Spanish Teacher with KS3 French
Thank you for your interest in applying for the position of Modern Foreign Languages Teacher (Spanish with KS3 French preferable). This role is a key position in the school, its growth and future developments. The successful candidate will join a team of highly motivated and talented colleagues across the rest of the school.
This is an exciting time to be joining our school as we continue our journey towards excellence in everything we do and providing the necessary support for all our students to be successful when making the next step. This post is instrumental in achieving our vision over the coming years whilst responding to the ever-changing educational issues.
The successful candidate will have the knowledge and skills to add value in these areas, but will also be flexible and creative, with a passion for education and a track record of excellent teaching and building great relationships with students, staff, and parents.
Key Responsibilities:
- Teaching Spanish to KS5, with the ability to teach French to KS3 preferable, following departmental schemes of work and the National Curriculum
- Contributing to the development of departmental schemes of work and assessment
- Setting and marking homework according to school and departmental policies
- Integrating the development of key skills (numeracy, literacy and ICT) into their teaching
- Monitoring and assessing students according to departmental and whole school policies
- Contributing to departmental meetings
- Maintaining a safe and attractive learning environment
- Fostering business and community links
- Being willing to contribute to enrichment programmes such as Young Enterprise
- Promoting the school's ethos and equal opportunities policy
- Contributing to the further development of whole school policies and practices
- Serving as a tutor with responsibilities for student academic tutoring, behaviour, welfare and guidance
- Carrying out appropriate school duties, including general lunchtime duties on a voluntary basis
- Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of students for whom they have responsibility or with whom they come into contact.
The ideal candidate will be:
- A qualified teacher educated to degree level
- A passionate classroom practitioner
- Someone with clear potential to learn and improve
- An advocate for young people
- Innovative, creative, resilient and dynamic
- An excellent communicator who has a positive attitude to life and work
- Able to demonstrate impact in their current role
For more information please view the job description within the attachments below.
Closing Date: 5th May 2025
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on the week commencing Monday 12th May
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, once a sufficient amount of applications have been submitted.
Overton Grange School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our students.