Temporary Teacher of Spanish / Head of Spanish
Walthamstow School for Girls
Waltham Forest
- £36,413 - £53,994 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Main Scale / Upper Pay Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- April 2025
- Apply by:
- 13 January 2025
Job overview
Teacher of Spanish / Head of Spanish
(MATERNITY COVER)
Required for April 2025
- Do you have a genuine passion for teaching Spanish Studies and enjoy sharing your enthusiasm for the subject with students?
- Would you like the opportunity to work as part of an innovative and dedicated Languages Faculty?
We are looking to appoint an exceptional and highly motivated Teacher of Spanish. This is a temporary appointment to cover a period of maternity leave. For the right candidate there is the possibility of a TLR2b payment (£5,646.00 per annum) to act as Head of Spanish, depending on experience.
As the ideal candidate you will have a passion for teaching and promoting the love of the Spanish language and culture. Ideally you will be able to speak and teach French too.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and collaborative team which achieves excellent examination results and inspires students to grow and develop their love of languages. You must be able to demonstrate creativity as well as excellent subject knowledge and a commitment to developing and maintaining high standards of teaching and learning at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.
Walthamstow School for Girls is a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and lead. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality for all and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. We are a truly comprehensive school, proud of our diversity and committed to social justice.
An application form and recruitment pack can be downloaded from the school website www.wsfg.waltham.sch.uk Completed application forms should be returned by email to mmadhani@wsfg.waltham.sch.uk. Please note CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date: Monday 13th January 2025
Interview date: To be confirmed
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About Walthamstow School for Girls
Walthamstow School for Girls (WSFG) is a mainstream, non-denominational secondary school for girls aged 11-16. It is situated in Walthamstow, East London, and it has 900 pupils on its roll.
WSFG is a highly successful state comprehensive, with a proud history of educating girls since 1890. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. Although we are an Outstanding School, achieve exceptional outcomes and have consistently been in the top 10% of schools nationally for progress, our focus is on developing exceptional young women, not just on academic achievement. We want to recruit staff who actively embrace diversity and inclusion and who are committed to social justice as part of the state comprehensive system.
The school was founded in 1890, originally as a private school, situated on West Avenue. It later moved to the current location on Church Hill. In the 1920s unemployed workers built the school an amphitheatre known as the "Greek Amphitheatre" which still exists in the grounds today. The most recent additions to the school buildings were made in 2010 and the school now benefits from excellent facilities as well as beautiful school grounds.
Walthamstow School for Girls is a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and lead. We are passionate about education being a vehicle for promoting equality for all and our mission is to empower young women to become leaders of the future. We are a truly comprehensive school, proud of our diversity and committed to social justice.
Headteacher
Helen Marriott
Values and vision
Our motto is “Neglect not the gift that is thee”. The school has an exceptional track record of academic excellence, which is achieved through high expectations, inspirational teaching and learning and exciting extra-curricular opportunities.
Our vision at WSFG vision is to:
- Foster a lifelong love of learning
- Look after ourselves and treat others with kindness and respect
- Embrace our diverse community and value our environment
- Empower everyone to make courageous choices
- Celebrate each unique gift
The school values are:
- Courage
- Compassion
- Aspiration
- Integrity
The school offers strong pastoral support, with the provision of a Wellbeing Hub, plus regular monitoring, target setting and dialogue with students and parents/carers. It is consistently among the top-performing non-selective schools in the country and the pupils take great pride in their school.
Ofsted report
In June 2018 the school was awarded an "outstanding" judgement in all categories.
“There are very strong working relationships between staff and pupils based on mutual trust and respect.”
“Pupils hunger for information from teachers to satisfy their desire for learning.”
“The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is outstanding.”
“Governors are committed and ambitious for the school’s future”
“Tolerance and diversity are strengths of the school.”
“Pupils very much enjoy coming to school.”
“Pupils leave Year 11 having made outstanding progress from their starting points.”
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