Curriculum Leader for Modern Foreign Languages
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 8AYThis job expired on 1 October 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2021
Closing date
1 October 2020 at 9am
Date listed
19 September 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- French, Languages
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Teacher Main Pay Range M3-U3 £29265 - £41705 plus TLR 2.2 £4796
Additional allowances
An additional recruitment allowance (TLR3.3 currently £1,656), will be available for three years for an exceptional candidate.
Curriculum Leader for Modern Foreign Languages job summary
We are looking for an outstanding candidate who will be excited to lead a collaborative approach to continuous improvement across the department. This role will offer the successful candidate exciting challenges that will be both rewarding and fulfilling, and will support you to achieve your own personal career goals and aspirations. We are seeking a colleague who has a proven track record and an ability to enthuse and motivate our pupils and colleagues to be all they can be. The successful candidate will:
- Be a French specialist, an excellent teacher of MFL, with a passion for teaching, and a commitment to working together and sharing ideas;
- Have the knowledge and capacity to teach across the full age and ability range;
- Be enthusiastic, resourceful and keen to ensure that the highest possible standards of pupil achievement, personal development and well-being are achieved;
- Be able to lead and inspire a team of colleagues to continuously improve;
- Be willing to go the extra mile for our pupils.
MFL is a popular subject at Cardinal Allen. The MFL team members work collaboratively to create and resource a curriculum designed to challenge and motivate our pupils, developing their linguistic skills as well as enhancing their knowledge of the wider world.
The school works to a 25 one-hour period week; pupils enjoy two hours of either French or Spanish each week in Years 7 and 8 and one hour in Year 9. Both languages are popular options at GCSE and our GCSE French and Spanish pupils study the AQA specification for three hours per week in both Years 10 and 11.
The department is well resourced with spacious, dedicated teaching rooms, ample storage space, a departmental office and substantial learning materials.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 806 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@cardinalallen.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01253872659
Cardinal Allen is a forward looking, oversubscribed, “outstanding Catholic school”. Ofsted judged both leadership and behaviour as outstanding and we are determined to continue to provide the very best for the pupils in our care. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check.
Our 800 pupils form a friendly, open school in which discipline is good and where a high value is placed on order, respect for others and endeavour. This means that we can be rightly ambitious for all our pupils and encourage them all to have high expectations. We were once again oversubscribed for September 2020 having received in excess of 380 applications for the 166 places available.
Arranging a visit to Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@cardinalallen.co.uk.
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