Teacher of MFL

Weaverham High School, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 3HT

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  19 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 May 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,047.00 Annually (FTE) FTE 1

Teacher of MFL job summary

Modern Foreign Languages Department

The department occupies 5 rooms within the Modern Foreign Languages area. There is one language office which also serves as a work area for staff and a place for discussion. The department is well equipped with textbooks, whiteboards and work booklets for use at home and in class. All teaching rooms have an interactive whiteboard and stand alone computer. Staff have access to several software packages such as Pearson Active Learn, Atantot, Linguascope, and Kerboodle to enhance their teaching. All classwork and homework is accessible on Google classroom to consolidate learning.

Curriculum AllocationIn Key Stage 3, currently all of the pupils in years 7 study MFL for 5 periods each 2 week cycle. Pupils study French and German or French and Spanish in Year 7 then select the language in which they intend to specialise during Year 8 and Year 9.In Key Stage 4 pupils can study one - three foreign languages to GCSE for 5 hours each 2 week cycle. Pupils follow the full GCSE course, with 100% entry for all courses. Languages are a popular choice at GCSE with approximately 70% of pupils choosing either French, German or Spanish GCSE. Extra-curricular opportunities

In addition to the normal curriculum we undertake a number of other activities:

Exchange programme with German partner school in Höchstadt for year 9 and 10 pupils

Exchange programme into Sartrouville on the outskirts of Paris for Year 9 and 10 pupils

German trip to Christmas market in Köln for year 8 and 11 pupils

Spanish trip to Madrid for Years 8, 9 and 10 pupils

Language Leadership project for year 9 German

European Day of Languages Festival with local feeder primary schools

The Post

Starting 1st September 2026

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

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.

About Weaverham High School

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1160 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Weaverham High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/weaverham-high-school-northwich

Our vision is clear, we want Weaverham High School to be a vibrant, thriving and successful school where every member of our community feels valued, safe and supported to ensure they surpass their potential. We celebrate uniqueness and see individuals. We understand that our pupils have hopes and dreams, challenges and barriers and it is our privilege to celebrate their worth and their potential. We want every child to enjoy their own journey of discovery, acquire a thirst for knowledge, creativity and imagination and develop a love for their learning. We want pupils to leave our school not just with qualifications showing their academic success, but also with the capacity to think clearly and deeply, a desire to act with integrity and to show kindness and empathy to others, and with the character and leadership experience they need to thrive in the world. We will work tirelessly to ensure individual barriers are overcome so pupils are challenged and supported in equal measure. Our desire is to nurture talent, ability and ambition with energy, creativity, determination, relentless kindness and high expectations. When we combine such a desire with our ethos of Safe.Ready.Respect you will thrive in our care. 

We have a clear and ambitious vision for school improvement that is woven into the 6 strands that define the Weaverham offer. This offer is underpinned by an’ Ethic Of Excellence’ 5, where the following principles guide our strategy to ensure we are the best we can be:

Study examples of excellence
Build a culture of critique (be kind, be specific, be helpful/listen, reflect, review)
Require multiple revisions
Provide opportunities for public presentation

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