Head Of Modern Foreign Languages
Belfairs Academy, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 3TGThis job expired on 19 February 2024
Job start date
2 September 2024
Closing date
19 February 2024 at 8am
Date listed
19 January 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
- Languages
Working pattern
- Full time: 32 Hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L8-L11
What skills and experience we're looking for
- To ensure the development of a highly skilled team which uses a range of teaching and learning styles to deliver outstanding outcomes.
- To match department developments with current thinking and practice in teaching and learning through research and links with other schools, and to implement necessary adaptations and changes
- To develop and enhance the teaching practice of others through coaching programmes and training
- To support and challenge all staff in the department, including teachers, post holders, ASTs and operational staff
- To manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources within the department effectively to support the DIP
- To implement the Academy’s policies and procedures
Teaching and Learning
- To ensure good and outstanding teaching in the department through modelling outstanding teaching and learning and support of colleagues
- To ensure Learning Schemes meet the needs of all students and are updated regularly to meet identified student targets and Academy priorities
Achievement
- To raise standards of pupil attainment and achievement within the whole curriculum area
- To be accountable for pupil progress and development within the subject area through appropriate tracking systems and standardisation
What the school offers its staff
Why Legra Academy Trust? We provide top quality, high impact early years, primary and secondary education in the county of Essex. We currently manage two academies in the Southend-on-Sea area: Belfairs Academy and Darlinghurst Academy. We are responsible for approximately 2000 young people from nursery to age 19 and employ around 250 staff. Each of our academies is fully committed to achieving excellence for the benefit of all our students’, staff and the wider community. Our motto is ‘Shaping the Future Together’ and we really mean it – so why don’t you come and help us achieve it? You can find out more about us at www.legraacademytrust.org.uk
Our School offers modern facilities, friendly staff with free gym and use of pool.
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 Belfairs Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1632 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Belfairs Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- emma.lipscombe@legraacademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01702 509001
Arranging a visit to Belfairs Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email emma.lipscombe@legraacademy.org.uk.
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