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Teacher of French and/or Spanish with Head of Learning – Year 7

The Highcrest Academy, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 7NQ

This job expired on 13 February 2023 – see similar jobs

Start date details
September or April, if available
Closing date
13 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 January 2023

Job details

Job role: View all Head of year, department, curriculum or phasejobs
Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects: View all Frenchjobs, View all Spanishjobs
Working pattern: View all Full timejobs - Full-time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS plus TLR2C (currently £7,368) plus £2,000 bursary for direct applications, paid over two years

What skills and experience we're looking for

Bonjour! Hola! Hello!

You will be an inspirational, innovative and charismatic teacher looking to join a happy, motivated and experienced team of Language specialists.

Your love for the subject will be infectious to our students, and you will make languages accessible and relevant to them. You will have autonomy in your teaching and be provided with an outstanding CPD package for personal development. You will be an aspiring middle leader and either now, or with experience, will become an outstanding practitioner.

As a committed and innovative teacher, you can look forward to teaching KS3 and KS4, with opportunities in KS5 for the right candidate.

You will need to be someone who cares both for our students and for your team. We pride ourselves on the unity of our staff and our departments. The Highcrest family is an important part of academy life. The right candidate will embrace the school’s visions and values to be an integral part of our team.

In addition, you will be Head of Learning for our new Year 7 students (from September). You will work closely with the Inclusion team and line manage an Assistant Head of Learning, as well as a tutor team, to ensure all students get the best possible pastoral care throughout their time at Highcrest, sharing responsibility for the learning and personal development of all students. You will move through the years with your year group to ensure they maximise their potential.

The role includes leading and monitoring a tutor time programme and organising and monitoring Life Lessons, as well as taking a strategic lead to ensure the students display the highest level of attendance, punctuality and behaviour throughout school.

Are you a team player, passionate about education and social mobility? Then please apply now!

What the school offers its staff

Highcrest offers both an excellent induction and an extensive CPD package for more experienced teachers. This provision of training has been praised as outstanding by an external assessor and highlighted in the local press.

“Staff feel very well supported by senior leaders. According to staff, they feel valued because senior leaders are approachable…”. Ofsted Report February 2020

A thriving and friendly academy in the heart of the community, with staff recognition schemes, a free gym and staff sports teams to counter the free breakfast, “Friday Treats” and on-site coffee shop! We also offer the possibility of shared staff living accommodation and on-site parking.

Further details about the role

Our Ofsted Report February 2020 says, “The school has a warm and welcoming atmosphere” and “Pupils at The Highcrest Academy happily live up to the school’s motto of ‘aspire and achieve’”.

All who work at the academy reinforce our six virtues linked to our motto (Ambition, Sensitivity, Purpose, Integrity, Resilience and Eloquence), helping us instil a culture of excellence that runs throughout every strand of our Academy.

Situated in the leafy Chilterns and within easy reach of Central London, Highcrest is culturally and academically diverse and is the only academy in Buckinghamshire that caters for students of ‘all abilities’. Some of our students need all your support, whilst others need to be challenged and stretched. Our inclusive and successful House system and a wide range of clubs, visits and trips help to bring our whole school community together.

There are approximately 1,000 students on roll, including the Sixth Form. Recent additions to our site include a gym and restaurant/coffee shop for both staff and students, as well as a purpose-built Sixth Form Centre.

The Highcrest Academy is fully committed to safeguarding children (policies on web). All members of staff are in a “regulated” role under the Vetting & Barring Scheme and have to be DBS cleared prior to employment.