Head of MFL
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls
Kent
- £33,075 - £50,471 per year
- New
- Salary:
- MPS / UPS Plus TLR
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 16 September 2024
Job overview
Job Title Head of MFL Salary MPS / UPS Plus TLR
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls was founded in 1958, our school has been helping girls to secure outstanding academic results and providing a well-rounded experience for over half a century. The school encourages a happy and harmonious community which respects the individual and celebrates the rich diversity of backgrounds and heritage of students and staff.
We are seeking an outstanding teacher and leader of modern foreign languages to become Head of department. The successful candidate must be able to deliver Spanish, French and/or Italian to at least GCSE level and ideally with experience of delivering one or more at A level.
Languages are an integral part of the core curriculum at Wilmington Grammar School for Girls. Our MFL Department places a strong emphasis on authentic and confident communication in the target language by building a broad and secure knowledge of linguistic structures as part of our carefully designed curriculum. Consequently, the department has been praised for our ‘ambitions plans with clearly defined learning goals’ (Ofsted 2021).
Students follow an intensive course of with Mandarin or French in year 7, before starting Spanish or Italian in year 8. All students continue with one language at GCSE, with an increasing number of students opting to take two languages. Our recruitment at A level has developed considerably in the past few years and we now have French and Spanish with Mandarin from September.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about teaching our students the skills they need to both maximise exam success and to develop the linguistic competencies needed to compete in an increasingly globalised world. We are looking for someone whose inspiring teaching can spark students’ passion for languages and the culture of the countries in which they are spoken and help students to lead successful future lives. Experience of taking a lead on areas of the curriculum and/or developing a programme of extra-curricular and enrichment activities would be an advantage. The post would be suitable for an Early Career Teacher or a practitioner who is ready to take on leadership responsabilities in an ambitious and innovative MFL department.
The department attained strong results in all three languages at GCSE last year and we expect this strong achievement to continue this year as our current Year 11 and Year 13 students have made excellent progress.
Please read the attached job description and person specification for more information on this role.
Career with Endeavour MAT - what we can offer you:
As well as offering you a competitive salary with pay progression opportunities, you will also be working with a team of talented, engaged and motivated colleagues. Our common values of respect, integrity, determination, equality of opportunity and self-management help instil a strong work ethic among staff and students alike and our supportive culture provides what many of our existing staff describe as a ‘family feel’ within our Trust.
Application Process:
The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 16th September 2024, with interviews expected to take place later that week.
Early applications are encouraged as eligible candidates may be invited to the interview stage on a rolling basis and we may appoint before the stated closing date.
Attached documents
About Wilmington Grammar School for Girls
- Wilmington Grammar School for Girls
- Wilmington Grange, Parsons Lane, Wilmington, Dartford
- Kent
- DA2 7BB
- United Kingdom
Founded in 1958, Wilmington Grammar School for Girls has been helping girls to secure outstanding academic results and providing a well-rounded experience for over half a century. The school encourages a happy and harmonious community which respects the individual and celebrates the rich diversity of backgrounds and heritage of students and staff. We are a growing school with over 920 students on roll, but remain sufficiently small to recognise individual talents and ensure everyone is challenged and supported to reach their goals.
This is a school that has always been willing to reinvent itself, to look for new opportunities and to take on new challenges. We encourage each of our students to do likewise. We aim to nurture a passion for learning and a desire to try new things and set ambitious goals. We have a strong emphasis on skill development and encourage our students to adopt the’ Wilmington Mindset’, where resilience and the impetus to innovate, trial new initiatives, grow in confidence, independence and resilience is applauded. Respectful relationships are central to our philosophy and there is a strong belief that students learn best when they are happy, motivated and co-partners in their own learning. Our younger students have had the opportunity to immerse themselves in both Mandarin and an Enterprise curriculum. The triage of Mandarin, Enterprise and Mindset will provide an excellent base for our students when they eventually move on to work places that we can possibly only imagine. To gain a picture of what this life looks like, please follow us on Twitter and read the Head Teacher’s blog here.
From Year 7 to Year 11, students are taught in a single sex environment. In sixth form however, we offer an unparalleled range of curricular opportunities through our partnership with Wilmington Grammar School for Boys. The same ethos of ambitious aspirations pervades our post 16 offer and the opportunity to further stimulate the students’ intellectual curiosity alongside the opportunity to further develop their personal and social skills is a winning formula. WG6 has its own website at www.wg6.co.uk. With the variety of different pathways on offer, we are confident that this gives a unique opportunity to support students in preparation for their next step, be that university or the world of work.
At Wilmington Grammar School for Girls, we recognise the part that is played by all stakeholders and work closely with parents to ensure our students emerge as confident, self-reliant, responsible and caring citizens. We encourage you to attend one of our Open Days/ Evenings so you can meet our students and staff first hand and judge for yourself.
We very much look forward to welcoming you.
Michelle Lawson
Head Teacher
View Wilmington Grammar School for Girls’ latest Ofsted report
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