Secondary Senior Leader (SLT)
The British Council School, Madrid
Madrid, Spain
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2024
- Apply by:
- 15 October 2023
Job overview
British Council School Madrid
2,000 pupils|2-18 years|Co-Educational|BSO, NABSS
The British Council School Madrid board is currently seeking to appoint an outstanding , caring and dedicated professional to the position of Senior Leader for its Secondary School, to support the Section Head in leading the Section and contributing to the strategic priorities at Section level. This position would be a full-time appointment on a permanent teacher contract starting in January 2024, and featuring an additional 3 year temporary tenure as an SLT with an allowance.
The new SLT will work closely in the Section with a team of professionals composed of teaching staff, senior and middle leaders, serving the students and their families.
About the British Council School - Madrid, Spain
The British Council School was established in Madrid in 1940, at a time when Europe was facing the challenge of the rise of fascism. The school has always offered a bilingual and bicultural education, underpinned by its objective to develop future citizens with the core values of loyalty, flexibility, resilience, caring and challenge . The school facilitates cultural relations engagement with key target audiences through a high-quality, bilingual and bi-cultural curriculum to a school community of 2,000 children from 2 to 18 years of age. The school is part of the British Council , the United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities worldwide. It is an integral part of their work in Spain and one of their flagship instruments of cultural relations.
The British Council School is a thriving, co-educational day school with superb facilities set on a large, well linked, modern campus. It is one of the most prestigious Schools in Spain, rated with the outstanding in every category in its most recent BSO inspections. It achieves excellent results, both in Spanish and UK examination systems, and prepares its graduates to attend universities in Spain, the UK and around the world. Many of their more than 10,000 Alumni students - of both Spanish and other nationalities - have achieved significant professional recognition. The bond between the school and its students lasts a lifetime, thanks to the strong ties that it fosters during school life.
One of the School's main objectives is to enable students to demonstrate that they live and breathe the school's values, as well as the qualities required by universities and companies around the world, such as leadership, team work, negotiation skill and entrepreneurship.
The British Council and the school support a national network of state bilingual schools. School staff lead on training, offer shadowing opportunities and participate in a range of system wide and school specific improvement and development activities.
Our academic programme encourages passion and achievement in sciences and technology, languages, literature, the dramatic arts, sports and public speaking . High levels of pastoral care are achieved through our vertical Family System , which we believe enables our pupils to be the best that they can be.
Annual cohorts of over 130 students achieve outstanding results at IGCSE level in Year 11. Our students go on to achieve continued success at Sixth Form, through the BiBac (Bilingual Spanish Baccalaureate). British Council School Madrid students go on to study at leading Universities world-wide such as Oxford, Cambridge, Yale and Stanford.
Why Come to Madrid?
Our school is located just 12 kilometres from the heart of Madrid , a vibrant and thriving cosmopolitan city. Our staff has the chance to live and work in a place of great history, culture and cuisine. Opportunities are endless for travel, sport and entertainment, both in the city and country-wide; Spain is one of the top destinations in the world for leisure and holidays.
What do we offer our Staff?
- The opportunity to work with enthusiastic, happy and confident children who enjoy learning
- A welcoming and supportive network of colleagues
- Competitive salaries and fee remission for children of staff members
- An extensive welcome, relocation and integration programme to help new teachers and their families settle into Madrid
- Ongoing and robust professional development opportunities
- Subsidised English or Spanish language courses
- Free annual health check-ups and flu vaccines
- Private health insurance at a reduced rate
- Discounted meals in our canteen, gym membership and free bus travel to and from school
How to Apply
You will need to apply via the British Council Careers site following this LINK.
We will acknowledge your application via e-mail. Make sure to check your spam folder for replies.
Please note we accept applications from international candidates.
Should you have any questions, please contact
Enclosed below you will find a full Role Profile and Core Skills for your reference, and to assist you in filling in the Application Form.
Attached documents
About The British Council School, Madrid
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- The British Council School, Madrid
- 5-7 Calle Solano, Pozuelo de Alarcon
- Madrid
- 28223
- Spain
DFE 6069|URN 142417|College Board School Code 792464
Head of School: Ms. Mercedes Hernandez Estrada
Website: www.britishcouncilschool.es
Our Community
The British Council School is a bilingual and bi-cultural, non selective co-educational day school serving the Spanish community in Madrid. The school was founded in 1940 as the first British School in Spain. Our long experience in teaching and learning has made the British Council School one of the most prestigious schools in the world. More than 10,000 students, from Spain and other nationalities, have studied in our classrooms, and many of them have achieved senior positions in industry and government later in life. The school is part of the British Council, the official UK institution that promotes Education, English Language and Cultural Relations in the world.
Our School
Our school campus is located in Somosaguas, 14 kilometres from Madrid city centre, and houses our Early Years, Infant and Secondary Sections. An annual cohort of 132 students join us at 2 years of age and graduate at the age of 18. Approximately 1,800 students are currently on roll from Nursery to Year 13. The school is a member of the National Association of British Schools in Spain (NABSS), the European Council for International Schools (ECIS) and the Council for International Schools (CIS). The school underwent a British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection in April 2015 and again in November 2018 and 2021 and was on all occasions awarded the maximum ratings in all individual categories.
Our dedicated team of professionals help pupils to become future global citizens through instilling our core values of loyalty, caring, resilience, challenge and flexibility. These values are deeply embedded in all that we do; from our approach to learning, relationships and aspirations held by our pupils, ourselves and one another. We believe in enabling our pupils to “be the best that they can be”.
The Curriculum
From 2 to 16 years of age, students follow the English National Curriculum and Spanish Language and Social Studies, also following the Spanish National Curriculum.
At 16 (Year 11/ Grade 10 in the US system) all students take IGCSE Cambridge Examinations and International GCSEs (Edexcel). The majority of students take 10 IGCSE or International GCSE examinations.
In Year 12 and 13 (Grades 11 and 12 in the US system) our students complete the British Council School BiBac (Bilingual Baccalaureate) programme. This broad programme of study is the Spanish National Baccalaureate Programme (Bachillerato Español) and students can choose to study through the medium of English or Spanish. There are 3 pathways that students can choose from according to their future career interests; Technological, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences & Humanities. Each of these paths is composed by subjects which are common to all pathways, pathway-specific subjects, and optional subjects.
All students in Year 12 must become members of one of the available Year 12 Clubs. These Clubs aim to give students the opportunity to develop competencies - teamwork, public speaking, negotiating, problem-solving, entrepreneurship and leadership - and are an integral part of their academic timetable.
All students in Year 13 take the subject English Language Extension, and choose a specialist area (Laboratory Techniques & BMAT, Engineering Projects, Creating Art Portfolio, Film Studies, Theatre, Business English, Economics and Business Solutions, and Introduction to Literary Theory) through which they will develop their language.
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