Head of MFL

Dean Trust Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 0LF

Deadline is tomorrow

• Job start date

  1 January 2025

• Closing date

  17 October 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Spanish
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: M1 to UPS3 Plus TLR 2c £7847
• Additional allowances:

  TLR 2c £7847

What skills and experience we're looking for

Experience:

Essential

• Proven excellence as a classroom teacher, including teaching MFL to GCSE level.
• Successful classroom practitioner with a record of excellent examination results.
• Evidence of involvement and impact at a faculty level.

• Experience of leading or mentoring colleagues.

Desirable

• Leading professional development that positively impacted on staff and the school.
• Successful leadership within a Middle Leadership role.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

Essential

• Current knowledge of the MFL curriculum.
• Understanding of the principles of an effective curriculum and qualifications framework.
• Current knowledge of evidence-based strategies to raise standards of teaching and learning.
• Knowledge and understanding of current educational issues and the ability to respond to them strategically.
• Ability to provide open and honest feedback to bring about improvements.
• Understanding of the principles of effective leadership and management and the ability to apply them.

Desirable

• Understanding of latest research and publications informing educational practice.

What the school offers its staff

Teacher Pension Scheme, Contractual Sick Pay, Family Friendly Policies, Occupational Health Service, Discount for Teachers, Annual Flu Jab

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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About Dean Trust Ardwick

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1315 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Dean Trust Ardwick website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: dtarecruitment@deantrustardwick.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dean-trust-ardwick (opens in new tab)

Dean Trust Ardwick opened in 2015 and are now a fully-fledged Year 7-11 school, serving over 1200 pupils, in the heart of the Ardwick and Longsight community. We pride ourselves on being a local school for local children, and since inception we have become the school of choice for families.

We exist to empower our pupils to find their purpose and thrive as citizens of the world. We provide a knowledge-rich curriculum which exposes pupils to powerful knowledge, places them on an ambitious pathway and develops the character traits needed to seize the opportunities that exist. Through finding their passions we enable pupils to make a positive difference to the world. Our core purpose is not merely finite ‘success’ for our pupils but for them to thrive - continually grow and flourish.

We are explicit about the culture we want to create and have clear ideas of the desired behaviours necessary for our pupils to succeed. At Dean Trust Ardwick, we maintain a relentless focus on the day-to-day actions, behaviours and routines within the school and adopt a disciplined approach to teaching pupils the right and successful ways to do things.

Arranging a visit to Dean Trust Ardwick

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dtarecruitment@deantrustardwick.co.uk.

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