is tidy and safe.  

• Help maintain a calm and purposeful atmosphere around the school, in and out of classrooms, especially within his/her subject area(s). 

• Attend all relevant meetings appropriate to their role, as specified by the school. 

• Carry out, following consultation, any other reasonable task determined by the Headteacher. 

The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required by the Headteacher to carry out appropriate duties within the context of the job, skills and grade. 

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

We can offer:

• Engaged, lively and creative learners who take pride in their school.

• A commitment to quality CPD.

• A strong, forward thinking, collegiate leadership team.

• Highly motivated, supportive and committed colleagues.

• An exceptional learning environment where all pupils can flourish.

• An engaged and supportive governing body.

• A relocation package of 300 Euros plus 200 Euros for flight. 

• We also offer free Spanish classes and free lunch and snacks.

Successful applicants will be selected for interview via Skype. 

Our school is committed to the safeguarding of children and promoting child welfare. The appointment will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. 

Please submit your application:

 CV with photo.

 Letter of application.

 2 referees.

We will review applications as we receive them.

• For more information about  Globeducate please visit: Globeducate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbNpl1J1akc&feature=youtu.be)
• For more information about our school please visit: O Castro British School  (https://www.ocastrobritishschool.com/).