Head of Modern Foreign Languages - Prep School
Wellingborough School
Wellingborough, NN8 2BX
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 December 2017
Job overview
Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Prep School
Start date – ideally April 2018, can be negotiable
We are looking for an experienced and energetic teacher to lead our Prep School MFL department. Studying languages in the Prep School is an enriching and exciting experience. Whilst French runs as a consistent strand from Year 4 to Year 8, the Department also seeks to offer pupils a broad and varied understanding of the world of language study and cultural difference. In addition to their studies of French, pupils in Years 4 to 6 enjoy one lesson per week exploring other languages and cultures, focusing on day-to-day life, festivals and language patterns, whilst pupils in Year 7 and 8 complement their French studies with a second language of their choice from Spanish or Latin.
All lessons are delivered by specialist subject teachers who bring their knowledge and passion for the wider world to the classroom, and who plan the department’s bespoke courses based on long experience of working with this age range. Although textbook and interactive courses are used in later years to lay firm foundations for GCSE-level study, the junior courses encourage children to express themselves, use languages creatively and participate in authentic situations, whilst naturally developing their acquisition and grammar skills in a fun environment. Outside the classroom, the Department offers regular opportunities to vary the pupils’ experience, from visiting Theatre Company productions, and European Language Day challenges to an annual residential French trip in Year 6.
Salary: As per Wellingborough School Teachers pay scale
Further details and application form may be downloaded from our website
www.wellingboroughschool.org Please can interested applicants complete the application form and return it, along with a covering letter, to Karen Harrison, HR Manager, Wellingborough School, London Road, Wellingborough. NN8 2BX Applications by e-mail are welcome and should be sent to recruitment@wellingboroughschool.org
(Other forms of applications will not be accepted)
Closing date for receipt of applications: 1pm, Friday 1st December 2017
Interviews will take place on Thursday 7th December 2017
Wellingborough School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post.
Wellingborough School is an Equal Opportunities employer
Attached documents
About Wellingborough School
- Wellingborough School
- London Road, Wellingborough
- Northamptonshire
- NN8 2BX
- United Kingdom
Wellingborough School is an independent, co-ed, selective, Christian-based though multi-faith all-through school, situated in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire with a broad geographical catchment area. Currently it provides 850 places for nursery, primary, secondary and sixth-form students aged 3-18.
The school was originally a Tudor Grammar School, founded as an all-boys boarding school in 1595. Originally situated in the centre of town, it completed the move to its 45-acre current location in 1881. Girls were admitted for the first time in 1970.
Headmaster
Andrew Holman
Values and Vision
Wellingborough's motto is “Salus in Arduis”, meaning fulfilment through challenge. From its primary school to its sixth-form college, the educational aims are the same: to enrich cultural experiences, develop good behaviour, promote a close partnership between school and home, achieve academically and help students make the most of all the educational opportunities that the school provides.
Its size helps promote a communal family feel, as does the ages it sees children through, many children staying for the whole 15 years of education. Although no longer a boarding school, it sees itself as having the atmosphere of one.
ISI
"The quality of the pupils’ academic and other achievements is excellent."
ISI INSPECTION, MARCH 2022
In March 2022, Wellingborough School was inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), the body approved by the Government for the inspection of independent schools. Inspections take place roughly every six years, and allow an opportunity for the school to be scrutinised in considerable depth.
As most of you will not be au fait with the structure, scale or significance of an Inspection, it is worth me saying that it is a big deal! As well as surveys of students, staff and parents, the Inspectors sifted through our policies and examined our risk assessments before launching into a whole host of lesson and activity observations, student and staff interviews and work scrutinies, seeking to triangulate every bit of evidence they found before drawing their conclusions– conclusions that will form part of how the outside world views us until the next time a team turns up.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.