Assistant Head Teacher - Head of Faculty for MFL

Full time.

Moseley School and Sixth Form
College Road
Springfield
Birmingham
B13 9UU

We are looking for a dynamic, passionate teacher to lead our Languages Faculty at Moseley School and Sixth Form. Our Languages Faculty consists of a team of six highly skilled and dedicated teachers who all share a passion for languages! This is a highly popular faculty with our GCSE and Sixth Form students and has excellent outcomes for those who choose to study Language subjects. If you are successful in securing this exciting opportunity, you will benefit from:

• a team of six highly skilled MFL specialists, who are dedicated teachers, and all share a passion for languages

• modern foreign languages are highly valued at the school. We teach French, Spanish and Urdu across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. On entry to the school in Year 7 our pupils choose their preferred language to study throughout Key Stage 3

• all three languages are optional subjects at Key Stage 4 and Moseley School also offers A-levels in French, Spanish and Urdu

• many of our young people have the ability to speak a home language and they are highly encouraged to take the GCSE in that language if it is available. In recent years we have entered students for GCSE and GCE A levels in German, Polish, Portuguese, Bengali, Greek, Gujarati, Panjabi, and our students of Arabic always perform amazingly well

• our MFL classrooms which are well-equipped, positive, and welcoming environments in which we enable students to get the most out of their learning

• a school ethos that places great value on cultural awareness and appreciation. This is reflected in our MFL lesson content, which promotes knowledge of customs, festivals and traditions in French, Spanish and Urdu speaking countries

• we are also pleased to be offer a range of trips and experiences that help bring our languages to life and a commitment to widen the offer further, with trips abroad

Contract Start Date: Easter 2024 or September 2024

Core Purpose: To ensure that students at Moseley make maximum academic progress and achieve their full potential, while developing a genuine interest in MFL and exploring other cultures. Professional leadership and management of Languages in order to secure high quality teaching and the effective use of resources and improved standards of learning and achievement for all students. Ensure that students make positive progress against prior attainment, by ensuring that teaching is consistently of a high quality, progress is monitored, and appropriate measures are taken to address any areas of underachievement.

Reporting to: The post holder is accountable to the HoFs are accountable to SLT line manager and the Headteacher.

Supporting roles: The Head of Faculty will be supported by other members of the faculty, by fellow Heads of Faculty and by our team of highly skilled learning and intervention coaches.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.