Head of French
St Albans High School for Girls
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Highly competitive plus excellent benefits package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 28 January 2021
Job overview
Permanent / Full-time
Required for September 2021
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-qualified, enthusiastic and collaborative Head of French to join our highly successful, forward thinking Modern Languages Department. The ideal candidate will demonstrate outstanding leadership potential and managerial skills to guide a successful subject to new levels of achievement, significantly increasing the profile of this subject amongst pupils, parents and the wider community.
This post will be suited to either an ambitious subject teacher aspiring to academic management or an experienced Head of Department who wishes to further enhance their career. The new post holder will teach across the age range, including Oxbridge entrants and imaginatively lead the subject’s enrichment and co-curricular provision. Teaching French to A-level plus one other language to ideally GCSE or A-level, this position would be ideally suited to a talented linguist and communicator.
Committed to achieving high standards in all areas of school life and modelling the schools core values of scholarship; keeping abreast of developments within their discipline; and challenge, support and inspire staff to be excellent teachers. The post holder will take on a from tutor role and contribute to extra-curricular activities of the department and school.
Our school is committed to developing and promoting our staff and have an excellent CPD and support programme and our inclusive community means that you will feel the warmth and exciting buzz of both staff and pupils as soon as you join us.
In return we offer:
• Continued Professional Development (CPD) opportunities
• An opportunity to join our warm, vibrant and ambitious independent day school set in the heart of St Albans, easily accessible to central and outer London
• Use of sports facilities, including gym*
• An extensive benefits package; free lunches, Teachers’ Pension Scheme, free life assurance
• Competitive salary
* Conditions apply
Details of the role and application process are available on the school’s website www.stahs.org.uk/vacancies
Closing date for applications is 9am Thursday 28 January 2021
Interviews to be held on Wednesday 10 February 2021
The High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No: 311065
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About St Albans High School for Girls
- St Albans High School for Girls
- Townsend Avenue, St. Albans
- Hertfordshire
- AL1 3SJ
- United Kingdom
We are very proud of our warm and vibrant community of ambitious young people, caring and talented staff and supportive alumni and parents.
St Albans High School (we call it STAHS) is one of the country's leading independent schools, offering a rich and diverse education to 1,150 pupils between the ages of four and 18. We are selective at all points of intake, and we are consistently ranked among the best independent schools in the UK.
Renowned for both exceptional academic provision and extensive co-curricular opportunities, STAHS pupils leave school as happy, confident and well-rounded young people ready to make their mark on the world.
STAHS has two sites, a few miles apart: the Prep School in leafy Wheathampstead and the Senior School in the historic city of St Albans, just 25 minutes from King's Cross/London St Pancras. STAHS is proud to be a truly 'through school', with the majority of Year 6 pupils joining the Senior School for Year 7 and beyond.
Our Senior School of around 830 pupils from Year 7 to Year 13 has a visible and audible buzz, bustling with difference; difference of opinions, difference of ambitions and difference of interests.
It is my privilege to lead a team of outstanding colleagues devoted to preparing the young people in our care to live lives of consequence, making a meaningful impact on the world. We work together in a warm and grounded spirit that is uniquely 'STAHS'. Please do see the Head’s Welcome on our website to find out why STAHS is such a special place.
Mrs Amber Waite, BSc Rutgers, MSc Oxon
Head
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