Lead Teacher of MFL Faculty

Lead Teacher of MFL Faculty

MPS 1 (£30,000) – UPR 3 (£46,525)

TLR 2C (£7,847)

Possible Recruitment and Retention bonus depending on experience

Permanent

0.6 – 1.0 FTE

Required for September 2024, an outstanding practitioner, to lead the development of Modern Foreign Languages and our International School work. You must be able to enthuse, engage, motivate and inspire both students and staff, through your passion for your subject, creative teaching, presence and personality.

As Head of Faculty you will be responsible for the management and strategic development of the Faculty, contributing towards improving standards of student achievement, and assisting in the development of the teaching practice within the faculty. Working as a member of our Middle Leadership team there will be scope to make a significant contribution to the direction of the whole school in addition to raising standards in the MFL Faculty.

Applications are welcome from individuals who can demonstrate a track record of successful innovative practice, the capacity for leadership at a higher level and share our commitment to the highest quality of education for all our young people.

Languages are integral to our school strategy and a valued part of our curriculum with students able to study both Spanish and French to GCSE; consistently achieving good outcomes. The school leadership team is committed to the British Council Foreign Language Assistant scheme and staff have cultivated numerous strong international links including a partner school in Montpellier.

At Humphry Davy School we strive to nurture ‘a true sense of belonging’ with strong, mutually respectful relationships core to our success. The successful candidate will display energy and willingness to support our wide range of enrichment opportunities with the aim of engaging, motivating and inspiring our students to broaden their cultural awareness and raise their aspirations.

What the school offers its staff:-

* A school located in beautiful west Cornwall with a genuine family atmosphere.

• The successful candidate can be assured of our full support in pursuit of their career goals. The development of staff is fundamental to raising standards and our high-quality programme of whole school professional development is supplemented with input from our highly experienced and successful languages team.

• The full range of staff well-being and support can be found in our policy available on the school website, but includes:

• Access to Health and Wellbeing support through the ‘Schools Advisory Service’ including 24-hour GP access, physiotherapy, counselling & mindfulness and staff wellbeing clinics.

• Termly wellbeing events where staff can learn a new craft, socialize and generally ‘have fun’ as a community.

• Flexible working options in pursuit of a work/life balance.

• An ‘open door’ policy to ensure staff are able to easily seek advice, share thoughts and help us develop our policy and practice.

• Access to the Cornwall Council ‘One and All Employee Benefits’ including ‘Techscheme’, Cycle to Work scheme, Discounted memberships and 'on-line’ and ‘in-store’ discounts including major high street stores.

This post reflects the School’s continuing ambition and the person appointed will be an integral member of our middle leadership team with the scope to make a contribution to the direction of the whole school should they wish. They can be assured of our full support in any further professional and career development.

If you have the vision, enthusiasm and dedication then we want to hear from you.  For further details and application form please go to the School website

Closing Date: Monday 22nd April

Provisional Interview Date: Friday 26th April

Humphry Davy School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff are subject to pre employment checks which include applying for an enhanced DBS disclosure.