Teacher of MFL

About the role: We have a great opportunity for a Teacher of MFL to join our collaborative team from September 2022. We pride ourselves on strong leadership, excellent outcomes and high expectations of all. Our curriculum is engaging and structured to build, interleave and consolidate the skills needed to prepare students for success and for life! Our ideal candidate will have the drive to deliver outstanding results across the key stages.

Our Teacher of MFL will have a lead specialism in Spanish. Ideally, our successful candidate will have experience of teaching across and up to Key Stage 5, and teaching the International Baccalaureate is highly desirable. 

Teachers at Mascalls Academy can expect;

• Impeccable student behaviour in classrooms and around the academy
• High levels of focus in students.
• Students who are committed to their learning and wanatint to do their very best.
• Students who work well together and show the highest level of respect towards each other and towards members of staff
• The opportunity to be part of a team that highly values your wellbeing. Please see the Mascalls Academy Staff Wellbeing Charter 2021. 

“Each subject area has a comprehensive seven-year journey from Year 7 to the sixth form. Every step of learning is set out in detailed planners, which means that teachers and pupils can see what pupils need to study and in what order.” OFSTED Report (2021) 

What we are offering:

• Professional coaching and support.
• A bespoke CPD programme.
• Complementary holistic therapy to support staff wellbeing.
• Free use of a staff gymnasium.
• A thriving social and community ethos.

We’d like to hear from you if you are:

• Collaborative, building strong professional relationships.
• Able to motivate and inspire students to achieve their full potential
• Energetic with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• This is a part time opportunity (0.5 fte) offering main pay scale commensurate with experience.

MFL at Mascalls Academy: We have designed our curriculum using the KS3 National Curriculum and it is delivered under the framework of the IB Middle Years programme. We have also referenced the KS2 Programmes of Study in our initial planning.

The Spanish department at Mascalls Academy strives to ensure that students share a passion for the Spanish language and the culture, as well as becoming well rounded multinational students who are understanding towards other cultures. Our curriculum is designed to provide students with the tools to be able to communicate effectively in a variety of ways and to develop and understand different grammatical structures and registers. Throughout the 7 year curriculum students continually work with the four main skills of language learning as well as transferable skills such as questioning, resilience, thinking and reflecting in order to approach their future with confidence. From Year 7, students are exposed to native speakers and authentic material on a regular basis that enables them to understand the importance and relevance of a foreign language in a globalised society.

At every Key Stage students cover topics related to their life stage, for example at GCSE the course is designed to enable students to discuss a broad range of current affairs like Environment and Social Issues. This extends into Key Stage 5 where students debate the impact of historical and political events and analyse Spanish film and literature.

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Working with us at Mascalls Academy: Mascalls Academy is a secondary school at the heart of the community and our small school model ensures that each and every student gets the personal support and challenge they need to reach their full potential. The academy is divided into four colleges – Shackleton, Earhart, Luther King and Marie Curie Sixth Form College each having their own personality and range of specialisms, allowing them to be unique.

Mascalls Academy is a high achieving institution. Our most recent Ofsted inspection notes “ambitious leadership has established an ethos where staff are committed to driving standards up”, that Mascalls is a “happy place to be” and that “staff feel valued”. Our judgement that we are a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ leadership and behaviour is accurate. It is our vision to become ‘Outstanding’ in every category.

Mascalls Academy is a dynamic and exciting place to work and the fantastic leadership team are committed to making it great for people at all stages in their careers. Our building and facilities are a mix of designs with two new buildings being modern, light and airy giving the academy a unique and special character.

Click here for the Prospectus. 

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2021, our Trust comprises 31 geographically organised academies educating 20,000 students, and employing over 2,500 talented staff. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North West Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. Click here to view our future plans in our Vision 2025 document.  

Click here to view the range of benefits available to all LAT staff.  

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. 

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.