Head of German
Whitgift School
Croydon
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
Job overview
An inspirational and academically outstanding colleague, with well-honed management and classroom skills, is required for April/ September 2017 to lead our German Department with creativity, dynamism, vigour and rigour. German is taught from Year 7 on an equal footing with Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Latin and French. Around half the cohort will begin with German and three or four sets will continue to IGCSE. We currently prepare pupils for the Edexcel IGCSE, the Pre-U and the IB with extremely healthy numbers throughout (our German Sixth Form cohort is currently 36). The top set in each year group is taught using CLIL methods giving us substantial scope for cross-curricular involvement, and an exciting range of trips and exchanges complements pupils’ learning. The successful candidate will be flexible, innovative, collegiate and able to assist with Oxbridge preparation. A willingness to contribute to co-curricular activities would be expected.
Salary is on the Whitgift Foundation scale (substantially above national scale).
For further information and an online application form, please visit www.whitgift.co.uk/vacancies. For any queries, please telephone 020 8688 9222 or e-mail SchoolHR@whitgift.co.uk.
Applications will be assessed in order of receipt and interviews may occur at any stage after applications are received. Please apply as soon as possible.
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About Whitgift School
Whitgift is an outstanding independent day and boarding school for boys aged 10 to 18. Successive inspections have ranked Whitgift amongst Britain's finest schools. Whitgift is one of Britain’s leading independent day and boarding schools, based in 45-acres of beautiful parkland in Surrey.
Whitgift is an exceptionally innovative and dynamic school, enhancing the opportunities available to our 1550 students. A Whitgift education is a unique and exceptionally tailor-made, offering a variety of pathways to qualifications which include A Level and the IB. Exchanges, visits and scholarship programmes are in place with more than 25 countries worldwide. Whitgift is regularly ranked amongst the country’s top schools for achievement; new records are regularly set.
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