Language Teaching Assistant (German)

The Ecclesbourne School is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our Modern Foreign Languages Faculty as a Language Teaching Assistant. You will be passionate about the power of education to improve the life chances of young people and be a committed team player.

The Language Teaching Assistant’s role is to prepare students for the GCSE and A level oral examinations. This includes reinforcement of topics covered in class, providing authentic materials for the teaching of aspects of the country’s culture, aiding students’ pronunciation and intonations, oral exam practice and producing practice exam materials.

The full candidate brief is available to view here.

You will work for 39 weeks per year, which is term-time plus five whole-school closure days. Hours are determined each academic year based on curriculum need; core hours to be worked between 9.00am and 3.40pm to suit the curriculum needs of the school. For the academic year 2023 to 2024, you will work for a total of approximately 3.5 hours per week.

The school motto of ‘Integrity. Tenacity. Service.’ is at the core of school life. To learn more about our school, please visit the school website at www.ecclesbourne.derbyshire.sch.uk. If you share our ethos, we look forward to hearing from you.

The reward for working at Ecclesbourne is more than financial, and we give back to our staff in terms of wellbeing, training and support. Children of members of staff with a minimum of two years’ service at the school at the time of application are included in our admissions criteria.

For further information, help with the application process, or to visit the school, please contact Tina Spencer-Keyse, Director of Human Resources, at TSpencer-Keyse@ecclesbourne.derbyshire.sch.uk or call 01332 843257.

To apply, please complete the application form, ensuring that you outline how your previous experience has prepared you for this position and what skills you will bring to it. This should be emailed to TSpencer-Keyse@ecclesbourne.derbyshire.sch.uk.

Please note that we do not accept any applications via CV.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Our school is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment will be conditional on a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references, health check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a school, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics, which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.