Teacher of Spanish

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality curriculum that has high expectations of achievement for all students
• Ensuring curriculum coverage is appropriate for all students, including those of high ability and those with special educational or linguistic needs
• Making suitable adjustments to the curriculum and lessons to ensure all students learn the intended curriculum
• Ensuring effective development of students’ literacy, numeracy and information technology skills
• Constantly striving to produce lessons that enable students to make outstanding progress through the curriculum, ensuring that every pupil makes progress in every lesson
• Planning effectively for every lesson, in accordance with Harris Ockendon 6 Principles of Teaching
• Establishing a partnership with parents to involve them in their child’s learning of the subject
• Fulfilling the role of a Form Tutor and teaching the PRE or Guided Reading curriculum
• Creating an effective and stimulating environment for teaching and learning

Skills

We would like to hear from you if you:

• Enjoy working with teenagers and helping them succeed
• Believe in our shared values: work hard, be kind, take responsibility
• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree
• Have successful teaching experience at secondary level
• Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
• Understand the importance of high expectations and equality of access for all students
• Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at KS3 and KS4 in particular
• Are able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff
• Are able to create a motivating and safe learning environment for all students
• Are able to communicate positively with parents, carers and other external agencies where necessary
• Have good written and spoken communication skills
• Are able to lead and manage your own work effectively
• Have excellent time management skills
• Are able to motivate students and raise their aspirations through a range of strategies

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.