Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
Staffordshire
- £28,000 - £43,685 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 12 December 2022
Job overview
Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages (Full or Part-time)
The rate of pay will be Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Scale
A vacancy for a full or part-time teacher of Modern Foreign Languages has arisen at Cardinal Griffin Catholic College. Governors are therefore seeking applications from suitable candidates for this role to join us as soon as possible.
The Governing Body is seeking a practical and creative individual who is an ambitious and passionate linguist.
We are seeking an ambitious individual who:
• is an outstanding linguist, absolutely committed to ensuring that students achieve great outcomes and enjoy Languages;
• is always looking to improve the quality of provision for pupils and is relentless in the pursuit of excellence;
• is able to develop effective practice through planning, action, reflection and evaluation
• is agile, flexible and collaborative in their approach to working with others, especially when under pressure;
• can communicate effectively with staff and pupils;
· is a resilient and highly committed person.
· is supportive of our Catholic Ethos;
In return candidates can expect:
· Supportive and hardworking colleagues committed to going the extra mile for pupils
· Training, development and support appropriate to their career stage
· To be part of a College with a strong Catholic ethos and well-behaved pupils
· Support for both new teachers and those at different career stages is excellent as are opportunities to grow develop and progress
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is a medium sized 11 - 19 secondary school, situated in Cannock, Staffordshire. This is an exciting time in the life of the College. On the back of a very positive set of examination results in summer 2022 and following the appointment of a new Headteacher for September 2022, the College is seeking to accelerate its progress towards becoming an outstanding school. This appointment will support that ambition.
ECTs who can demonstrate the potential to be outstanding teachers are encouraged to apply.
Closing date for applications is 12 noon, Monday, 12th December 2022
The College reserves the right to close this post prior to the published deadline should it receive sufficient applications to pull together a good field of candidates. We therefore encourage candidates to submit early applications.
We do not accept applications via CV’s or from recruitment agencies.
We welcome further discussions about the post and these can be conducted using a variety of online platforms or by telephone. Please contact us to discuss this if it will be helpful to you.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings cautions and convictions in your application form. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted.
Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, candidates should note that it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
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About Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
- Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
- Cardinal Way, Stafford Road, Cannock
- Staffordshire
- WS11 4AW
- United Kingdom
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is an 11-19 Voluntary Aided Catholic Secondary school in Cannock, Staffordshire. The College was originally established in 1960, and has grown in size (with the associated additional building work) considerably since then. Sixth Form numbers have risen significantly in the last 12 months following a concerted effort to increase the numbers by the College Leadership. The College currently has 877 students on roll, of whom, 126 are in the Sixth Form.
The College has 5 Catholic feeder primary schools, whose students make up 45% of the student body. The rest of the students tend to be more local to the College and come from a variety of local schools. The Sixth Form predominantly recruits students from our own Year 11, but we have a handful of external applications each year, which we welcome. Sixth form provision also benefits from both a partnership with Cannock Chase High School with whom we share some courses and a partnership with a local hair salon who support the delivery of Levels 2 and 3 hairdressing qualifications. The College operates its own subsidised transport to bring in students from our Catholic feeder schools and wider catchment area.
The College has strong collaborative partnerships with local Catholic schools, a local Anglican school, as well other schools including the wider network of Jesuit schools throughout the UK and Internationally. Jesuit principles have become an integral part of the College in particular our experience of Magis - a Jesuit term referring to the philosophy of doing more for Christ, and therefore doing more for others. This challenges to always think about how we can ‘go the extra mile’ for our pupils, which is encapsulated in our school prayer, ‘Lord, teach me to be generous.”
The College’s last OfSTED in 2018 rated the College “Good” overall and “Good” in all areas. The latest Section 48 also rated the College as “Good”. Interim monitoring reports from Staffordshire Local Authority indicate that the College remains on track to retain its “Good” rating at the next inspection and results have risen considerably since a dip in 2019 with very positive results in summer 2022.
The College has worked hard to recruit and retain high quality staff. The team of teaching and support staff is stable, friendly and committed to the aims of the College and its Catholic mission. The College has become a hub for training Early Career Teachers this year with 9 joining us in September 2021. We have embraced the Government’s wellbeing charter and have a collaborative and distributed leadership approach.
The College has an Astroturf pitch which operates outside College hours to generate income, providing facilities for community teams. The College is also fortunate to have significant school grounds which facilitate a range of sports taking place and provide good socialisation space for pupils during breaktimes. The building itself is predominantly 1960s, but has been well maintained.
As part of the Archdiocesan academisation strategy, the College is in the early stages of considering becoming part of a Multi-Academy Trust.
View Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School’s latest Ofsted report
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