Teacher of MFL

Carlton le Willows Academy are looking to appoint a Teacher of MFL to join our academy in May 2024 on a full time, permanent basis. 

Carlton le Willows Academy has an exciting opportunity for a committed and motivated teacher to join our modern foreign languages team. Academy students have the opportunity to study French and German through key stages 3, 4 and 5. 

This role is an ideal opportunity for a classroom practitioner who can display a real passion for developing and inspiring pupils in their care. The successful candidate will teach mainly French, but the ability to teach German would be desirable. This post is suitable for both ECTs looking to take their first steps in teaching or for experienced teachers looking to develop and further their career.

Our Vision

At Delta Academies Trust we understand the importance of learning a modern foreign language and we believe that every single one of our pupils should have that opportunity. We have invested significant time, expertise, and money in the creation of an outstanding curriculum offer which has increased pupil engagement, and as a result the number of pupils studying MFL in our 17 secondary academies has risen dramatically.

Our Curriculum

We have created carefully sequenced five-year curriculum plans for both French and Spanish using the national curriculum and the key recommendations of the 2016 MFL Pedagogy Review, and we regularly update them.  Each one is fully resourced, with detailed lessons prepared for you to adapt to the needs of your classes.  We use an online coursebook to underpin our teaching, along with our trust knowledge organisers.  Every unit of work includes a cultural topic to help instil a love of languages as well as promote a desire to get to know more about people from those countries.  We subscribe to an on-line learning platform to support the learning of vocabulary.  Perhaps our biggest and most impressive investment is in our team of modern language assistants.  We currently have 17 native speakers in our academies and our pupils love working with them!

How Will We Support You

Our Senior MFL director is a specialist in both French and Spanish and leads a team of two MFL directors and a lead teacher. They are all based in our academies working to support teachers and pupils on a daily basis. We recognise the value of high quality CPD and the director team run subject specific CPD every half term, meaning that staff from across our trust can meet to share best practice and stay up to date with research findings and national developments. Although our curriculum model is standard across our trust, we are all individuals, and you will have the opportunity to develop as a professional in your own right. We pride ourselves on recognising and developing talent and are passionate about sharing our love of teaching languages.

Our Future

Our director team are held in high regard and have worked with the DFE and the examination boards in consultation about the existing and new GCSEs. We are passionate about languages in any way, shape or form and have recently had four academies approved to join the DFE Latin Centre of Excellence programme. We are currently preparing a bid to become one of 15 MFL hubs in England which would give us the opportunity to help shape the future of MFL teaching at a national level.

Your New School

Carlton le Willows Academy is a thriving and successful school committed to supporting the personal growth and academic success of all its students. Once you step through the doors you will find dedicated, enthusiastic staff working with committed and focused students, keen to achieve their very best.

An exciting place to learn, the Academy boasts a brand new state of the art building and a purpose built sixth form centre. There is currently more work ongoing in our West block to create new science labs and purpose built classrooms, all designed to ensure a bright future for the generations of students to come.

The Carlton le Willows family is proud of our long standing record of academic achievement with students’ results consistently placing us amongst the top performing schools in the county. 

Carlton le Willows students know that they come to a happy school where discipline, hard work and learning go hand in hand with respect, courtesy and kindness.

Results

With a consistent record of high academic attainment, Carlton le Willows remains one of the top performing schools in the area. In summer 2023 78% of pupils secured a Grade 4+ in English and Maths and 55% achieved this at grade 5+. Across the board 76% of pupils achieved grade 4+ in five or more GCSEs and our progress score was +0.2 placing us above similar schools nationally.

A level students in our high performing sixth form achieved a 100% pass rate in 2023, with the average A level grade a B minus, retaining our reputation for academic excellence post 16.

WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?

Staff who work at Carlton le Willows have the chance to work in a friendly, supportive community in a school which is characterised by committed, capable staff who work collectively on behalf of students.

We are passionate about giving people the chance to develop and progress their careers and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged and supported to achieve their very best.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.  

We offer an extensive range of opportunities, incentives and benefits with this post including:

•  Financial, offering unlimited access to a huge range of discounts on holidays, days out, retailer and cashback deals inc. Curry’s, John Lewis, Tesco and B&Q to name but a few.
•  Lifestyle and Wellbeing, discounted & flexible gym memberships, eye care vouchers, cycle 2 work/Technology scheme, free annual flu jab and 24/7 access to a market leading Employee Assistance Programme providing expert information specialist advisors trained by Citizens Advice and access to professionally qualified counsellors accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. 
•  Motoring, access to an employee vehicle leasing scheme*, discounted vehicle repairs and discounts on car/van hire.
•  Pension, excellent employer/employee contributory pension scheme with the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS)
•  Personal and professional, we offer a range of training and development opportunities for you to grow and develop.
*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained.

We welcome visits from prospective candidates and will ensure you have the time to look round our academy with a member of the senior leadership team so you can get to know us better. Please contact the Principal’s PA Mrs Fletcher on 0115 9565008 ext 250 to arrange an appointment.

To learn more about Carlton le Willows Academy please visit our website at www.clwacademy.org.uk

For more information and to apply for this position please visit our website at https://www.deltatrust.org.uk/careers-with-delta/ 

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In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.

Delta Academies Trust undertake to treat all applicants for posts fairly and not to discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff who voluntarily reveal that they have a criminal conviction. Equally, we will not discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff where a Disclosure and Barring Service check reveals a criminal conviction or other information about offences. Therefore, we will consider job applicants who have a criminal record based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where needed, qualifications and training. However, our approach depends on the job, and whether it is covered by, or exempt from, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. However, it is important to note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may limit the numbers of interviews offered to people with and without a disability.