Job Title: Spanish Teacher
Location: Winchester
Contract Type: Fixed Term, 0.4 of FTE, Permanent.
Salary: MPR / UPR
Start Date: September 2023
Do you want to be part of a school community on a journey from good to outstanding? Do you want to make a difference to outcomes for all students?
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate teacher of Modern Foreign Languages to join our highly motivated and hard-working team. You should be an excellent classroom practitioner and have students at the heart of your decision making. You should be able to teach Spanish to Key Stage 4 and the ability to teach French in the lower school would be desirable.
We are looking for somebody who is creative and dynamic in the classroom and who can engage a wide range of students. This role is suitable for both ECTs, who would benefit from a comprehensive range of support and guidance, and more experienced teachers.
We are driven and determined to continue to improve on our GCSE results over the coming years. We are very proud of our recent GCSE results and are keen to employ a teacher who will share this drive and enthusiasm. If you would like to work in a vibrant and progressive environment, we would love to hear from you.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful secondary school ‘where teachers and leaders at all levels are enthusiastic and ambitious’ (Ofsted 2017).
The successful candidate will:
- Be committed to comprehensive education.
- Have students at the heart of what drives their decision making.
Key Responsibilities:
- To prepare, develop and deliver appropriate schemes of work, which provide challenging lessons that stimulate students and allow them to succeed.
- To teach across the full age and ability range.
- To encourage effective learning through the use of HB2, a variety of teaching methods, which motivates students of all abilities.
- To demonstrate the ability to use a range of teaching strategies to maximise student progress.
- To ensure that students’ work is marked regularly and that they receive formative feedback in line with the school Marking Policy.
- To keep accurate up-to-date records of student progress and use data to inform teaching, target setting and intervention strategies.
- To set Home Learning in accordance with the school Home Learning policy and ensure that appropriate feedback is given.
- To provide information to parents about the achievements and progress of their child as required through parents’ evening and reports.
- To follow the advice and training provided by the Additional Learning Team to ensure the adoption of appropriate strategies with students with Additional Learning Needs, ensuring these students make progress in line with their peers.
- To be responsible for a positive learning environment and high standards of students work in student handbooks and exercise books following the school guidelines.
- To contribute to the wider curriculum through involvement in extra-curricular activities.
- To attend and contribute in all appropriate meetings.
- To take on the role of a tutor within the team and be responsible for the academic and pastoral well- being of a tutor group.
- To uphold the highest standards of professionalism, this includes ensuring that school issues are not discussed on social network sites.
- All teachers are expected to uphold the school’s policies in respect to Safeguarding and Child Protection ensuring the safety and well-being of all learners.
- To take an active interest in their own personal development and keep professional skills up-to-date.
- To complete all other reasonable tasks as directed by the Headteacher or Line Manager.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of: Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Spanish Teacher, Head of Spanish, Teacher of Spanish may also be considered for this role.
