Teacher of French (Maternity Cover)
The Milton Keynes Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5LA9 days remaining to apply
Closing date
18 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- French
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (FTE) Main Pay Scale to Upper Pay Scale
Teacher of French (Maternity Cover) job summary
We’re looking for a passionate and resilient Teacher of French to join our experienced Modern Foreign Languages department on a fixed-term basis until November 2026. If you’re committed to creating engaging lessons, fostering curiosity, and making a real impact in students’ lives, we’d love to hear from you.
Job Title: Teacher of French (Maternity Cover)
Location: The Milton Keynes Academy
Salary: MPS to UPS (£32,916 - £51,048 FTE) - Salary will be pro-rated
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until November 2026
Working Pattern: Part Time (Monday - Wednesday)
Application Closing Date: 18/11/2025
About You:
The Milton Keynes Academy are seeking a passionate and dedicated Teacher of French to join our successful Modern Foreign Languages department on a fixed-term maternity cover until November 2026. Our ideal candidate will have:
Be a committed educationalist with Qualified Teacher Status who shares our vision of providing Opportunities for Everyone
Demonstrate high levels of resilience and emotional intelligence
Be passionate about French and dedicated to inspiring a love of language in students
Have the drive to make a real difference in students’ lives
Plan and deliver engaging, stimulating lessons that challenge learners of all abilities
Contribute positively to a collaborative and supportive departmental culture
About the Modern Foreign Languages Department:
The MFL department has 4 enthusiastic and experienced members of staff who teach in their own spacious and well-equipped rooms with an additional staff workroom. We offer KS3 and KS4 French and Spanish. The department is very well resourced and in KS3 we use Dynamo and Viva! complemented with Active Learn. In KS4 we follow the AQA specification and have access to a wide range of resources for this including Active Hub. In recent years the department has undergone a number of changes and improvement culminating in our excellent GCSE results this year.
About The Milton Keynes Academy:
At The Milton Keynes Academy, you'll be part of a vibrant, inclusive school community that places learning and student success at its heart. Our architecturally inspiring campus features outstanding facilities, including cutting-edge science labs, a spacious restaurant, and a modern gym, all designed to support both staff and students.
We pride ourselves on being a nurturing environment where students are happy to learn, and staff are supported to thrive. As part of the Creative Education Trust, we collaborate across a network of schools to share best practices and drive innovation. Staff benefit from a bespoke induction, ongoing professional development, and clear pathways for career progression.
Guided by our core values, Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Equality, and Aspiration, we empower both students and staff to dream big, believe in themselves, and succeed. If you're passionate about education and want to make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you. To find out more please visit our website.
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.
We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.
We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.
Visit our Trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR/Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to us at Zoe.Dempsey-Vicent@miltonkeynesacademy.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
Further information about the job
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Milton Keynes Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1010 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Milton Keynes Academy website
The Milton Keynes Academy is an Academy with strong links in the community. Our Academy is underpinned by an ethos based on raising aspirations and raising achievement, so that we realise our mission of providing opportunities for everyone. We are relentless in our pursuit of high standards and excellence and emphasise traditional core values of good behaviour, honesty and mutual respect.
We are a vibrant Academy (Ofsted judgement Good November 2017) with outstanding facilities. We cater for 1400 pupils aged 11-19 and welcome pupils of all abilities. We are a member of the Creative Education Trust (CET), which marks a new phase on our journey and will further strengthen the Academy on our pursuit to Outstanding. Further information about CET can be found on their website at http://www.creativeeducationtrust.org.uk/
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