Teacher of Spanish EYFS - Years 1-6 (PT 0.8)
The Stephen Perse Foundation
Cambridgeshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- The Stephen Perse Foundation has its own competitive salary scale.
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2020
- Apply by:
- 29 May 2020
Job overview
Welcome from the Principal
So you think you may be interested in joining the Stephen Perse Foundation (SPF) community of schools?
Located in Cambridge, Madingley and Saffron Walden, our schools strive to offer an education which is more than just the delivery of the curriculum and qualifications; learning in a Stephen Perse school is about learning for and about life in readiness for the world beyond.
As Principal of the Foundation, I look to recruit colleagues who are passionate about learning; share in our commitment to educating ethical young people; and understand the critical importance of supporting the emotional and mental wellbeing of all our learners. If you would like a flavour of what this means in practice, please read my most recent blog.
Ms T Kelleher
Principal
I am immensely excited to have been appointed as the Principal of the Stephen Perse Foundation and am really looking forward to leading the Foundation in the years ahead. I am excited because all of the evidence I have seen tells me that the Foundation is superbly well placed, both to meet the challenges, and to seize the opportunities, presented by its future as a leader in modern independent education.
Any school, indeed any group of schools, is only as strong as its people. The Stephen Perse Foundation boasts exceptional people across all of its schools and nurseries, and invests in their recruitment, development and empowerment to ensure its pupils benefit from excellent role modelling, outstanding support and exceptional teaching. As incoming Principal, I realise the central importance of continuing this investment.
At the Stephen Perse Foundation, all are united in embracing the modern world and in seeking to help our pupils to find and take their place in it, as confident, socially responsible adults. We seek to attract people who are inspired by this challenge, people who share the Foundation’s values, people who are passionate about our collective vision of developing the change makers of the future.
Richard Girvan
Principal elect (starting August 2020)
Responsible to: Head of EYFS and Leader of Modern Languages
Location: Salisbury Villas, Cambridge City & Madingley
Role Description:
Your role within the Modern Languages Department
Spanish is one of six modern foreign languages taught within a flourishing department in the Stephen Perse Foundation and is a compulsory language for students from Kindergarten to Year 6.
From Year 7 students may choose to continue Spanish and many of these will then go on to study the language at IGCSE level. In the Sixth Form students may choose from A level, IB SL or IB HL courses. The senior school department (ages 11-18) liaises closely with the younger years (ages 3-11) on the planning and delivery of events to promote Spanish, both the language and the culture.
The wider ML department comprises the French, German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish departments and has 10 full-time and 3 part-time members of staff, all of whom offer a wealth of experience in teaching, subject knowledge and pastoral care.
For the suitable candidate, there is an opportunity for this role to also encompass a leadership role, Leader of Modern Languages 3-11 across all of our school sites. This would be an opportunity to lead the 3-11 Languages team and would include at least half a day of your week in Cambridge at our Rosedale House site.
Application process
Please apply directly through our online recruitment portal by clicking the Apply button below.
We are unable to accept CVs as a method of application.
The Stephen Perse Foundation 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.
Attached documents
About The Stephen Perse Foundation
The Stephen Perse Foundation
The Stephen Perse Foundation is a family of independent schools combining excellent results and achievement alongside personal wellbeing located across Cambridge and Saffron Walden; educating boys and girls from nursery to sixth form where students gain an exceptional skill set that supports ambition, nurtures talent, encourages creativity and critical thinking leading to success and self-fulfilment.
History of the Stephen Perse Foundation
Formerly the Perse Girls School, founded in 1881, the Foundation developed to become the Stephen Perse Foundation in 2007, and first admitted boys into the Senior School in 2017. The Foundation has grown over recent years, adding a co-educational sixth form to its highly successful Senior School in 2008, and four nurseries and early years settings (three in Cambridge and one at Dame Bradbury’s in Saffron Walden) between 2010 and 2021. The Foundation has been fully co-educational in all settings since 2017 and now comprises four nurseries, two junior schools, a senior school and sixth form.
Predominantly a day school, there are currently 65 (mainly sixth form) boarders. As well as its reputation for academic excellence, The Stephen Perse Foundation is renowned for an innovative approach to education, and a focus on preparing students for the future.
Stephen Perse Foundation Schools
- Stephen Perse Nurseries & Early Years - Cambridge, Salisbury Villas
- Stephen Perse Nurseries & Early Years - Cambridge, Shaftesbury Road
- Stephen Perse Nurseries & Early Years - Madingley
- Stephen Perse Nurseries & Early Years - Saffron Walden, Dame Bradbury's
- Stephen Perse Junior School - Fitzwilliam Building, Cambridge
- Stephen Perse Junior School - Dame Bradbury's, Saffron Walden
- Stephen Perse Senior School - Cambridge
- Stephen Perse Sixth Form - Cambridge
Mission, Vision and Values
Our Mission Statement
At the Stephen Perse Foundation, our mission is to educate and inspire the contributors to tomorrow’s world: intelligent young people with the creativity, compassion, confidence and conviction to question, evaluate and improve society.
Our Vision Statement
To deliver this mission, our vision is to create and sustain an outstanding educational environment that:
- Fosters modern scholarship through exceptional teaching and a dynamic, flexible and rigorous academic curriculum
- Provides outstanding breadth of opportunity and quality of experience through a rich and varied co-curriculum
- Nurtures and celebrates individuality, wellbeing, personal development, and contribution to the growth of others, through superb pastoral care, social and emotional education, and learning support
- Champions and models equality, diversity and inclusivity, and social and environmental responsibility with a global outlook
Our Values Statement
With excellence and creativity in teaching and learning at the core of each of our schools and nurseries, we value the positive difference our students can make in the world through:
- Scholarship and the advancement of knowledge and understanding
- Kindness, courtesy, inclusivity and collaboration
- Diligence, independence and self-reliance
- Humility, reflectiveness and the pursuit of self-improvement
- Character, individuality, wellbeing and confidence
- Conserving the environment and living sustainably
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