13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Jan 2026 or sooner

  • Closing date

    22 September 2025 at 10am

  • Date listed

    8 September 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

French

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Main/Upper Pay Scales

Additional allowances

Main/Upper Pay Scales

Teacher of French job summary

TEACHER OF FRENCH

Are you passionate about languages and inspiring young minds to embrace new cultures? We are seeking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Teacher of French, to join our dynamic team.

French is offered at all three key stages at the school. This successful department is a friendly, hard-working team, committed to stimulating students’ interest and enjoyment in their studies. This is a vibrant department with a team ethos of collaborative planning.

The school was accredited as World Class in July 2021 and as such, we are committed to providing a world-class education for every student through a well-designed and balanced curriculum. Our established culture provides a calm, safe and stimulating learning environment.

Ethical leadership is at the core of all decision making at Southfield. As such, staff are valued, treated with respect and afforded a diverse range of opportunities that come with professional trust. We place significant emphasis on working collegiately as a staff to share our expertise and subsequently enhance the learning experience with our students. Every member of the staff is involved in a variety of professional learning programmes that take place every Wednesday across the academic year.

Why join us:

  • We invest in and support our aspirant and highly skilled staff, making it easy to access opportunities for continued professional development
  • Our safe and nurturing environment enables staff to thrive
  • We are a collaborative team working across the school and with wider Trust colleagues, sharing ideas, spreading best practice, supporting and challenging, and bringing out our very best
  • Our faculty consistently beats national performance indicators year of year

The role will start in January 2026, or sooner, depending on candidate’s availability.

To apply, please follow this link: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/136976/EDV-2025-SSG-53057

Closing date for the applications: 9.00am Monday, 22nd September 2025. Provisional interviews’ dates 24th/25th/26th September.

If this role attracts sufficient interest before closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised. If you want more info about the role, please contact us at recruiment@orbismat.com or 01536 513063.

We may interview suitable candidates prior to the closing date.

Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced DBS clearance. The school is committed to Equal Opportunities in Employment.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This means that we have a Child Protection Policy and procedures in place which we refer to in our prospectus. All staff (including supply staff, volunteers and governors) must ensure that they are aware of these procedures. Parents and carers are welcome to read the policy and other related policies to be found in the statutory information section.

Applying for the job

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About Southfield School for Girls

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1197 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Southfield School for Girls is a high performing girls school that admits boys to the sixth form.
Consistently in the top 5% in the country for Progress 8 scores we offer a rounded education where the 'whole' student is a top priority and academic excellence is matched by high quality pastoral care and excellent opportunities for every student to be outstanding both in and out of school.
A licensed DofE provider - we live what we teach.

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