Teacher of French with Spanish for September 2019

The school based on the outskirts of Southampton are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and successful French teacher to work in their high achieving department. The school is a desirable one, so much so that it is currently over subscribed. If you have a passion for teaching and learning and are an ambitious language practitioner who is committed to getting the best out of pupils and able to work collaboratively with colleagues we would like to hear from you. The ability to offer Spanish would be desirable but not essential.

At this school, students study the new style AQA GCSE syllabus. Unlike other schools, the school offers a broad and rich languages curriculum offering French, Spanish and German and a range of extra curricular activities and excursions to ensure excellent educational provision to their students. The department has 5 full time teachers, a part time teacher and support from a specialist cover supervisor. Each teacher has their own classroom and teach both the KS3 and KS4 curriculums. In Year 7 Students follow a mixture of Expo 1 and a SoW that we have written especially for the year group. Year 8 pupils follow Expo 2 and in Year 9 half the pupils follow the AQA FCSE course and half follow Expo 3. Year 8 pupils are also able to opt for a beginner's course in German or Spanish in Year 9.

The schools vision is to provide a world class, all inclusive education for all of their students. The ideal candidate will:

• Offer an all inclusive education to every student
• Work collaboratively with their colleagues, sharing resources, best practice and contribute towards inset days
• Be able to contribute positively to the department, and consistently strive for excellence
• Promote a love for learning. At this school learning has no boundaries within and beyond the classroom.
• Be able to demonstrate good classroom management stills and teach lessons that are captivating and inspiring
• Have UK QTS and a degree in a related subject
• Have experience delivering the languages curriculum at KS3 and KS4

The school has capacity to support an enthusiastic NQT or someone who is more experienced and ambitious to progress in their career. The school is expanding and therefore opportunities for TLR may arise in the near future. The school are looking to recruit the most suitable candidate, who will fit in with their department with a good sense of humour and work ethic therefore this advert will remain live until this candidate is found.