Teacher of MFL - Maternity Contract
Balcarras School, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 8QF14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 November 2027
Closing date
24 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
10 June 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- French, Spanish
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic teacher with excellent classroom skills. The successful candidate will be a talented teacher of French and an additional language – the ability to teach one or both to A-level would be an advantage. French is taught to all pupils in Year 7. In Year 8, the vast majority of pupils are given the choice of either Russian or Spanish as a second language. All 3 languages are taught up to A-level and Italian GCSE is also taught as an after-school option. MFL is non-compulsory at KS4 but typically over 70% of pupils opt to take a language to GCSE.
What the school offers its staff
What is it like working at Balcarras? It is a very exciting and rewarding time to be working at Balcarras. Our latest GCSE grades were extraordinary and put us in the Top 30 comprehensive schools in the country based on the percentage of pupils gaining 5+ in English and Maths. At A-level the picture was similar. We were listed by the Sunday Times as the second highest performing comprehensive school in the Southwest in Parent Power published in November 2023. It is this commitment to the highest academic standards, whilst at the same time being a caring and stimulating environment, that makes Balcarras feel different from anywhere else. As part of the Balcarras Trust, our teaching staff have access to outstanding professional development networks including NPQs and ECTs if appropriate. Balcarras is a great place to work, from staff football, staff choir. wreath making sessions to Chinese cookery —Balcarras creates opportunities for staff cohesion. We recently ran a whole Trust staff inset on staff wellbeing that covered topics such as physical well being, mental well being, financial wellbeing and reducing workload . Both staff and pupils benefit from Buddy the school dog who is the one of best appointments ever made! What is the surrounding area like? Members of staff moving into the area to join Balcarras have a wide variety of locations from which to choose. There are the large urban areas of Cheltenham and Gloucester together with the many modern housing developments clustered around them, the older market towns such as Cirencester and the smaller villages and hamlets of the Cotswolds. Within a short distance of the school it is possible to find both the facilities of a thriving urban area and the tranquillity of unspoiled countryside. Balcarras occupies an attractive site at the very edge of Charlton Kings. The woods and fields of the Cotswold escarpment rise up to the east and southeast, while in other directions there is housing surrounding the old village centre.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Balcarras School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role will involve regulated activity with children. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. Please also read the Recruitment Selection and Disclosure Policy within “How to apply” which includes our policy on recruiting ex-offenders. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and receipt of two satisfactory references.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Balcarras School
- School type
- Academies, None, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1429 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Balcarras School website
- Email address
- ksa@balcarras.gloucs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01242 515881
Balcarras School is an outstanding secondary school on the outskirts of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Arranging a visit to Balcarras School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ksa@balcarras.gloucs.sch.uk.
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