Culford School HMC & IAPS French and / or Spanish Teacher Required for September 2019

French and Spanish are core subjects taught to The successful candidate will be guided by the Head GCSE level. At A-Level we enjoy bringing our top of Languages, and will be expected to teach French linguists to university standard. The department and/or Spanish with preferably at least language follows the AQA specification for GCSE and A- to A level standard. Level, the latter including literature and film study.

Culford educates a range of pupils from the top 50% of the academic profile and whilst top performing pupils aspire to Oxbridge or other Top Tier Universities, experience of supporting weaker pupils is also an advantage.

We are looking for a strong team player and dynamic teacher to contribute to the MFL department and the continued implementation of new GCSE and A-Level specifications. Culford believes in career, professional and personal development and will seek to support the successful candidate in all areas.

We are a modern and creative languages department with a constantly positive view to learning a language at all levels.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 15th May 2019

Culford School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the position, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Welcome from the Headmaster Julian Johnson-Munday

Culford is a jewel of a Most pupils go to Russell Group universities in due school set in a remarkable course; some to Oxbridge most years, and a number location. We are just to universities abroad, often on scholarships. three miles from , but are blessed Culford has an outstanding reputation for individual with a 480 acre park that and team sports: tennis, swimming, golf, cricket makes working here a and hockey have outstanding facilities and high wonderful experience. performance programmes. Regular national success may seem remarkable for a small school that is We are deliberately small determined to stay small, but we see our ability to with around 700 children focus on individuals as a key part of their success. in the Pre-Prep, Prep and Senior Schools, but our We want our pupils to be flexible, innovative, facilities match or exceed dynamic and resilient in their future lives, so we seek those of much bigger to model those values as teachers and as a schools. Our size means community. we know our pupils well and visitors remark upon our family feel time and again. If that sounds like it might be you, I would be delighted to receive your application to join us. Over 60% of the Senior School are boarders and we are a vibrant pastoral community as well as an With very best wishes, academic place of learning. A commitment to the boarding life of the school is expected of all teachers, and engaging with pupils this way is part of what makes the job so rewarding. Our pupils and teachers develop outstanding relationships based upon mutual respect and support. Julian Johnson-Munday MA MBA, Headmaster Culford is academically selective within a deliberately broad framework. We seek pupils who are committed to learning and who can cope well with GCSE and A levels, but we ignore league tables resolutely. The Department

The Modern Foreign Languages department is The department plays a strong role in the scholars’ housed in a suite of rooms in one of the main programme and is ambitious to be a central part of teaching buildings. It has four dedicated classrooms, the wider academic life at Culford, through trips and with an office situated between them. All classrooms visits, speakers coming into the school, and other have interactive white boards with full wireless opportunities to see pupils engage with the ways in internet access for all pupils. We also have a Tenjin which languages shape the world today. digital language lab. Our current language trips include Barcelona, The department is close to the new £2.3 million Tenerife, The Loire Valley and Paris. The successful school library, which was opened in September applicant will be expected to play a strong role in 2015. Pupils have a number of lessons in this new our cultural programme, therefore. state-of-the-art building and the department liaises closely with the school librarian over resources and author visits.

The Modern Foreign Languages department has generous equipment and subscriptions to Dynamic Learning, Kerboodle and Active Teach with text book provision also. We have a strong tradition of successful results at both GCSE and A-Level.

The Person

Our new colleague will be expected to present strong academic qualifications, along with a desire to inspire and motivate pupils in their academic and cultural study of languages.

The Modern Foreign Languages department seeks to be central to the pupils’ educational experience and we seek a colleague, therefore, who will have passions they wish to share with young people.

We also expect the successful candidate to Teaching in the Senior school at Culford was judged contribute fully to the life of a busy . as Excellent in our last ISI inspection (2014). We Our best lessons often take place outside the value dynamism and risk-taking, and colleagues are classroom and the working day: perhaps a chance given freedom to inspire pupils in ways that suit conversation over coffee about shared interests or them and meet the pupils’ needs. reading; or shared experiences on trips and visits.

The successful candidate will join a strong The position would suit an enthusiastic, dynamic department and be expected to teach across the and well-qualified teacher who is imaginative and age and ability range from Fourth Form (Year 9) to forward thinking and may see this as an exciting ideally the Upper Sixth, including A-Level in either opportunity to join a department where teamwork Spanish or French. The ability to offer both and enjoyment are central. languages will be a bonus of course but not a necessity. The Location

Suffolk is a wonderful place to live and Bury St Edmunds is a special town. Small enough to feel like a community, it boasts its own Cathedral and Abbey Gardens and its medieval heart gives it a charming feel. It is also a modern shopping centre, however, with a retail development, the Arc. As well as the normal retail outlets, the area contains the Apex Centre, a venue that offers theatre and live music of all sorts regularly.

The town is home to a number of independent retailers, craft pubs, breweries and restaurants. As well as a multiplex cinema, there is also an Art House cinema that shows an eclectic range of movies which can be watched with wine or beer and from the comfort of a sofa; and the town also boasts a lovingly restored Regency theatre.

Suffolk has low crime rates and high sunshine levels CULFORD compared to the rest of the UK; and accommodation around Bury St Edmunds is relatively affordable. It is, Stansted however, centrally located on the A14 with Heathrow LONDON and Cambridge both 40 minutes away for a wider Gatwick range of shops, museums, restaurants and theatres. The coast is less than an hour away with Aldeburgh and Southwold well known for their beauty.

London is a 90 minute drive down the A11/M11, or under two hours by train. Further flung destinations are equally close: Harwich ferries serve Holland and Europe; Stansted airport is 45 minutes away and Gatwick and Heathrow are both within 2.5 hours drive.

Application Process

To apply please complete an application form and write Applications must be received no later than a formal letter addressed to the Headmaster. Send Wednesday 15th March 2019. both documents, stating the position applied for in the title line, to: [email protected] All information will be treated as strictly confidential. Referees will be approached prior to shortlisting unless Your accompanying letter should be no longer than two you expressly request otherwise. sides of A4 and provide additional relevant information to support your application. The PDF application form If you have any questions or enquiries regarding the can be downloaded from: application process, please ring the Headmaster’s PA www.culford.co.uk/Work-for-Us on: 01284 385302

If unable to apply by email please post your application, All appointments are subject to pre-employment marked “Strictly Private and Confidential” to: checks to meet vetting and barring requirements. For more information about that process please refer to the The Headmaster’s PA application form. Culford School Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6TX