Skip to main content
Tes home
SearchBack to search
Leader of Modern Foreign Languages

Leader of Modern Foreign Languages

Hedingham School and Sixth Form

Halstead, Essex

  • Expired
Salary:
TLR 1 (£9,471)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
22 February 2018

Job overview

This is an excellent opportunity for a talented, inspirational and creative modern foreign languages teacher to lead an established learning area.

The successful candidate will:

  • Have a passion for learning and teaching within modern foreign languages
  • Have a good degree and the ability to teach French to A-Level (and possibly German to KS3/4)
  • Be able to offer leadership within the learning area and across the school
  • Be an excellent teacher 
  • Understand the needs of students and how to remove learning barriers
  • Be a motivating, innovative and imaginative leader
  • Have a proven track record of student achievement

We offer:

  • A successful 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive community school in a beautiful rural setting close to Hedingham Castle
  • A new and challenging role in a forward-looking team
  • Support to develop leadership skills
  • Innovative community developments and collaborations
  • A popular school with supportive parents
  • High achievement from our students – 75% of students achieved a 4 in both English and Math
  • Enthusiastic and committed staff
  • A very well-resourced suite of rooms, equipped with data projectors and interactive whiteboards 

To apply, please download and complete our application form. All completed applications should be sent to personnel@hedingham.essex.sch.uk

Closing date: Midday on Thursday, 22nd February 2018.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All candidates are subject to safer recruitment procedures.

Attached documents

About Hedingham School and Sixth Form

School image 1
School image 2
School image 3
School image 4
School image 5
School image 6
School image 7
School image 8
School image 9
School image 10
School image 11
School image 12
School image 13
School image 14
School image 15
School image 16
School image 17
School image 18
School image 19
+44 1787 460470

View on Google Maps

Visit employer website

Hedingham School and Sixth Form enjoys the benefits of a superb location in rural Essex. The extensive buildings are situated in large grounds in a scenic landscape.

The School usually supports 7 forms of entry in Year 7 with an average class size of approximately 28.

Although many students travel to and from Hedingham on buses, parents are very supportive of out-of-school activities and after school sports clubs are particularly popular. A late bus is provided on Wednesday to facilitate participation.

Hedingham is an 11-18 school with a strong Sixth Form. There are over 20 A2 courses and good provision for BTEC level 2 and 3 courses.

Student outcomes are above national average in many areas of performance. The value added measure from KS2 to KS4 has also been well above the national expectations.

Ofsted inspectors made the following judgements about Hedingham School and Sixth Form:

Overall Effectiveness: Good
Achievement of Pupils: Good
Quality of Teaching: Good
Behaviour and Safety of Pupils: Outstanding
Leadership and Management: Good

The vision for the school and its core purpose is summarised in a booklet enclosed. There is an emphasis upon the quality of learning and teaching, effective assessment, IAG and active citizenship.

Hedingham is a very caring, supportive and ordered environment that allows us to have high expectations of achievement and excellence from students and staff.

Learning Areas are responsible for curriculum delivery. Each team has coherent and consistent approaches to its work to deliver a personalised learning programme. Within this context, the school creates a positive learning environment where all students achieve to the best of their ability. Leaders are expected to maintain an emphasis on student learning through curriculum delivery, monitoring of progress and evaluation of practice.

Student progress is monitored and supported by strong pastoral teams organised by a highly credited House System which is driven by vertical tutoring. Decisions are based upon the philosophy that all students are central to everything we do. We are committed to providing the best possible service for them. Parents receive progress reports every term.

The School Development Plan is informed by Learning Area and subject development plans which are produced as a result of a systematic and ongoing self-evaluation process.

Teacher Performance Reviews are conducted in October and new objectives are set with reference to school and individual priorities in the context of maintaining a positive trend in raising student achievement and focusing on teaching and learning.

There is a successful CPD programme which addresses generic training and the needs of individual teachers.

As a school we pride ourselves on the quality of our community partnerships. We are linked with our Partner Primary Schools through the Colne Valley Consortium. We aim to ensure continuity and progression for students from the age of 5-19. There are link projects for Maths and English.

We are a key strategic partner in The Saffron Alliance which is a teaching school alliance developing key educational areas including school to school support.

I hope that you will recognise a vibrant school that is engaged in a number of innovations to further raise standards of achievement and enrich the provision for students.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in our care and expect all staff to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practice and appointments are subject to satisfactory DBS certification and references.

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.

Applications closed