Head of Modern Foreign Languages
Bickley Park School
Bromley
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- Salary:
- Bickley Park School has its own generous pay scale and the financial package offered will be commensurate with the responsibilities of the post and the experience of the person appointed. There is a fee reduction for children of members of staff.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 25 September 2024
Job overview
We are looking to appoint an outstanding Head of Modern Foreign Languages to lead our languages programme from January 2025.
This is the ideal opportunity for a well-qualified, inspirational teacher of Spanish to join a successful and lively department in its delivery of outstanding teaching and learning both through its curricular and co-curricular activities. A second language (ideally French) is highly desirable to facilitate maximum timetable flexibility.
The post holder will be responsible for teaching Years 3-8 and will oversee the whole school MFL curriculum.
To apply, please complete the online application form, CVs cannot be accepted.
Closing date: 9am 25th September2024. Interviews W/C 7th October 2024
Applications will be considered as they are received, so early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview early applicants should a suitable candidate apply.
Bickley Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
Bickley Park School an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are proud of our diversity and inclusive culture in our workplace.
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About Bickley Park School
Founded in 1918, Bickley Park School is an IAPS Independent co-educational day school for children aged 2 ½ to 13, with over 300 pupils on roll. The school is situated in London's greenest London Borough, on the fringes of Kent and with excellent train links to central London. The Pre-Preparatory and Preparatory sites are located three hundred metres apart on Page Heath Lane in Bromley. For over a hundred years, Bickley Park School has retained its reputation for being an outstanding preparatory school. With a warm and friendly, family feel, the school prides itself in exploring, identifying, and celebrating the strengths of every child, no matter where they lie. A school with a truly broad and balanced curriculum at its heart, that gives every child the opportunity to shine.
The school has a forward-looking philosophy that aims to arm pupils with the skills and mindset to thrive in what will be a very different future world. Our unique curriculum concept around four Quadrants of Learning - Academic, Arts, Community and Sports - aims to develop the skills and mind-sets that children need to thrive. Our approach enables pupils to achieve places at some of the country’s leading Grammar and Independent Schools.
At Bickley Park School we aim to hook all children as life-long learners through innovative approaches to teaching and learning, that builds on leading research into what motivates them.
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