📅 Start Date: January 2025
📅 End Date: June 2025
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our team as German Teacher to cover maternity leave. We are looking for a hardworking professional who is passionate about teaching and committed to creating a supportive and engaging learning environment.
🔍 Key Responsibilities
As outlined in the full Job Description, your responsibilities will include:
Learning and Teaching
- Planning and preparing stimulating, challenging, enjoyable learning opportunities which take into regard the curriculum of the school and the individual abilities of the pupils in the class
- Consistently teaching at a high level to ensure pupils’ learning is challenging and progressing
- Whenever possible, giving immediate oral or written feedback to pupils about their learning so that they know how to improve
- Assessing, recording, and reporting on the development, progress, and attainment of pupils
- Checking on the academic progress of individual pupils on a regular basis
- Differentiating teaching materials so that tasks and expectations are appropriate and support and challenge pupils whatever their levels of ability
- Ensuring that all records and data collection are kept up to date and that information is passed onto Subject Leaders and the Head Teacher in a timely manner
- Communicating and consulting with the parents or carers of pupils about their child’s progress in all areas
- Communicating and consulting with specialist teachers when required
- Communicating and co-operating with agencies outside the school as appropriate
- Working as part of a team to plan collaborative schemes of work and learning plans for pupils in their particular year group
Discipline
- Providing guidance and advice to pupils on their social and emotional development
- Maintaining high standards of behaviour in all learning situations; being aware of the School’s Behavioural Policy and procedures
- Maintaining a high standard of pupil behaviour in the playground and common areas, being alert and proactive and inform and liaise with class teachers when appropriate
Professional Development
- Reviewing on an ongoing basis, teaching methods and programmes of work
- Participating in arrangements for professional development which support the development of the whole School and the individual
- Participating in meetings at the school which relate to the curriculum, administration, or organisation
✅ Candidate Profile
Required:
- Experience and qualifications in teaching German as a foreign language to lower secondary students, up to and including the IGCSE German level.
- Be able to communicate effectively within a team
- Be a positive, kind, and caring person
- Good behaviour management skills
💼 Remuneration & Benefits
We offer a competitive salary package, commensurate with qualifications and experience.
📝 Application Process
If you are passionate about science education and excited to join a vibrant school community, we’d love to hear from you.
To apply:
- Complete our online application form
- Submit your CV and certificates
🛡️ Please note: The Junior and Senior School is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and young people. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate criminal record checks. Safeguarding questions will form part of the interview process.
🌀Non limiting clause This job description is not intended to be a complete or limiting description of the tasks or responsibilities that the post holder may reasonably be requested to undertake. The job description may be changed to meet new demands or circumstances and following consultations between the post holder and the Headteacher/Principal.
📬 All applications will be handled with strict confidentiality.
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advertisement early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Early application is therefore strongly encouraged. We may also conduct interviews ahead of the closing date if we receive an exceptional application.
Anastasia Partheni