Head of French

St Edmund’s College is seeking to appoint an outstanding Head of French.
(with the ability to teach German/Spanish to GCSE)
(Required for September 2018)


The Prep school seeks to appoint a skilled and enthusiastic teacher to join its committed team.

St Edmund’s College is seeking to appoint an outstanding Head of French. The successful candidate will possess impressive academic qualifications, have excellent management and interpersonal skills and be able to teach students throughout the Senior school. He or she will lead an experienced team in a well-resourced department with a proven record of success and know how to provide colleagues with appropriate guidance to implement College and departmental expectations. The Languages Department teaches Modern Languages and Latin. It is well respected by students and colleagues and performs well in public examinations.

The successful candidate will welcome the many opportunities to contribute to the lively extra-curricular life of the College, which is situated in rural East Hertfordshire.

Accommodation may be available in line with the College’s Accommodation Policy.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Midday, Friday 6^th April 2018

INTERVIEWS: Wednesday 18^th April 2018

If you would like to apply for this position, please download an application pack.

Please return your completed application pack to the HR department by the closing date.

Telephone:  01920 824335 Email: hr@stedmundscollege.org

The College is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, therefore, all candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check.

We will seek references on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children and may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications before interview.

Working Hours and Salary

Working Hours:  Term Time hours are 8.30am until 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Salary:  The salary for the post will be dependent upon experience and in accordance with the St Edmund’s Pay Scale.

Policies:  We rely on a suite of policies for our recruitment processes.  These can be found by clicking here and includes the below:

As part of your application, please download and read the Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct.  In addition, please sign and return the above document ‘Confirmation of Receipt of the Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct’ confirming that you have received, read and understood these policies.

• Code of Conduct
• Dignity at Work Policy
• Equal Opportunities Policy – Staff
• Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy
• Safer Recruitment Policy
• Preventing Illegal Working Policy
• Whistleblowing Policy

Please return your completed application pack to the HR department as soon as possible, as applicants will be invited when documents have been fully processed.

Please send applications to: hr@stedmundscollege.org
For more information regarding your application 01920 824335

Please note that our policies are currently under continual review and changes will occur but will be kept up to date on this site.