Teacher of French
Montgomery Academy, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY2 0AZThis job expired on 23 November 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
23 November 2020 at 8am
Date listed
6 November 2020
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- View all Frenchjobs
Working pattern
Full-time equivalent salary
- M1-M6/U1-U3
Teacher of French job summary
The Candidate
We are looking for candidates whose dynamism, commitment, energy, professional expertise and experience qualify them to take on this exciting and challenging role. The successful candidate will facilitate and encourage learning, enabling all students to achieve high standards. The successful candidate will share and support the corporate responsibility for the wellbeing, education and behaviour of all students within this rapidly improving department and the school as a whole.
The Role
To perform all duties in line with the National Teacher Standards.
Accountabilities
• To prepare and teach lessons of a high standard:
o following designated programmes of study
o using assessment to capture and enhance student academic progress, in planning and for formative and summative purposes
o providing information for the departmental students’ performance tracking and whole-school data systems
o monitoring students in accordance with agreed department strategies
• To maintain discipline in accordance with school policies and demonstrate good practice in class with regard to attendance, appearance, uniform, punctuality, behaviour and completion of classwork and homework
• To contribute to the corporate tasks of development, record keeping, monitoring, evaluation of lessons and maintenance of resources
• To apply school homework policy, including the marking and setting of homework on a regular basis, according to policy
• To work closely with and consult those teachers, who are responsible for other curriculum areas, ensuring continuity and progression for students
• To record student progress, using the tracking system and to use this information to plan for student progress and to report to parents
• To engage in continuous professional development
Knowledge and Skills
Classroom teachers should demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of:
• The principles and practices of effective learning and teaching
• Preparation of schemes of work and lessons, according to Montgomery Programmes of Study and the revised National Curriculum
• Principles and practices of monitoring/ assessment/ evaluation
and must demonstrate in an on-going fashion the appropriate level and depth of professional attributes, professional knowledge and understanding and professional skills for their particular career stage, as defined in the current Professional Standards for Teachers and Appraisal arrangements.
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.
About Montgomery Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1168 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Montgomery Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- f.burrows@montgomery.fcat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01253 356271
Montgomery Academy is a rapidly improving school with good leadership and determined to deliver the highest quality education.
Montgomery Academy is situated in Bispham, north Blackpool. We are proud of our reputation for securing both high quality academic achievement and providing the best possible learning opportunities and support for our students. These high standards are built upon foundations of mutual respect, collective values and the firm belief that learning counts and people really matter. The school is energetic, inclusive and continually seeking ways to improve the opportunities as well as draw the best talents, expertise and experience for students and staff alike.
The Academy’s sponsor is FCAT, the Fylde Coast Academy Trust, a growing and developing Multi Academy Trust which is committed to “promoting excellence in teaching, learning and leadership”. You would be joining the ‘family of schools’ within FCAT which will provide outstanding opportunities for future professional growth and potential promotion. Furthermore, the Academy is also part of the Fylde Coast Teaching School which delivers high quality courses on teaching and leadership as well as the opportunity for colleagues to network and share good practice to improve opportunities for young people across the region. We are determined to build upon this further and are looking to appoint like-minded professionals to join us on our journey of continuous improvement.
Montgomery Academy has been on a journey of improvement since April 2016 when it came out of Special Measures. It is currently Requiring Improvement though had a very positive Section 8 inspection in May 2019 where we told to continue embedding the strategies we had already put in place. Leadership was described as a strength of the academy. The reputation of the academy grows year on year with the proportion of parents putting us as first choice rising by 30% this year. We are developing a culture amongst our students of self-regulation specifically being safe, mature, ambitious, respectful and thoughtful. In the last year, we have celebrated serving our community for 60 years since Field Marshall Montgomery officially opened the school in 1959. All staff, students and parents/carers form the Montgomery Family and our family-ethos is the cornerstone of our continual improvement. So you would be joining a much improved school with a positive and forward looking agenda. We are all optimistic about the future for the school.
Arranging a visit to Montgomery Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email f.burrows@montgomery.fcat.org.uk.
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