Teacher of Spanish

Location: Hamstead Hall Academy

Reporting to: Head of Department

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full time

Salary: MPS/UPS

Hamstead Hall Academy are seeking to appoint an inspirational and dynamic Teacher of Spanish. We are looking for someone with a love of learning languages and a passion for teaching. Ideally they would also have the ability to teach French at KS3.

It is an exciting time to join our Language department at Hamstead Hall Academy as we have just been appointed as a partner school with the Trent and Tame Language Hub, one of fifteen in the country. Our language provision includes Spanish, French and Latin to GCSE level with opportunities for our students to continue to A-Level.

Hamstead Hall Academy is a successful, heavily oversubscribed 11 – 18 Academy in Birmingham with excellent, highly committed staff. We are a vibrant, dynamic, and interactive Academy for students of all abilities where achievement is at the heart of everything we do.

We are very proud to be a comprehensive and diverse academy serving our local community.

Our Mission Statement, “Success for All Through Hard Work and Harmony” supports our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do. Student and staff wellbeing are highly valued at Hamstead Hall Academy.

Our ‘5 Ps – Pathway to Success’ are the values that underpin our work with students and the standards we set.

PRIDE – PERSISTENCE – PATIENCE – PREPARATION - PROGRESS

We are looking for someone who is:

*    An excellent classroom practitioner with a passion for teaching languages.

*    An excellent communicator with interpersonal skills.

*    Knowledgeable about languages, with the ability to teach Spanish up to at least KS4 and ideally able to teach KS3 French.

*    Experienced in implementing strategies to improve attitudes to learning and outcomes .

*   A warm person with high levels of emotional intelligence.

The is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of language teaching and benefit from additional support, to be an outstanding teacher of Spanish. As a partner school, we work closely alongside several other partner schools. With support and guidance from the Trent and Tame Language Hub, we will explore what works best in Language classrooms. Through the lens of quality, collaboration and sustainability, the Academy will work alongside other partner schools to:

1. Identify areas of best practice to learn from, and share with the wider network

2. Share and learn from evidence-informed approaches to language teaching with a focus on:

• improving attainment at GCSE,
• increasing uptake in KS4 and / or KS5
• developing intrinsic motivation for learning
• exploring oracy in the Language classroom

3. Establish a sustainable and local network of language teachers and leaders focused on developing provision and outcomes for learners

To find out more about Hamstead Hall Academy or to apply for this role please visit https://www.hamsteadhall.com/Staff/Staff-Vacancies/