Teacher of Languages (Maternity Cover)

Brookfield Community School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO31 7DU

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  8 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 March 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subjects: French, German, Languages, Spanish
• Working pattern: Full time: Full teaching timetable.
• Contract type: Fixed term - Up to 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: Main Pay Range

What skills and experience we're looking for

Brookfield is an over-subscribed 11-16 mixed comprehensive with around 1800 students on roll.

We seek to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Languages specialist to join our successful team of dedicated teachers, committed to raising aspirations and bringing out the best in our students.

Languages plays a key role in the school curriculum with all Year 7 students having the opportunity to experience a four-week taster of French, Spanish and German in term 1 before deciding which language they would prefer to continue. Students then continue learning their allocated language throughout KS3 with some students offered the opportunity to pick up a second language at the start of Year 9.

This post offers an opportunity for an inspirational practitioner to join a team that achieves excellent outcomes for its students. In recent years, GCSE results in Languages have been above the national average. In 2025 87%, 81% and 90% of students achieved a grade 4 or above in French, German and Spanish respectively with 43%, 32% and 35% achieving a grade 7 or above.

The ability to teach Spanish at GCSE level is desirable.

What the school offers its staff

• A committed, enthusiastic, open and accessible team of staff with a desire to continue to move the school forward.
• A thorough and engaging staff wellbeing programme including access to counselling, private GP and physiotherapy.
• Excellent and varied CPD to ensure you continue to develop.
• Broad and diverse opportunities for professional development.
• Participation in our teacher appraisal process, including regular meetings with your appraiser.
• Access to our Brookfield sharing practice site.
• Bespoke 1:1 support available from our Leading Practitioners.

Provision for ECTs:

ECTs are exceptionally well supported at Brookfield and all staff have access to a full range of high-quality professional development opportunities, complemented by a highly regarded new staff induction programme.

• A mentor who will run regular mentor meetings to help guide you through your ECT year
• A 10% reduction in teaching timetable in year 1
• A 5% reduction in teaching timetable in year 2
• A full ECT induction programme for the ECT years, run and delivered by Ambition Institute
• An in-school bespoke additional training tailored to each ECT

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

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About Brookfield Community School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1805 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brookfield Community School website
• Email address: employeesupport@brookfield.hants.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brookfield-community-school-southampton

Arranging a visit to Brookfield Community School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email employeesupport@brookfield.hants.sch.uk.

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