12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    15 May 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    2 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase
  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subjects

French, Languages

Working pattern

Full time: Full Time, Permanent

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£38,766 to £60,092) + TLR 2B (£5,464)

What skills and experience we're looking for

SECOND IN CHARGE OF FRENCH

  • Salary: Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£38,766 to £60,092) + TLR 2B (£5,464)
  • Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
  • To Start: September 2025
  • Location: SE15 2EB, London Borough of Southwark

We are looking to appoint a motivated and inspirational MFL (French Specialist) teacher to join our team of outstanding staff in this popular and high achieving curriculum area.Whilst this position requires relevant experience, applications from exceptionally strong ECTs will be considered.

In 2024, the outcomes for the department were:

-GCSE

oFrench (53 entries): 9-7: 49%, 9-5: 88%

oItalian (63 entries): 9-7: 42%, 9-5: 76%

oSpanish (13 entries): 9-7: 100%, 9-5: 100%

-French A Level (5 entries): A*-A: 20%, A*-B: 80%, A*-C: 100%

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is passionate about their subject to join our team of highly skilled staff delivering outstanding lessons to our exceptional students. St Thomas the Apostle school is a 11-18 Catholic boys’ school with a co-educational Sixth Form in Nunhead, South East London. We are an outstanding school, 2017 TES Secondary School of the Year winners, and our Progress 8 score places us as 10th best school in the country. We pride ourselves on our high expectations of all learners. This creates a calm learning environment where teachers can teach and students can learn.

This post offers you the opportunity to develop your teaching within an outstanding setting. We offer a highly supportive environment and are committed to ensuring outstanding teaching, behaviour, and achievement.

With our expanding Sixth Form and our desire and drive to continue moving forward, this is an exciting time for you to join our team.

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is passionate about their subject to join our team of highly skilled staff delivering outstanding lessons to our exceptional students.


What the school offers its staff

Benefits of working at St Thomas the Apostle:

  • Private health care programme for ALL staff.
  • Two staff well-being days per full academic year.
  • Loyalty service payments.
  • Excellent record of staff development with opportunities for career advancement.
  • Annual travel loans for season tickets.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Free use of school gym.
  • Free use of school swimming pool.
  • Regular staff social events.
  • Excellent public transport links.
  • Free onsite parking.
  • Working at one of the highest performing schools in the country. Nationally recognised OUTSTANDING with extremely high levels of pupil engagement and impeccable behaviour.
  • Outstanding facilities.
  • Generous staff loadings and lower than average pupil to staff ratios.
  • New, modern, light and airy building.
  • Safe and secure cycle storage.
  • Pastries on a Friday morning.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged, please contact Ellie or Francisca at the details below to arrange.

St Thomas the Apostle College is actively seeking to increase the proportion of our workforce who come from diverse background. We particularly welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and minority ethnic descent.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. DBS check required.

Applying for the job

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About The St Thomas the Apostle College

School type
Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1101 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
stac@hays.com
Phone number
020 7259 8770

St Thomas the Apostle school is a 11-18 Catholic boys’ school with a co-educational Sixth Form in South London. We are an outstanding school and 2017 TES Secondary School of the Year winners. We pride ourselves on our high expectations of all learners. This creates a calm learning environment where teachers can teach and students can learn.

Arranging a visit to The St Thomas the Apostle College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email stac@hays.com.

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