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French Language Assistant

French Language Assistant

Oxford High School for Girls GDST

Oxfordshire

  • Expired
Salary:
Based on skills and expertise
Job type:
Part Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
November 2024 (with some flexibility around dates)
Apply by:
30 June 2024

Job overview

An inspiring and enthusiastic individual is required to join our highly successful and thriving Modern Languages department as a French Language Assistant.    

The successful candidate will be required to help prepare our students for the Cambridge French iGCSE and the AQA French A Level examinations. You will also be required to improve our students’ confidence and oral communication skills.

The schedule is likely to be approximately 12 hours per week.

The successful applicant should have the ability to inspire and motivate our girls. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills would also be required to be a part of our highly successful, culturally diverse, and friendly department. 

About Oxford High School:

Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford’s historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls’ education.

Today, Oxford High School is a happy and vibrant place to work. As well as our commitment to girls’ education, we are committed to investing in our staff’s personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the Girls’ Day School Trust network. We are proud to have recently received the Independent Girls’ School of the Year Award for 2023.

Benefits:

As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls’schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:

  • Competitive salaries and pay progression
  • Access to extensive professional development opportunities
  • Training grants for qualifications
  • Generous pension schemes
  • Free life assurance benefit
  • Free school lunches
  • A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
  • Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
  • A Cycle to Work scheme
  • Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For further details and to apply please click on the apply button. 

Closing Date: 23:59, Sunday 30th June 2024.

Interview Date: 5th July or w/c 8th July 2024.

We reserve the right to end the advert early if a suitable candidate is found or if we receive a sufficient number of applications. An early application is therefore strongly advised.

Oxford High School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

About Oxford High School for Girls GDST

Oxford High School is an independent, non-denominational, all-through school for girls without nursery and with sixth form, situated in three sites in Summertown, North Oxford. It is one of 26 members of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust), meaning it is governed by the council and operates according to the trust’s policy. The school provides 906 places for primary, secondary and sixth-form students aged 4-19.

Oxford High School was founded in 1875 and is the oldest girls' school in the city. 

Headteacher

Mrs Marina Gardiner Legge

Values and Vision

Oxford High believes it balances academic rigour with the chance for girls to explore their creativity and adventurous side, resulting in an encouraging and vibrant school full of high-achieving girls. As with other GDST schools, it aims to be an educational institution that shows principles, boldness, a strong network community and a girls-first attitude.

ISI

“The quality of pupils’ achievements is exceptional. Oxford High School is highly successful in meeting its aim to encourage girls to be ambitious in all areas of life and has fully met the recommendation from the previous inspection to maintain the high standards of learning and personal development. Pupils reach very high standards in their GCSE, International GCSE and A-level examinations and in the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), and most are successful in achieving their first choice of course at highly selective universities.”

View Oxford High School for Girls’ latest ISI report

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