Job Description
Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher of French and Spanish looking for a new challenge?
Come and join our team at Outwood Academy Danum!
Outwood Academy Danum is situated in the east of Doncaster with direct bus links from the train station to the school. We are a small MFL department of 3, dedicated to providing engaging lessons to our pupils to instil a love of language learning within them.
You will teach Spanish at KS3 and KS4 with an opportunity to offer it at KS5 also. We are constantly striving to increase the number of pupils opting to study a language at GCSE. Our Spanish and French GCSE results in 2024 were good, both with a positive progress 8 score.
If you are in the early years of your career, we have an ECT mentoring programme which offers you individualised support from a very effective and experienced team. You will receive 1-1 support in all areas of your teaching.
At Outwood Academy Danum you will have your own classroom which you will be encouraged to personalise to create an engaging learning environment for your classes. We also have a separate workspace that we share with Humanities with access to computers.
As a department we offer weekly intervention sessions at KS4 as well as a KS3 ‘culture’ club. New input and ideas are always welcome, thus ensuring that our pupils experience language learning and culture outside the academic classroom.
In the past our pupils have been rewarded with visits from Madame Crêpe and Flamenco workshops as well as watching plays delivered by a Spanish theatre company. We are hoping to increase the number of trips abroad also so our pupils experience using their language skills in authentic settings so this is an aspect you would be encouraged to get involved in.
So if you are interested in joining a dedicated department with a shared passion of language learning and teaching, contact me as Head of Department in the first instance for answers to any questions you may have: Allison Tate
[email protected] or our HR department for any other information you may require.
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Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Principal: Mandy Crane
We are an Ofsted Good rated, 11-18 academy, with a thriving sixth form and a campus undergoing a transformation, based in the friendly, South Yorkshire town of Doncaster.
We are proud to say that our recent OFSTED inspection in 2024 cited that the school is a 'Good' school, identifying how the school is an 'inclusive school' where 'pupils of every background are provided with the opportunities they need to be successful.' We value our staff highly, and have established a truly supportive environment where staff training and well being is at the heart of all we do. We are focused on creating a culture of success, a positive climate for learning, and increased attainment, achievement and social and emotional development.
We are proud to have been awarded Silver Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award and to have received the IQM Award as a Centre of Excellence, which highlights our commitment to inclusion.We have also recently achieved our Eco Schools award along with our Leading the Way award for meeting all eight Gastsby Benchmarks to support employability for our students.
We believe we are on a journey towards Outstanding. Help to take us to the next level.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
About Us
What will we do for you?
- A competitive salary with pay progression
- A fantastic pension and additional benefits
- Flexible family friendly policies from day one
- Wellbeing strategy and Employee Assistance Programme
- Our Workload Charter with guaranteed CPD every week and much more (for teaching roles)
Further information on employee benefits can be found here.
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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
