Teacher of MFL
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 17 April 2023
Job overview
Full or part time
A rarely-available opportunity has arisen at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School for an enthusiastic and talented Languages specialist to join this outstanding Department.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and talented MFL specialist, passionate about enthusing young people to embrace language-learning. They will be a strong or emerging “outstanding” practitioner, confident in their use of strategies to challenge able linguists and instil confidence in those who find languages more challenging. They will have a willingness to develop pedagogy in the classroom and contribute to the wider activities in languages across the school.
This role is suitable for an ECT or an experienced teacher as the school has a strong, experienced staff.
The teacher would teach two languages out of German, French and Spanish, teaching at least one of these to A Level. They would also teach at least one of these languages to KS2 with help and support from the Head of Department who is experienced in developing primary school resources and teaching expertise.
The Modern Foreign Languages department currently teaches French, German and Spanish to A Level and Mandarin Classes to GCSE as part of the wider curriculum.
They will be committed to supporting the department in reviewing and developing the Year 7 -13 curriculum, keeping on top of and researching advances in pedagogical thinking.
The teacher would be involved in language exchanges and have the opportunity to contribute to extra curricular MFL activities such as Olympiads, Theatre Trips, Performances and even the MFL Bake Off! (No previous experience required!)
The school is a Lead School in the DfE NCELP project, designing and delivering CPD and resources.
MFL students go on to study Languages, Linguistics and a range of subjects in combination with languages at Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group Universities.
Note: The teacher of Modern Foreign Languages will also be a Form Tutor.
Please do contact us with any queries or if you would like to discuss your situation with us first.
For an application form please visit www.swbgs.com and click on Vacancies
Closing date: 9am, Monday 17 April 2023
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should suitable candidates apply before the closing date.
Applications submitted via email should be sent to Mrs Anna Summerfield, HR Manager at asummerfield@swbgs.com
The school is fully committed to the DfE guidance on Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education and all candidates for the post will therefore be subject to vetting procedures following Buckinghamshire Council’s guidance and the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Policy.
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About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- West Street, Marlow
- Buckinghamshire
- SL7 2BR
- United Kingdom
About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School:
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in the attractive Thames-side town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Founded in 1624 and still based on the original site, we are proud of our heritage as we approach our 400th birthday and excited to be inspiring and empowering the aspirations of our students today. Borlase is forward-looking; in 2019 we were awarded World Class School status from High Performance Learning for our innovative practice and received a government grant of over £2million to develop further our excellent facilities. We have a motivated staff of subject specialists who enjoy sharing their expertise with committed and engaged students. As a Teaching School, we have a particular strength in developing our teachers through a research-engaged professional development programme.
Headteacher
Ed Goodall.
Vision and Values
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is committed to being an inspirational learning environment for students and staff, empowering young people to fulfil their aspirations and ambitions; supporting them in developing the confidence to shape their own futures and in so doing, the future of the world around them.
Our values today are captured in the school motto, adopted by those early scholars back in 1624. Te Digna Sequere - Follow things Worthy - is a principle that underpins the distinctive ethos of the school. It reminds us all that we should have a clear moral purpose behind the choices we make; that we should value all individuals within a supportive community and that we have the potential to use our different talents to make a positive difference at Borlase and beyond.
The Borlase Curriculum provides a breadth and depth of academic learning and cultural experience to excite and extend all our students. It is rich in knowledge and in opportunities to develop creativity, instilling a life-long enthusiasm for learning. Our curriculum is delivered by passionate, specialist teachers who encourage aspiration, intellectual curiosity and the exploration of their subject disciplines inside and beyond the classroom, as independent thinkers and learners. It includes a broad range of super and extra-curricular opportunities which ignite and extend students' interests, enthusiasm and skills across a wide range of endeavours including those linked to academic subjects, to sports, the arts, engineering, AI, public speaking, creative writing, entrepreneurism and so much more.
Ofsted
"This is an outstanding school. The headteacher and senior leadership team have the very highest of expectations and have developed an inspirational learning culture which is embraced by both staff and students. Teaching and achievement are of the very highest quality and students take responsibility for their own learning.”
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