9 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    19 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    9 May 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

French

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 Hours, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

Additional allowances

TLR2A

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Responsibilities

Set High Expectations

  • Establish a safe and stimulating environment rooted in mutual respect.
  • Set goals that challenge students of all backgrounds and abilities.
  • Demonstrate positive attitudes, values, and behavior.

Promote Good Progress and Outcomes

  • Be accountable for students' attainment, progress, and outcomes.
  • Plan teaching to build on students' prior knowledge.
  • Encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning.

Demonstrate Good Subject and Curriculum Knowledge

  • Maintain a secure knowledge of the French curriculum.
  • Foster and maintain students' interest in the subject.
  • Promote high standards of literacy and articulacy.

Plan and Teach Well-Structured Lessons

  • Use lesson time effectively to impart knowledge and develop understanding.
  • Promote a love of learning and intellectual curiosity.
  • Reflect on the effectiveness of lessons and teaching approaches.

Adapt Teaching to Respond to Students' Needs

  • Differentiate teaching approaches to meet the needs of all students.
  • Understand the physical, social, and intellectual development of children.
  • Support students with special educational needs and disabilities.

Make Accurate and Productive Use of Assessment

  • Use formative and summative assessments to secure students' progress.
  • Monitor progress, set targets, and plan subsequent lessons.
  • Provide regular feedback to students.

Manage Behaviour Effectively

  • Establish clear rules and routines for behaviour.
  • Promote good and courteous behaviour in accordance with the school's policy.
  • Maintain good relationships with students and act decisively when necessary.

Fulfill Wider Professional Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the wider life and ethos of the school.
  • Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues.
  • Communicate effectively with parents regarding students' achievements and well-being.

What the school offers its staff

About Aldridge School

Aldridge School is a comprehensive school with over 1500 students, located near the centre of Aldridge village. We are committed to meeting the needs of every student, challenging them to achieve their best, and preparing them for their future endeavours. Our school is proud of its traditions and successes, achieved through hard work and high expectations. We offer a broad curriculum designed to meet national standards and support students in achieving excellent results.

Role Overview

The Teacher of French and TLR Subject Leader will be responsible for leading the French department, ensuring high standards of teaching and learning. The role includes setting high expectations, promoting good progress, demonstrating strong subject knowledge, and managing behavior effectively. The successful candidate will also contribute to the wider life and ethos of the schooL

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visitingwww.crb.gov.uk.


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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Aldridge School - A Science College

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1593 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

We are a comprehensive school of over 1500 students situated near the centre of Aldridge village. We believe that it is our responsibility to work to meet the needs of every individual student, challenging them to achieve their best, supporting them to become responsible young adults and preparing them for their next steps into the world of work or further education.

Aldridge School is a good school (Ofsted 2022).  It is a school which is proud of its traditions and successes which have been achieved through hard work and high expectations. In particular, we encourage our students to be Respectful, Responsible, Resilient and Ready to learn in order that they will be happy and successful at school and in the wider world beyond.

 Aldridge School has a dedicated, talented and conscientious team of staff who work together to provide a high standard of teaching, excellent pastoral care and professional support services. Our broad curriculum is designed to meet national expectations, be relevant and interesting, support our students in achieving the best possible standards in external examinations and to equip them with the skills they need to be successful in adult life.

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