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Head of Modern Foreign Languages - for April 2025

Head of Modern Foreign Languages - for April 2025

De La Salle School

Basildon

Salary:
MPR/UPR plus TLR1C responsibility allowance
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
April 2025
Apply by:
22 November 2024

Job overview

De La Salle School is a caring and thriving oversubscribed fully comprehensive and inclusive 11-16 school with a committed and dedicated staff. 

 

The Governors are seeking to appoint, for April 2025, an enthusiastic, experienced and well-qualified Head of Modern Foreign Languages.

 

To provide:

  • Professional leadership and management to enhance the quality of teaching and learning.
  • Ensuring high quality curriculum experiences for students of all abilities in order to maximise achievement.


Responsible for:

  • The development of the standards of student learning and staff teaching.
  • Curriculum provision for all students.
  • Assessment, test and examination performance.
  • Raising achievement of all students.

 

Ability to offer French is essential.

Ability to offer French and Spanish is desirable.

 

De La Salle School is a Christian Community. It is inspired by the vision and example of St. John Baptist De La Salle. Each person is invited to become the person God intends him or her to be. They are expected to live a life of faith and love, following the example of Jesus Christ.

 

All members of this community are encouraged to grow in awareness of their own unique worth. They are encouraged to use their gifts in responsible and friendly co-operation with others. Within this environment, De La Salle offers a curriculum for children of all abilities.


Whilst the successful candidate is not required to be Catholic, you would be expected to support and follow the Catholic ethos of the school.

 

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical check and references.

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About De La Salle School

De La Salle and Language College is a small thriving oversubscribed fully comprehensive and inclusive 11-16 school. Our school is situated on the northern side of Basildon in one of the most attractive sites in South Essex. As a Catholic school we respect and value all faiths, beliefs and cultures and welcome students who wish to share in a Catholic education.

Headteacher

Paul Norris

Values and vision

De La Salle School and Language College helps students to understand and appreciate the Catholic religion through love and faith in Christ. Pupils are encouraged to develop respect for religious and moral values in their daily lives. Staff strive to help students gain lively, enquiring and creative minds and a love of learning, urging them to apply themselves to tasks through the virtues of self-discipline and hard work.

All members of the school community are encouraged to grow in awareness of their own unique worth and to use their gifts in responsible, friendly co-operation with others. De La Salle offers a curriculum for children of all abilities. The secondary school is committed to fostering high expectations and to providing the means for these to be fulfilled.


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