Teacher of Spanish & French with TLR2a
Shire Oak Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 9PA12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
30 June 2025
Closing date
25 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Languages
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 30,000 and 46,525
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Subject Leader to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the department, raising standards of attainment and achievement, and ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, balanced curriculum.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the department team in raising standards of attainment and achievement across the curriculum.
• Develop and maintain positive attitudes towards the subject and confidence in teaching it.
• Establish short, medium, and long-term plans for the development and resourcing of the subject.
• Monitor progress, evaluate the effects on teaching and learning, and guide further improvement.
• Implement clear policies and practices for assessing, recording, and reporting on student achievement.
• Set expectations and targets for staff and students in relation to standards of achievement and quality of teaching.
• Ensure high-quality, consistent teaching and learning across all ability groups.
• Provide guidance on appropriate teaching and learning methods.
• Lead professional development of subject staff through example and support.
• Use data effectively to identify and support students who are underachieving.
• Ensure the provision of a broad, balanced, relevant, and differentiated curriculum. • Establish constructive working relationships among staff involved with the subject.
• Manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial, and physical resources within the department.
Requirements:
• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Proven experience in teaching and leading a department.
• Strong subject knowledge and a passion for the subject.
• Ability to inspire and motivate students and staff.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and contribute to a positive working environment. Additional Responsibilities:
• Participate in the academy’s CPD programme.
• Communicate effectively with parents and external bodies.
• Contribute to the academy’s planning and quality assurance activities.
• Support the academy’s ethos and policies.
What the school offers its staff
Shire Oak Academy offers a supportive and hardworking team, high expectations for students, and a strong track record of external examination results. We provide opportunities for professional development and a collaborative working environment. The Academy is part of The Mercian Academy Trust, offering innovative and exciting opportunities for growth and development.
Further details about the role
Shire Oak School, a comprehensive secondary school, was formed in 1970 by merging Shire Oak Grammar School, opened in 1961, with Walsall Wood Secondary Modern School, which had been moved to new buildings adjoining those of the grammar school in 1966. In September 2003 we received designation as a specialist science college.
In April 2011, our school became an 11 to 18 comprehensive converter Academy. In October 2018, Shire Oak Academy alongside Aldridge School, Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Queen Mary’s High School and The Walsall Studio School formed The Mercian Academy Trust.
This is an exciting and innovative time for the Academy and we are looking to appoint an individual who is:
An inspirational and enthusiastic team member.
Clear about what constitutes outstanding outcomes for all students.
A passionate, creative Subject Leader who believes in all students’ capacity to succeed and will embrace our ethos ‘Turning Potential into Excellence’.
We can offer you the support of a strong, hard-working team and the opportunity to work with students who meet the high expectations we have of them.
The Academy has been heavily oversubscribed for a number of years and we are incredibly proud of our external examination results.
Job Purpose: We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Subject Leader to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the department, raising standards of attainment and achievement, and ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, balanced curriculum.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the department team in raising standards of attainment and achievement across the curriculum.
- Develop and maintain positive attitudes towards the subject and confidence in teaching it.
- Establish short, medium, and long-term plans for the development and resourcing of the subject.
- Monitor progress, evaluate the effects on teaching and learning, and guide further improvement.
- Implement clear policies and practices for assessing, recording, and reporting on student achievement.
- Set expectations and targets for staff and students in relation to standards of achievement and quality of teaching.
- Ensure high-quality, consistent teaching and learning across all ability groups.
- Provide guidance on appropriate teaching and learning methods.
- Lead professional development of subject staff through example and support.
- Use data effectively to identify and support students who are underachieving.
- Ensure the provision of a broad, balanced, relevant, and differentiated curriculum.
- Establish constructive working relationships among staff involved with the subject.
- Manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial, and physical resources within the department.
Requirements:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Proven experience in teaching and leading a department.
- Strong subject knowledge and a passion for the subject.
- Ability to inspire and motivate students and staff.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and contribute to a positive working environment.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Participate in the academy’s CPD programme.
- Communicate effectively with parents and external bodies.
- Contribute to the academy’s planning and quality assurance activities.
- Support the academy’s ethos and policies.
Closing Date: Monday 25th May 2025 at midnight
Shortlisting: Tuesday 26th May
Interviews: WC 27th May (will be confirmed at a later date)
For a more detailed look at our Academy access our website on www.shireoakacademy.co.uk.
Further details are available by contacting the Headteacher’s PA by e-mail on s.read@soa.merciantrust.org.uk
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Shire Oak Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1425 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Shire Oak Academy website
- Email address
- e.maguta@merciantrust.org.uk
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