Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
What skills and experience we're looking for
Glenthorne High School is a vibrant and inclusive environment where employees are appreciated and supported to enable our pupils to reach their full potential. We are looking for an outstanding, driven and passionate Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages with a love for their subject and a commitment to raising standards for all learners.
The MFL department are successful, innovative and committed with well-established shared resources, clear and accessible schemes of learning and imaginative resources to support teaching and learning.
The successful candidate must be able to teach either French or Spanish to KS5 and the other language to at least KS3. The ability of being dual linguist (both up to KS5) will be beneficial but not essential. The post is open to ECT’s or more experienced teachers.
What the school offers its staff
Glenthorne High School can offer you:
- A programme of support for ECTs and those in their second year of teaching
- A comprehensive programme of professional development for teachers at all levels
- Potential for welcome payment of £1 500 & Recruitment Allowance
- The opportunity to work with colleagues who have a passion to inspire pupils.
- Well established behaviour management systems, pupils feel valued and supported and able to learn.
- Opportunity to take advantage of Benenden Healthcare
- Salary Sacrifice schemes: Electric car and Cycle to work scheme
- Long Service Awards
- A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas.
Glenthorne High School is part of the Willow Learning Trust and is a National Teaching School with a specialism in the arts. The school is a mixed comprehensive academy with over 1700 pupils.This is a genuine opportunity to join a popular school and become an integral part of the academy's continuing success.
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.