Subject Leader: French
Mayfield School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 0RHThis job expired on 23 February 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
23 February 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 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
Subject
- French
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time under teacher directed time allocation
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 2b
What skills and experience we're looking for
Mayfield School seeks to appoint an outstanding and innovative Subject Leader: French who will share our determinations to transform the life chances of our pupils. The successful candidate will be well-qualified, confident and effective and capable of motivating and inspiring our students to make exceptional progress within the subject.
This exciting new role has been created to support the expansion of our language’s curriculum; our students will have the opportunity to study Spanish and French from September 2024. The successful candidate will lead the introduction and development of a new French curriculum across both phases. It is our ambition that more students study a language to GCSE level and beyond and the introduction of a second language provides them with more opportunities to do this.
What the school offers its staff
Mayfield School is at the heart of a thriving and diverse local community. We are one of the first single-site, all-through maintained schools in the country, which we believe provides us with a unique opportunity to improve and shape the lives of all students (Year R – Year 11) in our community. We strive for all students of Mayfield School to receive a high quality education, in a safe environment where all children are valued, supported, inspired and future ready!
We are afriendly, vibrantschool with high standards and expectations. We pride ourselves on the positive relationships we foster, knowing every young person as an individual and challenging each of them to have the highest possible aspirations through our ambitious and inclusive curriculum. Our ambition is to build on our excellent pastoral care with high standards and expectations so that young people are able to flourish and to achieve their very best.
Mayfield School started a new era with the opening of ourbrand new state-of-the-art building in 2021. This has provided our school community with new facilities, such as a large sports hall, new drama rooms, new assembly hall, a large canteen and café area.
Mayfield School is currently embarking on a rapid school improvement journey with the support of Salterns Academy Trust.
Mayfield School Employee Benefits:
- A supportive ethos and concern for wellbeing of all colleagues
- Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
- Employer contribution to the Local Government (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to an Occupational Health provider
- A genuine opportunity to make a difference to the benefit of pupils and their local community.
- An exciting and vibrant environment in which to work.
- A fantastic community of parents and children who deserve the best.
- A highly skilled and driven team of committed teachers and support staff to work with.
Commitment to safeguarding
Mayfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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About Mayfield School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 16
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1432 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Mayfield School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@mayfield.portsmouth.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02392693432
Arranging a visit to Mayfield School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@mayfield.portsmouth.sch.uk.
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