Head of German
Harwich and Dovercourt High School, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3TGThis job expired on 14 April 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
14 April 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- German
Working pattern
- Full time: 100%
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Teachers Main Pay Scale (M1 - M6) £30,000 – £41,333
Additional allowances
TLR 2A – (£7,847)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Role
We are seeking an outstanding individual to raise standards of student attainment and achievement within the Languages and Culture Faculty in either German, and to monitor and support student progress.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- To keep up to date with national developments in subject areas and teaching practice and methodology.
- Ensure continuity and progression by supporting colleagues in choosing the appropriate sequence of teaching and teaching methods and setting clear learning objectives through an agreed scheme of work, developed in line with the school improvement plan.
- Monitor KS4 achievement and progress across the faculty to ensure that underachieving students are identified and appropriate intervention is implemented.
(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).
We're looking for you if you have:
- Qualified teacher status
- Degree relevant to Modern Foreign Languages
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Able to devise and implement strategies for improving student progress
What the school offers its staff
Why work for The Sigma Trust, Harwich and Dovercourt High School?
We can offer you:
- A Competitive Salary
- Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
- Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
Employee benefits include:
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme
- Free membership to Perkbox
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
Further details about the role
HARWICH AND DOVERCOURT HIGH SCHOOL
HEAD OF GERMAN
Pay Range: Teachers Main Pay Scale (M1 - M6) + TLR 2A
Actual Salary from: £30,000 – £41,333 + TLR 2A – (£7,847)
Start Date: 1st September 2024
- Closing date: Midnight Sunday 14th April 2024
- Shortlisting will take place on W/C 15th April 2024
- Interviewing date: TBC
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.
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About Harwich and Dovercourt High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1101 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@sigmatrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01255 750913
Arranging a visit to Harwich and Dovercourt High School
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