Teacher of Spanish
Bromley High School
Bromley
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary scale and generous benefits
- Job type:
- Part Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 3 June 2015
Job overview
Part time 0.3 Temporary Maternity Cover - Required until May 2016 approximately
We are seeking to appoint a creative and inspirational Teacher of Spanish (to GCSE or A Level) to join our flourishing and high achieving Modern Languages department.
The successful candidate will report to the Head of Modern Foreign Languages. The ability to teach another language would be an advantage e.g. German or French
At Bromley High School, French, German and Spanish are taught from Year 7 to A level, with excellent results and high numbers at GCSE and A2. Girls continue to progress to study Modern Languages at university (including Oxbridge) every year. This year, one girl has been offered a place to read German at St Hugh’s, Oxford.
We have a thriving programme of visits and exchanges including a German exchange to Brühl, cultural visits to Berlin, Paris, Santander, Cologne and Barcelona, a French homestay and work experience opportunities in France, Germany and Spain, as well as theatre and cinema trips.
For further information and applying online please visit our website: http://www.bromleyhigh.gdst.net/Part-time-03-Spanish-Teacher-for-September-2015
Suitable candidates will be interviewed as soon as possible after receipt of their application. The vacancy will be closed once a suitable candidate has been identified.
Bromley High School is situated in leafy Bickley, in Kent. Easily accessible by train from central London, it offers space to breathe with the convenience of the city on its doorstep.
The GDST offers a competitive salary scale and generous benefits. The starting salary for this post will be in accordance with the successful candidate’s experience and qualifications. Relocation packages are available.
Bromley High School and the GDST are 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.
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About Bromley High School
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Bromley High School has been offering an exceptional education to bright and talented girls since 1883.
A leading GDST and HMC girls’ school with superb facilities spread across a leafy 25-acre site, Bromley High School educates approximately 870 girls from pre-prep to Sixth Form.
The school’s academic results are consistently excellent earning a rare ‘Exceptional’ rating for Learning and Achievement from the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate. Achievement at A-level in 2022 was 34% A*s, 68% A*-A and 91% A*-B.
Bromley High girls are resilient and well-rounded young women participating with enthusiasm and commitment in music, drama, art, sport, Duke of Edinburgh and an overabundant range of activities – and where they have interest or talent or enthusiasm, it is nurtured so that they learn to excel.
As the first all girls’ All-Steinway School in the world, the school continually invests in the music department, and offers its own Musician in Residence and specialist music wing. In 2020, the school launched a Steinway Scholarship and Mentoring Scheme offer the winning recipient coaching sessions throughout the year, a masterclass from a Steinway artist at Steinway Hall, private lessons with a Steinway artist and a solo recital at Steinway Hall. In 2021, the school’s first ever Steinway Scholar won a place to read Music at Oxford.
Sport is also exceptional: with 25 acres of top class facilities including a beautiful pool, new fitness suite, sports hall, gym, track and floodlit courts and pitches, providing the perfect environment in which to develop girls’ love of sport. Bromley High School has achieved huge successes in sport at regional and national level. The school’s under 16 team reached the National Hockey finals and were placed 3rd in the country and in 2021, Year 12 pupil Evie Davis won two gold medals with Team GB at the European Swimming Championships.
Pastoral Care is of paramount importance at Bromley High and the school offers an outstanding supportive and caring pastoral system. In 2021, the excellence of the school’s pastoral care was recognised by the Wellbeing Award for Schools.
Bromley High School provides a beautiful and vibrant environment where bright girls flourish.
The Girls’ Day School Trust
The GDST is the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK, with nearly 4,000 staff and 20,000 students in our 24 schools and two academies. The majority of GDST schools take girls all through, from the age of three to 18 (there are about 6,000 pupils in GDST Junior schools).
Founded in 1872, the GDST has a long history of pioneering innovation in the education of girls, and is the largest single educator of girls in the UK (and the UK’s largest educational charity).
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