Teacher of French
Westminster Under School
Westminster
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019 or January 2020
- Apply by:
- 6 June 2019
Job overview
Westminster Under School seeks to appoint a well-qualified, part-time French specialist for September 2019 or January 2020. The successful candidate should be able to teach French at all levels –from beginners, Year 3, through to Year 8.
A willingness to engage in the cultural aspects of France is essential. Candidates should be equally confident in teaching native or near-native speakers.
In addition, the successful applicant will be willing to participate fully in the various extra-curricular activities –both academic and cultural – on offer within the French department and throughout the school. An interest in teaching games would be particularly welcomed.
The department currently comprises of 3 full members of staff. The Head of French coordinates the policy across all the years.
There is a strong and broad-based interest in French throughout the school and the department enjoys a high profile.
It is well resourced: rooms are equipped with computers, interactive whiteboards, DVD and CD facilities; use of iPads and a departmental office/work area.
All boys in the school study French. The department has an excellent record of success in preparing candidates for Common Entrance and Scholarship Entry to Westminster, Eton and other academic Senior Schools.
The position of the school in central London offers our pupils unrivalled opportunities for visits to theatres, museums and concerts relating to the art, music, theatre, cinema and the history of countries whose languages are being studied, French included.
For further information and to apply please visit our website by clicking the apply button.
Closing Date: 12 noon on Friday 7 June 2019.
Interviews will take place w/c Monday 10 June 2019.
Westminster Under School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, overseas police clearance checks and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About Westminster Under School
Westminster Under School is a great environment for happy and purposeful pupils. Our aim is to produce well-rounded individuals with a love of learning and an enthusiasm for life. We expect the boys to be hard working and active participants in their lessons, but we place equal importance on the boys embracing extra-curricular activities at the School.
We want our pupils to enjoy their time at School and we believe that one of the best ways to achieve this is by providing stimulating, challenging lessons. The boys are encouraged to think for themselves, to engage fully in classroom discussions and to take pride in their work. We aim to foster a love of learning in all our pupils and a love of teaching in those who educate them.
Westminster Under School is a day school with approximately 260 pupils aged between 7 and 13. The Under School was founded in 1943 in the precincts of Westminster School in Little Dean’s Yard, just behind Westminster Abbey. The 17 boys with whom it began rapidly became 60 in number and by 1950 there were 80 boys in the Under School. The boys had to compete for space with the senior school pupils who had returned from evacuation at the end of the war, but in 1951 the Under School acquired its own premises in Eccleston Square. Numbers of pupils continued to rise during the 1960s and 1970s and in 1981 the School moved once again to its present site overlooking the Westminster playing fields in Vincent Square.
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