Key Stage Languages Lead (German Teacher)
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School, Durham, County Durham, DH1 4SU4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- German
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS / UPS £31,650 - £49,084
Additional allowances
TLR2b (£5,643)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Stage Languages Lead MPS/UPS plus TLR2b
Required for September 2025
Permanent
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School is a high achieving school which offers high levels of autonomy to staff and consequently has a track record of academic excellence. We are looking to appoint a truly effective practitioner to lead a Key Stage in our high-achieving Languages Department.
The successful candidate will lead either Key Stage 3 or Key Stage 4 and needs to be able to teach GCSE German and, ideally, have the capacity to teach A Level German.
Teachers at our school are passionate about their subject and passionate about social justice. We believe that every child, regardless of social background, has the right to an enriching and rigorous academic education. We all share a commitment to ensuring the children in our care are able to feel safe, happy and supported to achieve their full potential. If you share these values we would welcome your application.
Informal visits to the school are welcome. If you would like to visit the school, please email school@durhamjohnston.org.uk marked for the attention of Anna Colquitt (Associate Assistant Headteacher) to book an appointment.
“Durham Johnston Comprehensive School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.”.
Closing Date: 9.00am on Monday 19th May 2025.
If you are returning your application by email please use the following address:recruitment@durhamjohnston.org.uk
What the school offers its staff
Commitment to safeguarding
“Durham Johnston Comprehensive School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.”
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@durhamjohnston.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1689 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Durham Johnston Comprehensive School website
- Email address
- school@durhamjohnston.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01913843887
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School is a happy, successful and dynamic community and we have retained this spirit during this period. We have a national reputation for academic excellence and are well respected in our local community, something of which we are very proud. Staff often stay at Durham Johnston for a significant period of time as we value staff well-being and allow a significant amount of professional autonomy.
Arranging a visit to Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email school@durhamjohnston.org.uk.
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