13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    28 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    4 April 2025

Job details

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Subject

Modern Languages

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) Main / Upper Pay Ranges £31,650 to £49,084

Teacher of French job summary

Astley Community High School & Whytrig Middle School

Elsdon Avenue

Seaton Delaval

Tyne and Wear

NE25 0BP

0191 237 1505

TEACHER OF French
Main / Upper Pay Ranges £31,650 to £49,084 Permanent, Part Time 0.5FTE Required From 1 September 2025

Small enough to care, big enough to make a positive impact

As a 13-18 school in south east Northumberland with good standards of teaching and behaviour and a strong commitment to improvement, we believe passionately that every student should be enabled to succeed in all aspects of school life. Building on our ‘Good’ rating by Ofsted, we continue to strive for further improvements.

This specialist role is to teach French across Key Stages 3 and 4, from Year 7 to Year 11. You must be an excellent practitioner with a strong track record in delivering French, you should be committed to working collaboratively in a strong and hard working department, and be able to meet the varied demands of the school environment, by working enthusiastically and be able to inspire pupils to achieve high standards both academically and personally. There may be some opportunity in this role to teach A Level also.

This full time role will be based across the federation, working at Astley Community High School and Whytrig Middle School, which share the same site.

At Astley Community High School you will join the humanities faculty, a highly focused team of seven teachers who are committed to delivering high quality lessons for a range of subjects (Geography, History, French and RE). At Whytrig Middle School, there is a definite primary feel to the pupils learning in Key Stage 2 where they are mainly form class based, although they do have access to specialist teachers in French, PE, music and technology. This continues throughout Key Stage 3 where the students move around the school for specialist lessons, enabling a smooth transition to high school.

Based in South East Northumberland with good standards of teaching and behaviour and a strong commitment to improvement, we believe passionately that every student should be enabled to succeed in all aspects of school life. Building on our ‘Good’ ratings by Ofsted, we continue to strive for further improvements.
As a relatively small school at Astley Community High School there is a real sense of community. Staff are able to fully get to know the students in both an academic and pastoral sense. Behaviour across the schools is good with the vast majority of students putting into practice our behaviour expectations of being ready, respectful and safe on a daily basis. Our students across the Year groups into the Sixth Form have a focus on wanting to learn - this helps to foster an attitude of wanting to achieve the best they can.
Visits to the school are also warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Richard Goodman, Head of School ACHS on 0191 2371505 or email vacancies@svf.org.uk to make an appointment.

Deadlines for applications is 9am Monday 28th April 2025

It is expected that interviews will take place on Friday 2nd May.

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is essential that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required for all posts.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Astley Community High School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 13 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
605 pupils enrolled
Age range
13 to 18
Ofsted report
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The Seaton Valley Federation of Schools comprises Astley Community High School, Whytrig Middle School and Seaton Sluice Middle School, all located in south east Northumberland. All three schools share a Governing Body and Executive Headteacher to promote excellence in education from age 9-18 across Seaton Valley. Individually rated as 'Good' by Ofsted, we share common values and a passionate belief that every student should be enabled to succeed in all aspects of school life.

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