Teacher of Economics
King's College School Soto de Vinuelas
Spain
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 2024/25 depending on availability
- Apply by:
- 15 November 2024
Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic and committed teachers who would like to join our school located in the beautiful city of Madrid.
Located on the outskirts of Madrid, King's College, Soto de Viñuelas is a vibrant, dynamic, and forward-thinking school which embraces diversity and is committed to ensuring success for all our pupils.
Rated “Excellent” in all areas in our recent Penta inspection, we have an exciting opportunity for a Science teacher to join our highly successful team. We are seeking to appoint a flexible and creative practitioner with excellent subject knowledge and effective interpersonal skills, committed to building strong working relationships with pupils, colleagues and parents.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the EU and be fluent in English.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To act as a role model for teaching and learning,
- To make a distinctive contribution to raising standards across the school
- To continue to develop own expertise in their subject and the art of teaching
- Provide a sustained and consistent collaborative contribution to the wider work of the school, either internally or outside the school
- Proactively seek, create and lead on opportunities that have a demonstrably positive impact on creating an outstanding learning environment.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
- Experience of IGCSE, A Level and IB Economics
- Ability to teach A lever or IB Business Studies is desirable
- Previous Head of Department or middle management experience is desirable
- Independent sector or international experience is highly desirable
- Excellent working knowledge of the English National Curriculum, the IB Diploma and recent developments
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Pastoral responsibility or experience would be an advantage
- Willingness to contribute to the wider life of the school
- Knowledge of Spanish, or willingness to learn Spanish would be an advantage
About King's College School Soto de Vinuelas
- King's College School Soto de Vinuelas
- Paseo de los Andes No 35, Soto de Vinuelas
- Madrid
- 28760
- Spain
Our School is part of the Inspired Education Group
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1. Local Area Information
The main site of the school is approximately twenty km from Madrid. Largely surrounded by countryside the school offers an excellent educational environment. By September nearly all teaching rooms will be equipped with interactive whiteboards and computers linked to the whole school wireless network.
Madrid itself offers a wide range of cultural, sporting and social opportunities. The range of world class art galleries, museums and architecture really do make it one of Europe’s great cities. To the north of Madrid are a number of mountain ranges offering wildlife, superb hiking and in winter, skiing. The nearest ski station to Madrid is forty five minutes away.
On the social front, Madrid has been described as the city that never sleeps. The Madrid culture is based around the café culture. It is not unusual for the city to have traffic jams at three in the morning. Whilst the culture is lively it is never threatening unlike some city centres you may come across in the UK. The city and its surrounds offers a really good quality of life for those willing to embrace the Spanish culture.
2. School details
King’s College has in excess of 1500 students and will, over the next three years expand to more than 2000. It is spread over three sites with the main site being situated about twenty km out of Madrid.
Results are excellent with a 93% GCSE pass rate and a 98% pass rate at A Level. The sixth form is one of the largest in Europe and students enter into, in the main, the Russell group of universities in the UK, the Ivy League in the USA and top universities in Spain. One of the great strengths of the school is the working environment. Classrooms have the usual interactive whiteboards etc but the relationship between teachers and students is very good. A strong work ethic means teachers really can concentrate on teaching, pastoral issues do arise but behaviour issues are very rare.
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