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Teacher of MFL (Part-time or Full-time)

Teacher of MFL (Part-time or Full-time)

Thurstable School

Tiptree, Colchester, Essex

Salary:
£22917 - £38633
Job type:
Part Time, Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01/09/2018
Apply by:
16 January 2018

Job overview

Thurstable School seeks to appoint a teacher of modern foreign languages to join our highly successful languages faculty from September 2018.  

The successful applicant will be passionate about their subject and about learning and be committed to achieving excellence in their chosen profession. They will join an exceptionally positive and forward thinking Faculty that is committed to collegiate working. We would be particularly keen to hear from candidates that can offer Spanish with either French or German. 

Thurstable is an oversubscribed and highly successful 11-18 school. We offer staff an open and supportive environment, characterised by trust and by honest professional challenge, which is perhaps why Ofsted commented in 2016 that “the vast majority of staff are incredibly positive and proud to be working at Thurstable School”.  

We see our staff as our most important asset, and offer exceptional professional development and training opportunities, teaching across the age and ability range up to A level, and outstanding facilities for teaching and learning. Our school information video will give you a sense of the school we are (http://vimeo.com/52080547). We welcome informal visits from potential applicants.  

Application packs are available from our website www.thurstable.essex.sch.uk or by calling the school on 01621 816526.

Closing date: 16th January 2018 10.30 am NOR: 1098    Visits Welcome

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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About Thurstable School

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+44 1621 816526

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The School

Thurstable was founded in 1957 to replace Tiptree Heath all-age school.  In 1992 Thurstable School became Grant Maintained, became a Foundation School in September 1999, and as a high performing school an independent converter Academy in August 2011. We work to provide all of our students with an excellent education, and consistently strong outcomes are only one measure of this. Our Ofsted report of 2016 stated that parents, pupils and staff believe that the support provided by the school in both the personal and academic lives of its pupils is beyond compare: ‘They never give up on anyone.’ Pupils are happy, courteous and friendly. They are very keen to help and thoroughly enjoy the many chances to be responsible for something in the school. The school’s consistent use of their cooperative model of behaviour helps develop pupils’ ability to make the right choices. This is through an understanding of why good behaviour and effort is important. We think that this explains why Ofsted observed that the vast majority of staff are incredibly positive and proud to be working at Thurstable, and why so many choose Thurstable for their own children. We are heavily oversubscribed, and financially secure for the foreseeable future.

The school continues to enjoy a close and positive relationship with Essex LA and with other schools in the area.  Thurstable is a founder member of the Colchester Teacher Training Consortium, and plays a major role in Initial Teacher Training. The school roll is currently 1156 and this number includes 119 students in the Sixth Form.

Our buildings have been considerably extended with extensive refurbishment of sports facilities and the building of a second gymnasium and fitness room. A major building project to improve the science and technology facilities was completed in 1998.  Two new Food Technology workshops and new classrooms were completed in 2000, and a new 15 class teaching block in September 2005. Our ICT infrastructure has been renewed in the last two years, and our older buildings have been extensively refurbished. Our campus is a bright, open place to teach and to learn.

We have a dedicated literature library in the heart of the English faculty suite, and a large and fast developing E Learning Centre at the heart of the school.  There are suites of rooms for Mathematics, English, Humanities, Modern Languages and the Sixth Form.  There are three art rooms, and dedicated Music and Drama areas.  In addition there are eight Science Laboratories, three DT workshops, two Food Technology rooms, and Textiles and Business Studies areas. The Governors have agreed a policy of ‘no smoking’ on the School site.

The School serves the catchment area of Tiptree, Mersea Island and the surrounding villages of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Tollesbury, Great Totham and Messing, receiving most pupils from nine primary schools.

School Curriculum and Staff

The school is organised into Year Groups, with tutor teams led by Heads of Year who are supported by non-teaching Learning Relationship Coordinators, the pastoral team being led by the Deputy Headteacher and an Assistant Headteacher. Where practical tutors progress with their forms and are encouraged to work in close partnership with parents.

There are 71 members of teaching staff, including the Head.  The staffing complement includes one Deputy Head, 3 Assistant Heads, 6 Directors of Studies and 3 support staff as the Senior Leadership Team. We are fortunate in having a committed team of support staff who are highly effective in their role of ensuring that the school runs smoothly, and that teachers are able to focus on teaching.

Ofsted noted the vast array of high quality clubs, trips, visits, school performances that our staff provide for our students. They also pointed out that we have an elected School Council which takes an active interest throughout the School, representing the views of the students, and working in partnership with staff.

At KS5 a fully differentiated curriculum is delivered through a range of vocational courses including BTEC’s, AVCE’s and GNVQ’s, together with a full suite of AS/A2 subjects.  We are a partner in VI6, where some A levels are taught at the University of Essex by partner sixth form staff.

The Area

Tiptree is a village of about 10,000 people, approximately seven miles south west of Colchester and three miles from the A12.  London is within easy reach.

Our catchment and its surrounding area are attractive and semi-rural, and is a pleasant and relatively inexpensive region in which to live, compared to others nearby. Most adults travel to work in neighbouring large towns or commute to London.  The main line railway station is at Kelvedon, two miles away.  Road links to London are excellent, along the A12 linking to the M25.

The area has many cultural and historical sites of interest.  Many staff live in Colchester, the oldest town in Britain.  There are many interesting villages close by, Tollesbury on the marshes and Coggeshall inland, and across the Strood Mersea Island is a distinctive community in its own right.  Excellent retail and leisure facilities are provided at Chelmsford, Colchester and Braintree.

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