Head of Modern Foreign Languages
Gunnersbury Catholic School
Brentford
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS Plus TLR 1b, Outer London
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2020
- Apply by:
- 29 May 2020
Job overview
Gunnersbury Catholic School is seeking to appoint a highly talented and ambitious Head of MFL at our Outstanding School. This post provides the opportunity for an aspiring subject leader to receive the very best coaching, and experience in their leadership journey. As a department MFL has been integral to Gunnersbury year on year achieving extraordinary outcomes for our students. An environment as ours, can enable you to become the very best Head of MFL and a highly successful leader.
The Role
Our leaders are central to Gunnersbury’s success. Our leaders are central to Gunnersbury’s success. Through their oversight of superb teaching, outstanding achievement is enabled for all. The Head of MFL is key to Gunnersbury’s provision of excellent teaching and achievement within MFL. The new postholder shall seek to further the learning experience and outcomes of our students. Further to examination success, the department keenly seeks to establish a love of MFL within our students.
The Person
Above all else we seek to appoint a superb teacher with a real passion for MFL, who is committed to the success of their students and the talent to be an exceptional leader within the school. Previous leadership experience, whilst helpful, is not as important as potential, dynamism, determination and resolve. We seek an outstanding teacher with the insight and capability to lead and inspire students and staff alike. Our excellent school and MFL department will provide the experience, training and guidance to enable this ambition to be fulfilled. Applications are welcome from individuals of all religions who will support the Catholic ethos of the school.
The School
Year on year Gunnersbury Catholic School has developed our staff to become fantastic teachers and leaders. In doing so, from one year to the next, we have enabled unparalleled success for our students. Our school is:
- A Catholic community where care for each other, student ambition, pupil motivation and behaviour are exemplary
- Committed to providing quality support, guidance and coaching to develop our staff so that they may progress to the highest levels as teachers and leaders
- One of the top Boys’ Comprehensive Schools in the country for GCSE achievement (DfE performance table 2019)
- An environment that enables achievement of the highest order 88% 5 GCSEs at 9-4 including English and Maths in 2019, Progress 8 score of +0.6
- Determined by the Fischer Family Trust as being amongst the top 5% of schools for GCSE achievement
- Determined ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (2009)
- A workplace where staff are a friendly, welcoming and helpful team
Applicant packs and application forms are to be found on this (TES) page or may be downloaded from our website www.gunnersbury.com
Completed applications should be posted or emailed to the headteacher’s PA – email: welcome@gunnersbury.hounslow.sch.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday, 29th May 2020 at 10am
Gunnersbury Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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About Gunnersbury Catholic School
- Gunnersbury Catholic School
- The Ride, Boston Manor Road, Brentford
- London
- TW8 9LB
- United Kingdom
Gunnersbury is a Voluntary Aided School for Catholic boys. It takes six forms of entry at 11+ and is administered by a Board of Governors acting under the trusteeship of the Archdiocese of Westminster. The annual intake is 184 pupils and the total number of pupils on roll is 1180, including a Sixth Form of 224 boys and 48 girls. We achieved outstanding in all categories of our latest Ofsted Inspection in January 2023. The school regularly achieves excellent examination results. In 2022 95% of year 11 pupils gained at least five GCSEs at A*- C (9-4), including English and Maths. Our ‘Progress 8’ score for this cohort was +0.8. As such we are ranked the leading Boys’ Comprehensive School for GCSE achievement in the country(DfE Performance Tables 2022). Similarly we achieve excellent results at A- level. Our latest Ofsted (2023) determined our provision to be outstanding.
The school was founded in 1919 by Fr William Roche, became a Voluntary Aided Grammar School in 1932, took its first comprehensive intake in 1972, became Grant Maintained in April 1993 and returned to Voluntary Aided in September 1999. It has been designated a Specialist School in September 2003. Since then we have been awarded a further specialism, Leading Edge, whilst also achieving High Performance Specialist Status.
Although located in the London Borough of Hounslow, Gunnersbury considers itself a Diocesan School and draws from a wide catchment area consisting mainly of the London Boroughs of Hounslow, Ealing and Richmond, but some pupils attend from even further afield coming from Central London, Brent, Hillingdon, Spelthorne and Harrow.
The Catholic character of the school is an essential and important part of school life. It is made explicit not just in the religious education programme and shared values but in the liturgical life of the school. There is a voluntary mass on Fridays and important feast days together with family liturgies, a retreat programme and Morning Prayer in Advent and Lent. The School Chapel is set-aside as a quiet area for prayer and liturgy.
The school is led by a Headteacher supported by three Deputy Heads within a senior staff of 7. Each member of the Senior Leadership Team is responsible for a distinct pastoral, academic, administrative and policy area of the school. Departments are subject based. The school has a well-developed system of pastoral care, overseen by a Year Head and Form Tutor. High standards of behaviour and dress are expected and the pastoral system aims to promote the development of self-discipline and consideration for others. The School Council meets regularly chaired by a member of the Sixth Form.
Gunnersbury is always over-subscribed with first choice applications from Catholic pupils. Our mission is to continue to provide these pupils with the very best Catholic education for their lives ahead.
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