Start date 2 September 2024 Hours 32.50 Hodge Hill Girls School Bromford Road Birmingham B36 8EY Contact email HRhodgehgs.bham.sch.uk We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and inspiring early career teacher (ECT) to join our MFL department to teach Spanish and French across the ability ranges at key stage 3 and key stage 4. You will be passionate about teaching, possess excellent curriculum and subject knowledge with an ability to combine this with excellent classroom practice. In this role you will have the chance to have a real impact on the lives of our students. This post would suit a recently qualified graduate (full ECT induction is available). In return, we can offer you: a caring and happy community that always puts our young people first a supportive environment that takes an active interest in your professional development and personal wellbeing a supportive Senior Leadership Team access to a wide range of CPD courses use of a school laptop access to the teachers’ pension scheme 24 hour access to the Employee Assistance Programme a strong and supportive Governing Body classrooms equipped with projection and interactive capabilities a well-equipped staffroom free on-site car parking Located in the heart of the Hodge Hill community, we are a small secondary girls’ school with strong community values. We know and care for every pupil as an individual. We strive to meet the needs of each member of our school community, celebrating diversity and always striving for equality in our school family and the wider world. Our ethos encourages mutual respect and support to enable every pupil to make the greatest personal, social and academic progress during their time with us, preparing them for successful careers and fulfilling lives. A relentless drive for the best academic progress for each individual pupil, sits comfortably alongside the wider curriculum where values education embraces citizenship, pupil voice, charity, and community work. Here at Hodge Hill Girls' School, we genuinely value and strive to enhance working partnerships with our families, feeder schools and local community. This partnership is essential in raising standards and achievement; every member of our family has a role to play in raising aspirations to ensure we really are "Educating Tomorrow's Women Today". Please see application pack and Apply Online Please note that offline application forms will not be considered. We do not accept CVs; applications will only be accepted with a completed application form. We encourage visits from prospective candidates to meet members of our school community and experience our school at first hand. If you would like to arrange a visit, please contact Mrs N. Panton via email: HRhodgehgs.bham.sch.uk This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.