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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    10 October 2022 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    21 September 2022

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  • Permanent. Part time, 7 hours a week as Language Assistant, 1 hour a week administration. Days of work and start and finish times vary. Term time only Actual salary £4,850 - £5,220 pa depending on experience

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Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Actual salary £4,850 - £5,220 pa depending on experience

Actual salary

Actual salary £4,850 - £5,220 pa depending on experience

French Foreign Language Assistant to start as soon as possible job summary

French Language Assistant

To start as soon as possible

Permanent. Part time, 7 hours a week as Language Assistant, 1 hour a week administration. Days of work and start and finish times vary. Term time only

Actual salary £4,850 - £5,220 pa depending on experience

Furze Platt is a highly successful mixed comprehensive school serving the children of Maidenhead. At Furze Platt, 1400 students of all abilities develop the skills and qualities to enable them to excel in the future. We are a highlyambitious, high-achievingand fullyinclusiveschool in which our students are challenged and supported to achieve excellence.

We offer a friendly and harmonious campus, and we support the physical and mental wellbeing of all our staff. Discounted membership is available for the use of a fully equipped and well-maintained gym on-site. All staff have access to an employee advice programme which offers information, resources and a counselling service. We reward long service and encourage community spirit and staff involvement through various social events including orienteering, murder mystery quizzes, sports after school and a Furze Platt fantasy football league. Tea and coffee are free, and freshly brewed coffee is available in the main staff room at break times with edible treats to help you through the week!

We are looking for someone to work alongside our Foreign Language Teachers and provide classroom support to KS3, KS4 and KS5 students with their French language work. You would also prepare for and conduct one-to-one sessions / small group work to help students prepare for their GCSE or A-Level French oral examination / undertake general intervention work as directed by class teachers. You would also have the opportunity to support teachers with marking for literacy and moderation, including students’ essays and practise exam papers. An hour a week is available for administration which includes but is not limited to planning, filing and a small amount of data input. You would be supported by the Head of Modern Foreign Languages who would meet with you every other week.

If you are a native French speaker who is interested in French foreign affairs, literature, film and other topics and if you enjoy working with children and young people on a flexible and varied timetable, we would love to hear from you. The timetable for this role is set annually in accordance with requirements. The 2022 to 2023 timetable is included with the advert pack on our website.

For further information about this role and in order to complete a Support Staff Application Form please refer to our school website www.furzeplatt.com. Application forms should be returned to Kiran.smith@furzeplatt.net. Only applications submitted on the school application form will be considered.

Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Closing date: Monday 10th October at midday

Interviews will take place: As soon as is practicable. We welcome early applications.

Commitment to safeguarding

Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About Furze Platt Senior School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1512 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Furze Platt is a highly successful mixed comprehensive school serving the children of Maidenhead. At Furze Platt, 1500 students of all abilities develop the skills and qualities to enable them to excel in the future. We are a highly ambitious, high-achieving and fully inclusive school in which our students are challenged and supported to achieve excellence. We are well placed for access, with good transport links to and from London and surrounding counties. Our school is very well resourced and equipped with many new facilities benefiting students and staff. These include a state-of-the-art theatre, gym, fitness suite and new three-storey teaching block incorporating science laboratories and classrooms. We are proud of the fact that the local community is also able to use these facilities.

We want our students to enjoy the time they spend with us by providing an education which is broad, stimulating and rewarding. We also believe passionately in music, drama, the arts and sport and have a Dance studio, two Drama studios, a recording studio and practice rooms and an all-weather astro-turf to support these. We are proud of the range of extra-curricular opportunities we provide for students outside of the classroom including Duke of Edinburgh, ski and theatre trips, visits overseas to enhance language skills and historical knowledge and many others.

We offer a friendly and harmonious campus atmosphere, with fantastic line support and a Senior Leadership Team who genuinely want to see you succeed and develop. NQTs are allocated a mentor, a reduced timetable and the opportunity to attend training sessions run by specialists from within the school. Career opportunities allowing you to grow professionally within Furze Platt include working parties and coaching for experienced teachers and leadership training for aspiring and existing middle and senior leaders.

There are excellent on-site facilities including use of a fully equipped and well-maintained gym, a café serving hot food and freshly made snacks and staff rooms with plenty of working space, your own laptop, student laptops and interactive whiteboards. As well as access to an employee advice service providing information, helpful resources and other services, we are finding ways of maintaining our community spirit and staff involvement through socially distanced initiatives, current examples being our first on-line book club, and a Furze Platt fantasy football league. In addition, freshly brewed coffee is ready for you during break-time with the occasional treat to help you through the week!

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