Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
Thurston Community College, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3PBThis job expired on 7 October 2023
Start date details
January 2024
Closing date
7 October 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 September 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- French, Languages, Spanish
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time up to 32.5 hours. Part time 0.7 FTE full time considered
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We require a Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages who has:
- A desire to enthuse students and be part of developing strong student outcomes.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A desire to develop their own teaching skills, whilst being a dedicated team member.
What the school offers its staff
In return we will provide:
- An opportunity to help shape the future of the MFL Faculty.
- Opportunities to develop both professionally and personally.
- An experience that will develop your teaching skills and pathway to the next step in your career.
We offer the opportunity to:
- Join a talented Team, dedicated to work effectively together to secure positive outcomes for our students.
- Benefit from ongoing Professional Development.
- Make a difference to our talented and creative students.
- Benefit from our Employee Assistance Programme.
Further details about the role
Thurston Community College
Thurston, Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP31 3PB
Tel: 01359 230885
Email: recruitment@thurstoncollege.org
Website: www.thurstoncollege.org
Principal: Nicki Mattin B.Ed (Hons) NPQH
Current Roll: 1559;
Years 7-11: 1345; Sixth Form: 214
Permanent Role
Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
Part Time up to
0.7 FTE (Full Time considered)
Required to start January 2024
MPS/UPS
The Opportunity?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and talented language specialist to join our dynamic forward-thinking Modern Foreign Languages Team. You will be part of a welcoming, supportive and vibrant faculty with a real sense of community.
Modern Languages are rebuilding their approach and curriculum to support the school ambition for all students to enjoy and be successful in a second language.
Our successful candidate will be a dynamic and innovative practitioner who is passionate for their subject to enthuse students to embrace language learning, playing a vital role in development, instilling confidence to encourage students to achieve their highest potential.
They will have excellent understanding of both subject and general teaching pedagogy, being someone who values working as part of a team whose desire is to see languages develop excellence across the school. This is a unique opportunity to really grow your subject knowledge within a supportive environment.
The department currently teaches French and Spanish to GCSE and A Level students who go on to study Languages, Linguistics and a range of subjects in combination with languages at university.
We would welcome applications from experienced and early careers teachers.
If you are excited by this post, its challenges and opportunities; if you relish the prospect of joining our team of committed and excellent staff we very much look forward to hearing from you. Please visit our website www.thurstoncollege.org for further information or if you would like to discuss this post further please do not hesitate to contact recruitment@thurstoncollege.org.
Commitment to safeguarding
Thurston Community College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
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About Thurston Community College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1499 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Thurston Community College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@thurstoncollege.org
- Phone number
- 01359 234506
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