TEACHER OF LANGUAGES (SPANISH AND FRENCH)

Location

MILLFIELD SCIENCE AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE
Belvedere Road , Thornton Cleveleys , Lancashire , FY5 5DG
Tel: 01253 865929
School website: www.millfield.lancs.sch.uk
Roll: 875

Information

You will be a highly-talented and committed teacher who shares Millfield’s vision and values to help us ensure that the school continues our journey to ‘outstanding’.

You will strive to be an outstanding classroom practitioner, who plans and teaches well-sequenced and scaffolded lessons to a high standard.

You will be a reflective and adaptable teacher who can maintain good discipline within the classroom.

You will be a firm believer that background is not a barrier to outcomes and you will have high aspirations for all our students.

You will build and maintain excellent relationships with your form tutees and their parents or carers.

You will be accountable for the safeguarding and welfare of students.

You will demonstrate a commitment to your own professional development and will be keen to improve your practice by being an active participant in the whole-school Teaching and Learning team.

This year the MFL department has been completely overhauled with Spanish being introduced into the curriculum for the first time. This has been extremely well received from the students as all are studying Spanish in Year 7 where students are engaged and have a real love of learning. The department is led by Mrs Crook, Assistant Headteacher MFL, and consists of 1 other full time teacher and 2 part-time teachers of MFL. It is a department that prides itself on being dynamic, innovative and collaborative.

We continually look to develop and improve our Teaching and Learning by engaging in evidence based research to improve the outcomes for our students as well as our own professional development. We are staunch advocates of quality-first teaching. We also pride ourselves on the commitment that we make to out of hours learning offering intervention and support where necessary. In addition, we offer a range of opportunities to our students which take their learning beyond the classroom and enhance their skills and knowledge.

This year we offer Welsh, Latin and Spanish club at lunch times and an extra-curricular, residential trip to France is set to go ahead in June 2023. At Key Stage 3, our students have three hours of MFL per fortnight with Year 10 and 11 options both having 5 hours over 2 weeks. All of our classrooms are fitted with whiteboards and visualisers to support metacognitive strategies and live modelling. At KS3 we follow the NCELP model, which focuses on Grammar, Vocabulary and Phonics.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

Lancashire County Council has a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available to all applicants upon request.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

More Information can be found at www.millfield.lancs.sch.uk

Proposed Interview Date:

08/12/2022 

For an informal discussion please contact:

Please contact Mrs S Crook
Assistant Headteacher (MFL) s.crook@millfield.lancs.sch.uk

Application forms and further details are available from/returnable to

Application form attached. Please return to Mrs D Mountford
Business Manager: dmountford@millfield.lancs.sch.uk

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.