Teacher of Spanish
Merchant Taylors' Girls' School
Liverpool
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2022
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit an inspirational, enthusiastic and self-reflective Teacher of Spanish to provide maternity leave cover from January to July 2023. The role would suit an experienced teacher or an ECT. The role involves teaching Spanish to A Level.
Competent IT skills are necessary since members of staff are each furnished with a Microsoft Surface Pro for use within and away from school and these can be used in tandem with smartboards in classrooms.
There is an expectation that you will participate in and contribute to the co-curricular life of the School as a whole. In return, the School is committed to helping you develop further as a teacher by supporting you with appropriate professional development.
Candidates are strongly encouraged to visit the school website for more information about our thriving school, which offers an exceptionally rich curriculum and strong sense of community www.merchanttaylors.com
The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:
· The provision of a safe environment in which children and young people feel heard
· Being aware of the indicators of abuse and neglect
· Ensuring vigilance in recognising changes in behaviour or mood
· Reporting safeguarding concerns in line with the School’s Safeguarding Children and Child Protection Policy
· Attending Safeguarding training and updates as requested by the School
The duties of this role meet the definition of regulated activity relevant to children and an enhanced DBS check with children’s barred list is appropriate.
School Safeguarding Statement
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. Applicants will be required to undergo safeguarding checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts, as part of their application. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
For further details and to apply, please visit www.merchanttaylors.com/join-our-team/teaching-vacancies
Candidates should submit an application form via email to recruitment@merchanttaylors.com or alternatively post to Human Resources Department, Merchant Taylors’ School, Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool L23 0QP.
Closing date: Monday 5th December at midday
Interview dates are currently scheduled for w/c 12th December 2022
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About Merchant Taylors' Girls' School
- Merchant Taylors' Girls' School
- Liverpool Road, Liverpool
- Merseyside
- L23 5SP
- United Kingdom
Merchant Taylors’ is one of the oldest and most highly-respected Girls’ Schools in the North of England.
Founded in 1888 in Crosby, north of Liverpool, the school has a proud record of helping girls to achieve academic success, an extensive programme of enrichment and co-curricular opportunities and an environment that values care and respect for others.
When girls join in Year 7, to the day they leave in Sixth Form, they are encouraged to explore fresh interests, take part in new activities, broaden their horizons and make new friends. Girls are supported to understand the ways in which they can grow as young women of the future by seizing opportunities and challenges and gaining the tools to thrive.
There are also various opportunities to collaborate with the nearby Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, in activities such as drama and music productions, the Combined Cadet Force, Duke of Edinburgh Awards and co-educational classes in selected subjects for Sixth Form students.
Headteacher
Mrs Claire Tao
Values and Vision
Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School combines a proud history with a commitment to innovation in education to create the very best platform for the future education of girls.
Girls are encouraged to be ambitious, to develop at a pace that is right for their own talents and needs and have the character and confidence to take risks and try new ways of improving what they do.
Its happy, caring family of staff and pupils underpins everything that is so wonderful about the school. There are strong bonds between girls and their teachers, who encourage each other to promote and support the development of each individual girl. As a result, girls flourish.
The school is rightly proud of its reputation for academic excellence and the breadth of the school curricula allows girls to develop their intellectual curiosity, a real passion for life-long learning and receive a very personalised approach to their studies.
ISI
"The quality of the pupils' academic and other achievements is excellent. High quality aspirational teaching ensures that the school is highly successful in meeting its aim of educating pupils in the fullest sense.
"Pupils are exceptionally self-confident, self-assured and responsible. Relationships across the school are excellent, underpinned by outstanding levels of mutual respect."
View Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School’s latest Inspection report
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