Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
Unity College, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 3DF9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer Term
Closing date
31 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 January 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Languages
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months+ - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPR/UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
Unity College is seeking to appoint a passionate and energetic teacher to join our Modern Foreign Languages Department. If you are ambitious, innovative and dedicated to bringing positive outcomes for all young people then this could be the perfect role for you.
We are passionate about teaching and learning and would love to hear from you if you share our belief in the power of education to transform lives.
You will:
- be, or have the potential to become, an excellent classroom practitioner, who is able to teach Modern Foreign Languages at Key Stages 3 and 4
- share the College’s very high expectations
- be able to use a strong pedagogical understanding to successfully deliver the Modern Foreign Languages curricula
- be committed to working collaboratively with colleagues, students and parents
- be enthusiastic about giving young people the best possible start in life
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
- the opportunity to be integral to College improvement
- well-considered professional development and a wide range of professional opportunities, including significant leadership development opportunities
- excellent career progression opportunities
- a high level of support for all new staff
- an exciting and stimulating place to work in a friendly environment
- a modern, purpose-built building and excellent facilities
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)
Online and social media
Prohibition from teaching
Right to Work in the UK
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.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to j.lever@unity.lancs.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Unity College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1434 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Unity College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- j.lever@unity.lancs.sch.uk
Welcome to Unity College, an 11-16 college in the heart of Burnley. We are committed to making education an enjoyable, rewarding and stimulating experience where all students develop a passion to be “the best that they can be”.
At our College, traditional values meet with innovative approaches to learning and fantastic facilities.
We are relentless in our pursuit of high standards and academic success for every child. We offer excellent teaching in a safe and caring environment. Our expectations of students and staff are high and the rewards last a lifetime.
We want our students to leave us with wonderful memories. A huge range of additional opportunities, both within and beyond the classroom, allows our students to develop their individual characters and talents and to fulfil their aspirations.
I am very proud to be the Headteacher of Unity College: a successful college with a very exciting future. I encourage you to visit the College during a working day to see for yourself the high-quality learning and teaching and to experience the friendly, happy and purposeful atmosphere that characterise Unity College. Visits can be arranged at any time. When you visit our College, I am sure that you will recognise not only the warm welcome from our students but also their enjoyment of and their passion for learning.
Jane Richardson, Headteacher
Arranging a visit to Unity College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.lever@unity.lancs.sch.uk.
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