Job Details

Hours of work: Teacher full time hours

Closing date: 12 noon, Friday 03 March 2017

For more information and to apply for the above post, please contact:

St Catherine's College Priory Road Eastbourne East Sussex

Please note, we do not accept CVs.

About the Role

HEAD OF MFL

Salary:  TMS / UPS + TLR 1a

Required September 2017

We believe that our leaders should have a commitment to helping every child achieve his/her God-given potential and should have an ability to inspire other by having a clear intent and an infectious energy.

The Head of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Faculty is a new role in the College. It arises with the retirement of a longstanding member of the team. The new post holder will have overall responsibility for the professional leadership and management of the department in order to ensure high standards of teaching and learning are delivered, resources are used effectively and efficiently, the MFL curriculum is managed and developed and that pupils are making expected rates of progress.

We currently teach French, Spanish and Mandarin at St Catherine’s, managed by a Head of French and Head of Spanish.  We wish to create a new forward thinking languages faculty committed to engaging and enthusing language learning and developing lifelong learning habits.  The new Head of MFL will oversee French, Spanish and Mandarin.

Candidates should have previous experience of a management role; experience of teaching French or Spanish is essential; and an ability to promote Mandarin as a foreign language which is taught by specialists from our Confucius classrooms link Goldsmiths University, London. The successful candidate must be passionate and knowledgeable about their subject and demonstrate a proven track record of very strong teaching and learning leading to positive outcomes as well as a secure understanding of the national curriculum.

As mentioned, we host the Confucius classroom to promote Mandarin language and Chinese culture through The Goldsmiths Confucius Institute. This provides a long term Mandarin learning support to our College as well as a sponsored Chinese teacher and resources. It offers a positive dimension to all curriculum areas and helps raise pupil’s aspirations and attainment, preparing them for working and living in an increasingly competitive global economy.

The MFL department regularly organise exciting trips for pupils including a forthcoming trip to China in March.  At the moment the Chinese activities in preparation for this trip include Chinese reading competitions, Chinese dance and a Chinese language club

We offer you

- Excellent career development opportunities

- A geographical location, being situated near Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne’s award winning Marina. It is part of several miles of beautiful coastline, including the South Downs National Park, the white cliffs of Beachy Head and 1066 country

- A friendly, supportive and caring staff team

- A fabulous staff room with complimentary tea and coffee

- A café that serves at breakfast, break and lunch using freshly sourced ingredients

- Plentiful staff car parking in two on site car parks

- Did you know that buying a house in East Sussex can be cheaper than in many other counties in the UK.  Average house prices are around 252,000 which is much lower than the national average.  The average price for a detached house is 366,000 while the average price for a flat is 149,000.

Applications should be sent to Sandie Windsor, Head of Personnel, prior to the closing date of 12 noon, Friday 3 March 2017.

Additional Information

Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency’s Points-based Immigration System. From 6 April 2011 the Home Office has placed a permanent restriction on the number of migrant workers that all Tier 2 (General) Sponsors can recruit. Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits. The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be expected to hold or be willing to obtain an enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau).