Teacher of MFL (Maternity Cover) - Northstowe Secondary College
Northstowe Learning Community, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ65 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Autunm Term 2025
Closing date
22 September 2025 at 8am
Date listed
18 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Modern Languages
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (Actual) MPS / UPS depending on experience
Teacher of MFL (Maternity Cover) - Northstowe Secondary College job summary
Salary: MPS / UPS depending on experience.
Hours of work: Full-time. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications from ECTs or accept part time requests.
Additional information: This is a maternity cover contract. Further information regarding the anticipated length of the cover will be discussed at interview.
We have an exciting opportunity for a kind, curious and hardworking individual to join our teaching team as a Teacher of MFL. You will deliver high quality lessons to students, using your expert subject knowledge, as well as providing excellent pastoral support through our vertical tutoring programme. The teaching requirement is mostly for KS3 French, ideally candidates will be able to teach across the age and ability range (KS3-KS5) and Spanish as an additional subject is desirable but not essential.
Northstowe Secondary College was built in 2019 and is the cornerstone of the Northstowe Learning Community, an all-through school from 2024, catering for students aged 4-19. We are also lucky enough to have the Martin Bacon Academy, an area Special School, on our campus that also caters for children aged 4-19. Northstowe Secondary College opened to just 71 students but is now over-subscribed with students in Years 7-11. In September 2024, Northstowe Primary School opened with its first intake of Reception aged children and our Sixth Form Provision welcomed its first young adults into Year 12. The secondary school has grown year on year, and it will continue to grow until it reaches its full capacity of 1,800 places for students aged 11-16, with a further 400 places available for sixth form students.
You will be part of an experienced and growing team of teaching and support staff working to create an inclusive, innovative and aspirational learning environment for the young people and families within the community we serve.
The Opportunity
To join our established but growing team of teaching and support staff
To contribute to the educational outcomes of young people in our community
Collaboration and training opportunities within Meridian Trust
The ideal candidate
Is a qualified teacher with an interest in career development and CPD
Is an experienced teacher with a good track record of educational outcomes
Has high expectations for themselves and cares about delivering high quality lessons
Possesses outstanding communication skills and personal integrity
Has a thorough understanding of child protection and safeguarding matters
Demonstrates the school’s core values of kind, curious and hardworking
Benefits of working for us:
As a multi-academy trust of over 30 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to both, get into teaching, and develop within the profession.
Meridian Trust offers a wealth of fantastic benefits for teaching and support staff which are highlighted below but are not limited to -
Support for mental health and wellbeing through our Employee Assistance Programme and other resources
Cycle to work scheme
Defined benefit local government or Teacher’s pension scheme
Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations
Free on-site parking
Discounts on a wide range of benefits from everyday essentials to holidays To explore our full range of benefits, please visit https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/jobs-and-training/benefits/
Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.
Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk
How to apply:
For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.
Applications must be submitted via My New Term. In line with safer recruitment practices, we are unable to accept CVs. If you have any questions about the application process or you would like to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Sarah Wakerley, HR Officer on recruitment@northstowe.education
Please note NLC is closed for the summer break from Friday, 18th July (2pm) until Wednesday, 3rd September 2025. If you would like an informal discussion regarding the role or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact recruitment@northstowe.education and we will arrange visits from Monday, 8th September.
Closing date for applications is: Monday, 22nd September 2025. However, early applications are encouraged because applications will be shortlisted and candidates invited for interview as they apply. Meridian Trust reserves the right to close adverts early if a successful appointment has been made before the application deadline.
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.
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 Northstowe Learning Community
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 772 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Northstowe Learning Community website
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