Teacher of French
Skinners' Kent Academy, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PYThis job expired on 26 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
29 August 2024
Closing date
26 April 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 April 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- French
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teacher of French
Salary:Salary dependent upon experience
Language specialisms:We are looking for an enthusiastic and competent French practitioner who strives to deliver engaging and effective lessons that meet each learner's needs.
Specific Duties:
•Teach French from KS3 to KS5 to mixed ability classes in various contexts.
• Ability to teach Spanish a plus up to KS3 but not essential .
•Commit in providing accessible language learning for ALL students.
•Able to contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of relevant and appropriate curriculum maps and sequenced programmes of study.
•Confident in using assessment, tracking, and target setting tools to accurately monitor their learners' progress and adapt their Teaching and Learning strategies accordingly.
What the school offers its staff
At The Skinners’ Kent Academy, every student has theopportunity from Year 7 to develop their ability to understand and communicate in Spanish and French. We want our students to believe in themselves and strive to be the best they can in order to succeed in further language study. The Languages curriculum aims to give our students the opportunity to acquire new knowledge, skills and ways of thinking through the ability to understand and respond to a rich range of authentic spoken and written material including literary texts. We encourage our students to be enthusiastic, engaged and challenged by embracing the richness and the diversity of different cultures through research, conceptual understanding tasks, and trips abroad. The Languages team promote a love of language learning and strive to create an environment where students are encouraged to be confident and independent learners who are not afraid to communicate in a different language for education, employment and leisure in this country or throughout the world. In September 2023, The Skinners' Kent Academy was selected by the Department for Education to oversee one of its Language Hubs. Working in partnership with Dartford Grammar School , the Academy is one of only 19 schools in England to have been chosen. Under the Language Hub initiative, the Academy will take the lead in promoting language studies amongst students, spanning from Primary school to GCSEs. It will also be aiming to enhance language offerings within schools and ensure that all students aged 14 18 have the opportunity to pursue language studies through to Key Stage 5.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Skinners’ Kent Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants are subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check and satisfactory employment references.
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About Skinners' Kent Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1084 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Skinners' Kent Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@skinnerskent.org.uk
- Phone number
- 018925793000
The Skinners’ Kent Academy is a non-fee paying, co-educational, all-ability Secondary school. The Academy is funded by the DfE and sponsored by The Skinners’ School, a grammar school for boys together with the Skinners’ Company, one of the ‘Great Twelve’ livery companies of the City of London.
The Academy is founded on the principles of a commitment to ensuring high standards and high aspirations, of active participation, an emotionally rich learning environment and an inclusive culture where every child is known and every learner supported.
Arranging a visit to Skinners' Kent Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@skinnerskent.org.uk.
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