Teacher of Spanish

About us and the role

Avanti House exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. The ‘Avanti Way’ is a transformative approach to education based upon the three pillars of educational excellence, character formation and spiritual insight.

For September 2022 we are looking to appoint a Spanish to join a highly successful Spanish Department within the language faculty. We are seeking a well-qualified and highly motivated Teacher of Spanish to join our successful and creative team. The successful candidate should be passionate, have exceptional subject and a drive to deliver engaging and inspiring lessons to our enthusiastic students. The post will require Spanish to be taught at Key Stage 3, 4 and potentially 5, the ability to offer French (KS3) would be advantageous. The school strongly values languages with over 90% of the cohort of 180 taking a language GCSE at the school. The department has created extensive enrichment opportunities with trips to Spain, languages theatre companies, languages days at the school and frequent language competitions against a variety of schools.

Avanti House achieves significantly above the national average in terms of attainment and progress. The school scored a Progress 8 value of +1.19 with 94% of students achieving at least a Grade 4+ in Maths and English. In Spanish, students have achieved an entire grade higher than the national average at GCSE (6.1). At A Level we received a top score of a Grade 2 in Alps with 100% of students gaining A*-B.  The exceptional outcomes are based upon the continued development of teaching and learning which is at the core of all decisions that the school makes, enabling professional development to be of paramount importance developing all levels of staff.

Avanti schools are Hindu-designated faith schools. However, all staff members at Avanti House School will not be required to present themselves from any specific faith background and there will be no preference given in this regard. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding. Avanti House provides an extensive professional development network through the Avanti Institute including an excellent ECT and ECT plus one programme of development- Avanti Institute – Part of the Avanti Schools Trust

Why should you apply 

You will be working in a fantastic environment.

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. 

What do we offer:

• a strong vision of Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight;
• enthusiastic, motivated and friendly children;
• a committed and motivated staff team;
• an attractive working environment;
• supportive parents;
• great opportunities for professional development

What will you do?

• Deliver the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability group/subject/s that you teach
• Be responsible for the preparation and development of teaching materials, teaching programmes and pastoral arrangements as appropriate
• Be aware of pupils’ capabilities, their prior knowledge and plan teaching and differentiate appropriately to build on these, demonstrating knowledge and understanding of how pupils learn
• Establish a safe, purposeful and stimulating environment for pupils, rooted in mutual respect and establish a framework for discipline with a range of strategies, using praise, sanctions and rewards consistently and fairly

For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description

What are we looking for?

• Genuine passion for lifelong learning 
• A belief in the unique potential of every student 
• Able to self-start, work independently and collaboratively as part of a team- whether led or leading 
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students 
• Clear vision and understanding of how to implement and sustain a high quality teaching and learning 

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Services Limited is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. 

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.