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  • Start date details

    April 2023

  • Closing date

    14 December 2022 at 9am

  • Date listed

    1 December 2022

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 4

Subject

Languages

Working pattern

Full time: Full Time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPR-UPR

Additional allowances

TLR

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint for Easter 2023 an outstanding practitioner and a dynamic and inspirational teacher with a proven track record of raising standards of attainment in modern foreign languages. You will demonstrate vision, leadership qualities, management skills and the desire and commitment to lead a specialist team. You will also make languages exciting and relevant to the future of our pupils. We welcome applicants with any combination of languages, but especially Spanish and French.

In this role, you will use your up-to-date knowledge of developments in Modern Foreign Languages, as well as being an excellent classroom practitioner, to teach across the Key Stages to build and develop a creative approach within the school. You will be a team player with the right attributes and focus for the day-to-day pressures that teaching brings.

You will take a lead role within the Modern Foreign Languages department, working alongside colleagues to deliver the curriculum. The role will include the development of the KS4 scheme of work in line with new examination criteria, examination preparation, creating and sharing resources for KS4, and updating the student data spreadsheets, alongside undertaking observations of KS4 lessons. Leading by example, you will provide motivation and inspiration to both staff and students.

What the school offers its staff

Woodchurch High School is an exciting place to work. It is a successful and oversubscribed 11 – 16 co-educational comprehensive.

We enjoy state of the art facilities, designed to engage and motivate learners. As an Academy committed to professional development, all new teaching staff will be expected to actively participate in CPD programmes

Further details about the role

The successful candidate is expected to:

  • Be a strong team player with a real drive and ambition
  • Be determined to make a difference and have the highest expectations for our pupils
  • Have a strong record of examination results at KS4
  • Have the ability to motivate and inspire pupils and staff
  • Have successfully managed an area of MFL
  • Use your love of MFL, along with excellent coaching and mentoring abilities, to collaboratively build a culture of academic excellence in MFL, in which every child believes they can succeed
  • Have a previous record of outstanding Teaching and Learning
  • Be committed to continuing to raise standards in the MFL Curriculum Area
  • To drive the vision for the MFL Curriculum Area
  • Evaluate and improve Teaching & Learning
  • Ensure the sharing of outstanding practice
  • Use data effectively to track, monitor and evaluate pupil progress in KS4
  • Plan and implement effective intervention to support all pupils to achieve highly
  • Continue to develop a learning community
  • Be committed to the school’s Christian values and ethos

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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About Woodchurch High School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
1426 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Phone number
0151 641 8226

Woodchurch High School is an exciting place to work. It is a successful and oversubscribed 11 –
16 co-educational comprehensive. We enjoy state of the art facilities, designed to engage and
motivate learners. As an Academy committed to professional development, all new teaching staff will be expected to actively participate in CPD programmes.

Arranging a visit to Woodchurch High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email whsrecruitment@woodchurchhigh.com.

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