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Languages Volunteer

Volunteer opportunities for languages at Harborne Academy

Are you a second-year student of French or Spanish?

Are you considering an assistantship for your third-year placement?

Have you considered a future career in teaching languages?

At Harborne Academy, we have increasing numbers of students completing the GCSE in either French or Spanish. We are wishing to use the skills of current university students to work with our GCSE groups, and some younger year groups where timetabling allows, to support students in building their confidence with speaking skills.

Past volunteers have found the experience fulfilling and have proceeded to teach in French and Spanish speaking countries.

Our students are enthusiastic to speak in French/Spanish with someone that isn’t their teacher, which places great emphasis on the value of learning languages. Students last year thoroughly enjoyed the experience of working with our volunteer and are reaping the benefits of that experience now as their language learning journey continues.

Expectations of the role:

  • You would be expected to plan a short speaking-based task to complete with students every 2-3 weeks. Full guidance will be provided by staff in the department as to the content to focus on for each group.
  • You would be working with small groups of 3-4 students for around 15 minutes per group.
  • Each volunteer would ideally be available for one morning or afternoon session each week. Specific days and times will be discussed following application to fit both your timetable at university and the school’s timetable.

For further information about what the volunteer role would entail, please contact Beatrice Kessedjian: beatrice.kessedjian@harborneacademy.co.uk

If you wish to apply for one of the volunteer roles, please contact enquiry@harborneacademy.co.uk to request a Volunteer Application Form.

Deadline for applications: 22nd November 2024

For safeguarding purposes, any successful applicant will be subject to completing an enhanced DBS check and a suitable reference.

Application Form

Working for us

‘Pupils and staff share positive and respectful relationships. Pupils value the support staff give them. This motivates pupils to achieve well, and they do.

Harborne Academy continues to be a good school’. – Ofsted 2022

We believe that our staff are crucial to the success of Harborne Academy and are the people who will have the most impact on our success. By looking after our staff, we will maximise the life chances and opportunities for our students.

Ensuring our staff are supported and given the opportunities to develop is our priority.

Our staff are dedicated, passionate professionals who go above and beyond to ensure that students are safe, happy, learning and progressing. Staff well-being is paramount, and we strive for that work-life balance for all staff, whatever their role within the academy.

At the academy we have high expectations. We expect staff to challenge students and themselves. We set high standards and aim to display these in all that we do.

We are a great school to work in for a number of reasons:

  • Fantastic CPD with extensive professional development opportunities
  • A vibrant and exciting academy which is culturally and ethnically diverse.
  • Members of the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter (a declaration of support for, and a set of commitments, to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone working in education)
  • 1 paid absence staff day per academic year (to be used for weddings etc.)
  • 24 hours access to our Employee Assistance Programme that offer services like: virtual GP, stress coaching, counselling, physiotherapy sessions and many more

If you share our ambition to provide an exceptional experience for every child in the academy, please click below to see the current opportunities we have available:

We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for roles. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Harborne Academy is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust, and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, which may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, suitable references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.  

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