Lead Teacher of Spanish
King Solomon Academy
Westminster, London
- Expired
- Salary:
- Ark Main Scale (£28,514 – 38,807) + TLR 2a (£2,613)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter or September 2016
- Apply by:
- 29 January 2016
Job overview
In 2015, King Solomon Academy was the highest performing non-selective school in the country. We are redefining what is possible and we are seeking an exceptional teacher ready to join our high-performing school and contribute to our school’s mission. This is a unique opportunity to be part of showing what education can achieve.
We are now recruiting for an enthusiastic and talented Spanish teacher to join our passionate team. As an exceptional teacher of languages, you will be ready to guide the curriculum and teach in a subject which will have huge impact on the futures of our pupils.
This is a unique role in a special school working alongside an inspirational team. All our pupils study French and make superb progress. In summer 2015, all but 5 pupils in Year 11 took French GCSE: 91% achieved a C grade or above; 71% achieved a B grade or above and 38% achieved an A or A* grade. We also begin a Spanish GCSE course ab initio each year: in 2015, 82% achieved a B grade and 65% achieved an A or A* grade. Spanish is learnt as an additional option at Key Stage 4 and 5. For this reason, we would want the Lead Teacher of Spanish to also be excited about teaching French.
We believe that our languages teaching is ground-breaking but as an all-through school with the opportunity to start language learning in primary, we are ambitious for what more we can achieve.
KSA is a pioneering school looking to hire exceptional people.
In this role you will:
- Deliver A-level Spanish teaching to university preparatory standard
- Teach Spanish (and French) across other Key Stages
- Become part of a team of like-minded individuals
- Benefit from weekly coaching on your teaching so that you make rapid progress as a teacher
- Be responsible for ground-breaking educational outcomes for pupils from an economically deprived background
- Have the opportunity to take on additional leadership responsibilities
- Experience a range of development opportunities through being part of the Ark network.
We are looking for an individual with a genuine passion for working at King Solomon Academy, a belief in the potential of every child and that through hard work all pupils can access and benefit from a university education. There is the opportunity for increased responsibility and progression over time.
King Solomon Academy is a place where teachers learn how to improve their teaching, constantly striving to be the best they can be. Each teacher has a coach who supports their teaching with frequent observations and action steps. Our teachers rapidly progress into being exceptional classroom practitioners. Our school is one which is transformational for staff and pupils alike.
For further information about the role and the school and to apply please go to
http://kingsolomonacademy.org/current-vacancies
The application deadline is by 11am on Friday 29 January 2016.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Rachael Bemrose, Recruitment Manager at Rachael.Bemrose@arkonline.org and 0203 116 6345.
Reports to: Head of MFL
We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment checks.
About King Solomon Academy
King Solomon Academy is an all-through school for 3 - 18 year olds in Lisson Grove.
Pupils and their immense potential are at the heart of the academy. They live and work by the philosophy that there are no excuses and no short cuts to success, and promote excellence in every aspect of academy life.
Aims, Vision and Values
Our mission is to provide our pupils with a rigorous and transformational education which prepares them for success at university and beyond. We ensure that every pupil achieves academic success and has the real option of going to university. We want to make university education something which is accessible, exciting and aspirational. We believe our pupils work hard towards this goal because we make it real for them. We name our classes after well-known university cities and we name each year group by the year in which they will graduate from sixth form. We run residential trips to universities to open their eyes to the opportunties that university study can deliver.
In order to make our dreams for our pupils a reality, we foster values and approaches that transform the lives of our pupils. At the heart of our approach is that we are an all-through school with a thriving nursery provision. We believe in investing in knowing our pupils and their families extremely well, and we prioritise our pupils making extraordinary progress in the early years of their education. This sense of long-term commitment is core to our approach.
We have high expectations for all of our pupils, and believe that with great teaching and a lot of love and care, every child here can fulfil their potential.This both warm and strict approach means pupils feel safe and secure in the school but also confident to contribute to the future of the school and their community.
Long term, we aim to play our part in removing the educational disadvantage currently experienced by those born into economic deprivation our country. We strive to create role models and leaders in our community and through them to create a safer, fairer, and happier society.
Our vision
High expectations We are climbing the mountain to university
Excellent teaching We love teaching and learning and place it at the heart of all our work.
A rigorous and transformational curriculum Our all-through curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to ensure that our pupils have a journey from nursery to university
Exemplary Character Our focus on high quality relationships creates a powerful culture which ensures that our pupils develop exemplary behaviour and character.
A long-term commitment to every pupil As one of a handful of all-through schools with consistent cohorts of children across primary and secondary, we are able to develop a unique team and family orientated culture which ensures that each of our pupils and families are known and cared for as individuals.
Investment in our team We choose to work at KSA because we know we will work together to address educational inequality.
Efficient and effective organisation We carefully organise the operational and educational activities in our school to maximise our collective impact and make our work sustainable.
Specialisms
Like all Ark academies, King Solomon Academy has a maths specialism. Proficiency in maths is essential in every sphere of adult life, so we invest in the resources to attract and train the best maths teachers. We aim to produce confident and proficient mathematicians. We will ensure that pupils acquire skills as early as possible. We will help every student to maximise their skills and qualifications and offer those with particular ability the chance to accelerate their achievement in maths and further maths.
King Solomon Academy is a music specialist school. We chose music as a specialism because it is fun and inspiring and can involve every pupil. We believe that being part of the KSA orchestra will create a great sense of shared identity as well enabling our pupils to benefit from the known academic, intellectual and social advantages of musical training.
Ofsted
King Solomon Academy was inspected by Ofsted in May 2013 and was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. You can read the full report here.
Among the points highlighted by the Inspectors in the academy's first full inspection report since opening, they say:
“King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praise KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence."
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