About The Role
This role can start either in April/May 2025 or September 2025.
This role will report to Head of French/Assistant Principal.
This opportunity is perfect for an exceptional French teacher, passionate about their subject discipline and looking to join an outstanding school. This is an exciting time to join the team, as our founding year group progresses into Sixth Form.
What is special about this role?
This role is an opportunity to be part of a committed and passionate MFL team. We plan collaboratively and work with colleagues across our network to ensure pupils have an exceptional offer across Key Stage 3 and 4.
Who are we looking for?
Across school life, we embed high aspirations and a growth mindset in all of our children. We believe that every single child who joins us has the potential to be knowledgeable, articulate and successful. It's important this resonates with all candidates. Equally important is subject expertise, which is critical to support strong curriculum planning and implementation. Leadership opportunities are available for candidates ready to take on further responsibilities as we grow our school.
Benefits
* Bespoke professional development to all team members.
* Opportunity to plan and moderate with colleagues in the same discipline, beyond our own school gates.
* Breadth of opportunities - many of our team have taken on leadership roles progressing from one of our sister schools.
* Benefits beyond the classroom including everything from shopping discounts to a supportive and comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
About Us
We are a non-denominational, mixed gender school based in a brand-new building with top class facilities. We serve a wonderfully diverse community and two fifths of our pupils receive pupil premium funding.
We're led by our values - Aim High, Have Integrity, Be Kind and Model Determination, and our team truly unites behind our vision. Curriculum is incredibly important to us and we've planned backwards from university readiness to give our pupils the very best in every subject discipline.
We timetable collaborative planning and love to engage in 'productive struggle'. Every team member is supported with coaching and tailored professional development, whatever stage they are at in their career. Our extended school day (we finish at 4 four days a week and earlier on Wednesday) allows us to offer a broad, rich curriculum and timetabled enrichment for every child - but we never have meetings after school. Our team says: 'All staff are incredibly supportive and positive, and it is a great environment to work in.'
Diversity and inclusion:
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone - staff and students - can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective.
Safeguarding statement:
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
Please note we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage you to submit your application at your earliest convenience.
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