Teacher of MFL
Frederick Bremer School
Waltham Forest
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS (a TLR for Key Stage Languages is available for a suitably qualified candidate)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- May/ September 2023
- Apply by:
- 19 January 2023
Job overview
Position: Teacher of MFL - Modern Foreign Languages (French/Spanish or French/German) (Start date: May/ September 2023)
Salary: Mainscale or Upper Pay Spine (a TLR for Key Stage Languages is available for a suitably qualified candidate) Outer London Weighting (OLW)
Pupil Roll: 900
Pupil Age range: 11-16 yrs.
Co - Educational
Do you believe every child deserves the very best education? Are you creative, enthusiastic, energetic and a committed team player? If so, we have the position for you! We are seeking a Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages to support developing a love of languages in our diverse pupil body.
Our Languages Team is a brilliant and supportive team to be part of. We teach three languages, and achieve outstanding results. Languages are popular across the school, and we are very proud of our inclusive approach to make languages enjoyable and accessible to all. Frederick Bremer is a very diverse school, and representative of our local community. We are a proudly inclusive school, and have a significant number of pupils with additional needs and EHCPs who are part of our mainstream curriculum.
This is a strongly good school, as evidenced by our Ofsted visit in 2019, and we are on a trajectory of continuous improvement. We are committed to high quality learning and teaching for all pupils, ensuring all pupils make rapid progress regardless of their starting point. The successful candidate will join an experienced and successful school committed to collaborative working. Frederick Bremer is a popular and over-subscribed school which enjoys excellent state of the art facilities in a modern building. At Frederick Bremer, staff have access to comprehensive CPD programme and structured career progression routes. We model the mantra ‘Humans first, professionals second’ and we take the support and wellbeing of our staff very seriously.
Frederick Bremer School is proud to be a community school, and we are representative of our local community. We believe that our role as practitioners is to support our young people to become the very best versions of themselves, and place a strong emphasis on holistic education and not just academic achievement. We offer all staff a rewarding, supportive and happy environment to work in. Relationships are a strength of the school, and we want all staff to enjoy their place of work. We offer bespoke CPD programmes to all staff with a great emphasis on wellbeing. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS Clearance.
This post is open to Early Careers Teachers, as well as more experienced teachers. We would welcome applications for Flexible Working, and well as candidates from BAME and other under-represented backgrounds.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS Clearance.
For more information and an application pack please see our website www.bremer.org.uk or contact HR on 020 84983340 or email recruitment@bremer.waltham.sch.uk .
If you would like to visit the school before submitting application please contact us.
Completed application forms should be returned by emailed to recruitment@bremer.waltham.sch.uk by 9:00am on Thursday 19th of January 2023. Interviews will take place w/c 23rd of January 2023.
Please note we do not accept CV’s. All applicants must complete the school’s application form.
Attached documents
About Frederick Bremer School
Frederick Bremer School is a mainstream, non-selective, co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16, situated in Walthamstow, East London. There are 860 students on its roll.
The school has specialist provision for children who have autism spectrum conditions. It also has a large and highly specialist special educational needs team, which supports a large number of pupils with needs ranging from visual impairments to cognitive learning needs.
Frederick Bremer School was named after a local entrepreneur who invented the first petrol-driven car in 1894, which he drove around the local streets of Walthamstow.
Headteacher
Mrs Jenny Smith
Values and ethos
Frederick Bremer School’s motto is “The very best they can be”. The secondary school promotes the shared values of respect, responsibility and integrity. Its broad, balanced and inclusive curriculum places great emphasis on critical thinking. Teachers engage in ongoing debate about teaching practices, in order to ensure the best possible learning experiences for children. There is a pupil leadership programme, including an active school council.
Ofsted report
"The headteacher has been relentless in driving improvement over the last three years. As a result, the quality of teaching is increasingly strong and pupils are making rapid progress. Pupils’ personal development, behaviour and welfare are good. They enjoy being a part of the strong inclusive school community and have confidence in each other. The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in the school is closing quickly. Safeguarding provision is strong. Pupils are well informed about keeping safe; they feel safe in the school."
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.