Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages (Mandarin)

Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) - (Mandarin Chinese)

Teacher Main Scale or UPS

Part time from September 2024 or later for the right candidate

We are recruiting for a teacher of MFL (Mandarin Chinese) to join our successful and thriving MFL department here at Cleeve School. This is a part time position, and we are flexible with the hours, to suit the right candidate.

 The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate experience of effective teaching and learning strategies, and a willingness to contribute to the whole staff team. Flexibility and the ability to innovate are desirable qualities, along with energy and capacity for hard work. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of what effective Teaching & Learning looks like for children of all abilities and be committed to enabling all students to access the curriculum in order to fulfil their academic potential.

Languages are highly valued at Cleeve and there is a keen interest by the Executive Head and Governing body to continue to increase student uptake of the EBacc and develop international links and events across the curriculum. Outcomes in MFL have significantly improved over the years and the department goes from strength to strength! The department has an extremely well-resourced subject area, with attractive teaching rooms, an excellent range of teaching resources and a great network with local schools.

At Cleeve School students of Mandarin are part of the nationally-recognised Mandarin Excellence Programme. We invest significantly into the study of Mandarin allowing students and teachers access to a wide variety of resources, such as electronic resources like GoChinese and cultural enrichment activities and days. Students are timetabled for up to 8 hours of Mandarin a fortnight, promoting excellent progress in the language, and numbers in Year 7 MEP classes rose 50% between September 2022 and September 2023, making it a truly exciting time to join the languages department at Cleeve School.

The school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare

of children and young people, and therefore expects all staff and volunteers, to share this same commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity,  gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please apply using our application form available from our website

Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 2nd September 2024

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the school.