Head of Languages

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**ROLE SUMMARY**:
St. Anthony’s School for Boys are looking to recruit an outstanding Head of Languages who has a passion for both teaching and learning, as well as their own professional development. We have very high standards of ourselves and our pupils, and believe that stretch and challenge are essential ingredients to real academic success. In addition to our exceptional academic outcomes, we also have an enviable reputation for the high quality pastoral structures in place, meaning that St Anthony’s pupils are highly successful and very happy. The school is keen to developing its staff, so if you are interested in deepening your expertise as a classroom teacher or have your eyes set on leadership, then St Anthony’s will be the school for you.**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Model high standards of professional behaviour in all aspects of school life, including proactively communicating and collaborating with other Faculty Heads in order to realise the vision of the school as stated in The School Development Plan;
- Ensure that schemes of work curriculum plans from Reception to Year 8 are fit for purpose and highly engaging for all pupils across the ability range, including the incorporation of challenge and stretch for the most able and support for those with additional needs;
- Ensure that all assessments are fit for purpose and successfully executed in line with the school’s reporting and assessment policy;
- Ensure that staff who are responsible for delivering the curriculum throughout the school are confident in delivering high quality lessons at all times, including the coordination of resources;
- Work as part of a wider Middle Management Team, including fortnightly Head of Faculty meeting attendance, in order to deliver on the School Development Plan.

The full Job Description will be available at interview and on request.

**THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE**:
Essential:

- A vision for developing the languages provision at St. Anthony’s School from Reception to Year 8;
- A proven track record in leading a French Department;
- Experience of leading a team and implementing initiatives which translate into improved student outcomes;
- Experience with teaching across varying Key Stages;
- A proven track record in the formal appraisal and development of staff;
Desirable:
**SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT**:
Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

**Brief History**

St Anthony’s is a Catholic Preparatory School (IAPS) for boys aged 4 - 13. It is Roman Catholic but welcomes boys of other faiths. There are currently over 310 pupils on roll and the school is looking to increase this number to 330 over the next few years. The majority of boys transfer to leading Independent schools.

St. Anthony’s school was founded by Richard Patton during the Victorian period in Eastbourne. It moved to its Hampstead location in 1952 and has been managed by the Alpha Plus Group since 2009.

**Ethos and values**

The school operates a two-form entry with approximately 20 boys in each class from Reception up to and including Year 6. About half the year group leave St Anthony’s to join Year 7 senior schools including UCS, City of London and Highgate. The remaining pupils stay on to prepare for Common Entrance at the end of Year 8 before proceeding to leading boarding and day schools such as Harrow, Eton, St Paul’s and Westminster.

The school is not super-selective and promotes a caring, nurturing environment promoting the holistic education of each child. We speak of St Anthony’s as a greenhouse rather than a hothouse Pastoral and academic expectations are high amongst parents and staff. The school adds significant value to pupils’ learning and there is great emphasis on regular communication between boys, staff and pupils.

St Anthony’s achieved ‘Excellent’ in all categories of the ISI full-school inspection in November 2019 - the school is now pursuing an ambitious development plan incorporating digital literacy with outstanding academic, pastoral and co-curricular pr