Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
The Elizabethan Academy
Nottinghamshire
- New
- Salary:
- Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Range (depending on experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible / Flexible start date available for the right candidate
- Apply by:
- 19 November 2024
Job overview
Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
French Specialism (an ability to teach German is an advantage)
Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Range (depending on experience)
To start as soon as possible / Flexible start date available for the right candidate
Part time or Full time options available
Permanent
The Elizabethan Academy is a successful 11-19 Academy, with sixth form. Students and staff benefit from the excellent facilities. We are looking for an individual to share our commitment and determination to providing a learning environment that enables all young people to thrive.
We have all-encompassing professional development opportunities with a structured path to enable career progression. This includes secondments at other schools in the East Midlands and formal leadership coaching. We work closely with our feeder primary schools and the successful candidate will have scope for working across the phase. We are also part of the Redhill Teaching Alliance.
We are a “Brilliant School” and prioritise staff wellbeing, having recently been awarded the Wellbeing Award for Schools.
The successful candidate will join a hardworking, forward thinking and supportive department. You will have the opportunity to be involved in or lead foreign trips, which are encouraged as a key element of our student experience. We are one of the few schools to offer three languages at A Level but also offer additional languages such as Italian and Latin as part of our extra-curricular enrichment programme.
This exciting post in our Modern Foreign Languages Faculty would suit an NQT as well as a more experienced applicant.
The Academy also has an off-site alternate provision centre. We are looking to extend our curriculum offer there which could provide the success candidate with an exciting opportunity to be involved in something a little different if this were an avenue of interest.
Our ideal candidate will:
- be passionate about teaching MFL and committed to achieving excellent results for their students
- have the ability to teach KS3 to KS5 French – an ability to teach German would be an advantage
- demonstrate high levels of ambition and optimism regarding what the academy and its students can achieve
- have the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of pupils
- be committed to the Academy’s ethos of high expectations with no excuses
The Academy is committed to equality of experience for all staff and students. We operate safer recruitment, robust child protection procedures and require evidence of DBS clearance for all employees. Checks will also be made with previous employers.
Please apply by sending your completed application and cover letter to HR Manager, Helen Upson by post or email at upsonh@elizabethan.notts.sch.uk You can contact Helen with any queries or for application assistance by email or on the telephone - 01777 713705
Visits to our Academy are warmly welcomed by appointment.
Closing date for applications 10am on Tuesday 19th November 2024
Interviews taking place as soon as possible thereafter
Attached documents
About The Elizabethan Academy
The Elizabethan Academy is a very successful 11-18 school located in Retford in North Nottinghamshire. This area is a most attractive rural location with a good range of housing. Retford is a chartered market town with a population of some 25,000 inhabitants in an attractive rural setting. The town is close to the A1 and the M1. Sheffield, Lincoln, Doncaster and the Peak District can all be reached within the hour. Leeds, Nottingham and the Yorkshire Dales take just over an hour.
The Academy is very popular within the local community and has currently 1,200 students. It draws students from 9 “family” feeder schools in the town and surrounding villages but through parental choice we take in from over 30 primary schools. In 2024 the school was graded “Good” by OFSTED. We converted to a stand-alone Academy on 1 April 2012.
In April 2007, we moved into brand new purpose-built accommodation as part of a PFI project for 6 schools in Bassetlaw. Year 7 to 13 are housed together in purpose-built accommodation, organised into Faculty areas. Facilities for Science, Technology, the Expressive Arts and Sport are excellent. We were excited to have officially opened our 9-metre-high climbing wall in 2021! Thanks to funding from Sport England, the wall is available for use of all students as well being available to hire, offering an exciting new sport to local Bassetlaw people.
We offer a wide range of extra-curricular activities to enrich the curriculum for our students. We have excellent links with the business community and are well supported by local companies and community groups.
Our core values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience (3R’S) reflect our ethos. Respect is one of the cornerstones of the Elizabethan: respect for others’ beliefs and respect for others’ differences. Just as critical, however, is self-respect and self-discipline. Students are expected and taught to take responsibility for their actions and their learning.
Our students must also be effective team players and independent learners.
Building student resilience is vital to support student mental health and well-being. They need confidence, courage, and self-belief to show strength of character when things aren’t successful, preparing them for society.
The Academy’s ethos is evident at every level of the organisation : staff, students, parents and governors are committed to valuing each person as a unique individual. We believe that every child can be successful and that the role of adults is to give them the confidence that anything is possible.
As a learning community, we value the contribution that everyone makes to maintaining high quality in teaching and learning. Therefore, all staff who join our Academy can expect a thorough and supportive induction programme when they join us, and will be expected to develop both professionally and personally.
“The Elizabethan Academy is an inclusive school. The school has high expectations of how pupils should behave and what they can achieve” (Ofsted 2024)
Web:
http://www.elizabethan.notts.sch.uk
General Enquiries:
office@elizabethan.notts.sch.uk
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/elizabethanac
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TheElizabethanAcademy
The Elizabethan Academy Trust is an exempt charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England with Company Number 7964360 and has a registered office at Hallcroft Road, Retford, Notts. DN22 7PY.
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