Teacher of Mandarin
Ibstock Place School
Wandsworth
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 16 June 2023
Job overview
We seek to appoint a full-time Teacher of Mandarin to start in August 2023. The appointee will be able to teach Mandarin across the secondary age range, but the majority of the teaching will fall in the upper range, most particularly at GCSE and A Level.
All pupils in the Senior School have an opportunity to study Mandarin and it is a popular subject at GCSE. Although uptake at A Level is smaller, those who take the subject excel and the subject’s record in public examinations is very strong. Ibstock Place was one of the first schools in the UK to teach Mandarin and many of its alumni have gone on to study in related fields at university.
The School has also enjoyed success in Chinese public speaking competitions and other activities in which Mandarin speaking is prominent. The successful applicant will be a confident and dynamic classroom practitioner. The department of Mandarin is small and she or he will enjoy considerable freedom to shape our pupils’ experience of the subject.
Our pupils are bright and well-motivated and the learning environment is a stimulating one for pupils and staff alike. Mandarin is taught within the wider Faculty of Modern Languages in which French, Spanish and German are also taught. The Faculty enjoys high quality accommodation, as well as access to sector-leading resources.
An extensive programme of trips and visits supplements curricular provision and the Faculty maintains a strong culture of professional development for all of its members.
This post will commence 31 August 2023.
This is a term time only role, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm, with a six month probationary period.
Further information on the role is set out in the Job Description.
Attached documents
About Ibstock Place School
Ibstock Place School is an independent co-educational day school for pupils aged 4 to 18. The school occupies a ten-acre site on the edge of Richmond Park in South West London.
An urban location with a beautiful botanical feel, Ibstock is the perfect home for scholarly exploration and adventure. Championing co-education since our founding in 1896, we have created a diverse environment that reflects real-world communities and workplaces.
Our school is over subscribed, with assessed entry at the age of four for Kindergarten (Reception). There is a competitive entry examination at the age of eleven and most pupils in the Prep School proceed on into the Senior School.
Headmaster
Christopher Wolsey
Aims and Ethos
Our aim is to create an outstanding place of learning, a place where our pupils find academic excellence and the joy which it inspires. We ensure that our pupils’ natural curiosity and empathy is ceaselessly nourished. In so doing, we set the conditions which enable them to excel, both during their time with us and throughout their adult lives.
We do this by concentrating on four Cs:
•Our curriculum is dynamic and forward-thinking.
•Our culture is warm and inclusive.
•Our context is beautiful and stimulating.
•Our commitment to co-education.
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