Head of Modern Foreign Languages
Colyton Grammar School
Colyton
- £38,690 - £41,604 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR1A
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 20 January 2022
Job overview
Required for September 2022, a well-qualified, enthusiastic and dedicated teacher of languages to lead our highly successful Modern Foreign Languages department. We are a regional leader in the teaching of languages, delivering French, German, Spanish and Mandarin.
Colyton Grammar School is a welcoming, friendly and inclusive high performing school for able children. We share a clear vision for improving our children’s life chances through providing equality of opportunity, an engaging and purposeful curriculum and high-quality teaching and learning. Our goal is to provide outstanding education and life changing opportunities for all our children. We want to be recognised for supporting the well-being and academic excellence necessary to be a success in education, employment and life.
The successful candidate will work collaboratively within our team in a well-established MFL department delivering and further developing the curriculum. You will have a natural flair for delivering creative and vibrant lessons that enthuse and motivate all students to want to learn and achieve. You will need have excellent communication skills and work collaboratively with the Headteacher, SLT team and your department.
It is central to our vision that people enjoy their time with us, and we do everything that we can to ensure that a positive school environment promotes the development of staff and students alike. Colyton Grammar School at teaching school hub and is at the forefront of staff development across the region. As such the school is committed to your professional development. You will have ongoing support from the senior leadership team, and you will be given the opportunity to attend appropriate training and development. You will be given support, to improve the provision of MFL subjects across the school, along with the support of a dedicated senior leadership member to ensure you are able to focus on delivering outstanding teaching and learning. You will also be supported by subject specialists for the delivery of MFL subjects (French, German, Spanish and Mandarin).
We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Colyton Grammar School
'The quality of education provided at the school is exceptional' - Ofsted 2020
Colyton Grammar School is a state funded academy with a mixed, selective grammar school intake - 954 on roll including Sixth Form.
Colyton Grammar has one of the finest academic records in the country and features regularly in the top group of schools in the national performance tables.
Parents and students tell us that what they most value is the happy and supportive environment. We strive to ensure that all students have the best possible chance of fulfilling their personal and academic potential.
The school culture is one in which achievement in all activities is valued and celebrated. Our expectations for personal achievement and behaviour are very high and there is a genuine sense of partnership between all members of the school community, which fosters a purposeful but friendly ethos promoting values of respect, consideration and co-operation.
As a school specialising in the relatively able, we are committed to academic excellence in all areas of the curriculum. The quality of teaching is exceptionally high and the Value Added measures for student progress are amongst the best in England.
Recognition of the school’s work is reflected in a succession of exceptional Ofsted Reports. The school has been designated by Ofsted as a ‘Best of the Best School’, being one of the very few schools in England to have been named as ‘outstandingly successful’ in three Annual Reports of the Chief Inspectors of Schools. The school is a Specialist Science College, Leading Edge and Leadership Partner School.
The school is exceptionally attractive and there is a continuous programme of development.
Neither the printed word nor ‘word of mouth’ can replace the first-hand experience of this well-ordered but stimulating community.
Colyton Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to equal opportunities and are only interested in your ability to do the job - please complete the Equal Opportunities Recruitment Questionnaire to help us monitor the effectiveness of our equal opportunities policy. The information you provide on this questionnaire is NOT available to those involved in the selection process.
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