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Teacher of Spanish

Teacher of Spanish

Portsmouth High School

Portsmouth

  • Expired
Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
January 2020
Apply by:
23 June 2019

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Teacher of Spanish to join our thriving and high-achieving Senior School. This is a temporary post for approximately 1 year to teach across all year groups.  

The ability to teach Spanish at A Level is essential. 

This role can be offered at either full or part time.

The successful candidate will be joining a friendly and supportive team. Portsmouth High School is a dynamic place to work, offering a range of career opportunities and benefits and is committed to staff wellbeing.

Spanish at Portsmouth High School

Spanish is a popular subject and achieves impressive exam results.  The languages teachers are passionate about their subject. They are committed to enthusing their A Level pupils and encouraging them to get the most out of the course and the highest grades. Pupils will have the opportunity to visit the country of the language that they are studying and have time allocated for individual oral practice with a Spanish Language Assistant. They have access to authentic resources.  

The successful candidate will be joining a friendly and supportive team. Portsmouth High School is a dynamic place to work, offering a range of career opportunities and benefits and is committed to staff wellbeing.

The School is part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools. We offer a variety of benefits, such as:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression

• Access to extensive professional development opportunities

• Training grants for qualifications

• Generous pension schemes

• Free life assurance benefit

• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans

• A Cycle to Work scheme

• Competitive terms and conditions of employment

• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools

For further details and an application pack please click apply or email hr@por.gdst.net or telephone 023 9282 6714.

Closing date for applications: 24 June 2019.

Interviews:  Week commencing 1 July 2019.

Portsmouth High School is part of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust) - the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.

About Portsmouth High School

Portsmouth High School is an independent school for girls aged 3 to 18 situated in Southsea, Hampshire, just a 5 minute walk from the sea. The school part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading provider of education for girls in the country which has been successfully educating girls since 1872. Portsmouth High School is ambitious for every pupil, preparing them for life beyond the school gates and an education at the school can be life changing.

The senior school opened its doors in 1882 and moved to its current location almost 130 years ago. Other sections have been founded over the years: the junior school opened in 1927, while the nursery was established in 2005.

Principal

Jane Prescott

Values and vision

Portsmouth High School nurtures students’ talents to help them grow into well-rounded individuals, socially and personally as well as academically. Relationships between students and staff are respectful and supportive, and bullying is extremely rare.

The school believes its status as an all-girls school is a valuable one, giving its students a confidence that helps redress the imbalance in female representation in leading positions in the outside world.

ISI report

“The school is highly successful in providing an excellent education and fully meets its aims to encourage pupils’ academic success and personal development within a positive and supportive environment. The excellent curriculum provides a wide range of choices, beyond requirements, accounting for the needs of pupils of all ages, including those in the EYFS, and for those with SEND or EAL. The pupils’ excellent personal development is evident in their growing self-assurance and sense of themselves as unique individuals with specific talents.”

View Portsmouth High School’s latest ISI report

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