Teacher of Spanish / Head of Spanish
Walthamstow School for Girls, London, E17 9RZ23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
13 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 December 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- French, Spanish
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Fixed term - From April 2025 until the return of the substantive post holder - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- Main Scale / Upper Pay Scale
Additional allowances
There is the possibility of a TLR2b for the right candidate to take on the responsibility of Head of Spanish
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Do you have a genuine passion for teaching Spanish Studies and enjoy sharing your enthusiasm for the subject with students?
- Would you like the opportunity to work as part of an innovative and dedicated Languages Faculty?
We are looking to appoint an exceptional and highly motivated Teacher of Spanish. This is a temporary appointment to cover a period of maternity leave. For the right candidate there is the possibility of a TLR2b payment (£5,646.00 per annum) to act as Head of Spanish, depending on experience.
As the ideal candidate you will have a passion for teaching and promoting the love of the Spanish language and culture. Ideally you will be able to speak and teach French too.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and collaborative team which achieves excellent examination results and inspires students to grow and develop their love of languages. You must be able to demonstrate creativity as well as excellent subject knowledge and a commitment to developing and maintaining high standards of teaching and learning at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.
What the school offers its staff
Walthamstow School for Girls is a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and lead. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality for all and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. We are a truly comprehensive school, proud of our diversity and committed to social justice.
Benefits
- One of the lowest teaching time contact ratios in London, demonstrating that we have chosen to invest in our staff
- An understanding that work-life balance is important, including a commitment to staff wellbeing in our School Improvement Plan
- Structured and regular CPD sessions
- In addition to making allowances for staff to have cover for family events, we are piloting a whole school approach to flexible working which will be rolled out across the school in 2025
- Home and Family weeks: termly non-meeting weeks throughout the year to support with reduced workload and staff wellbeing
- Beautiful school grounds, including staff terrace (in summer!)
- One-hour lunch break for teaching staff
- The possibility of flexible working contracts (37% of our staff are part-time)
- Regular wellbeing surveys and meetings; member of SLT with responsibility for staff wellbeing
- Employee Assistance: free 24-hour confidential counselling, help and information service
- Staff organised activities including a running club, yoga and Boxfit exercise sessions
- Cycle 2 work scheme
- Staff working in schools in Waltham Forest, regularly using computers, are eligible to apply for reimbursement towards some of the costs associated with eye tests and glasses
- Free on-site parking
- Lunch or breakfast provided on INSET days
- Free tea and coffee in the staff room
- Staff benefit from preferential admission criteria for their daughters
Commitment to safeguarding
Walthamstow School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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About Walthamstow School for Girls
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 895 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Walthamstow School for Girls website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- m.madhani@wsfg.waltham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02085099446
Walthamstow School for Girls is a mainstream, non-denominational secondary school for girls aged 11-16. It is situated in Walthamstow, East London, and it has 900 pupils on its roll.
Walthamstow School for Girls' motto is “Neglect not the gift that is thee”. The secondary school has an exceptional track record of academic excellence, which is achieved through high expectations, inspirational teaching and learning experiences.
The school offers strong pastoral support, plus regular monitoring, target setting and dialogue with students and parents/carers. It is consistently among the top-performing non-selective schools in the country and the pupils take great pride in their school.
Walthamstow School for Girls is a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and lead. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality for all and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. We are a truly comprehensive school, proud of our diversity and committed to social justice.
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