Teacher of MFL/MFL ECT
St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NQ12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
2 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
18 June 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Modern Languages
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,075.00 - £50,471.00 Annually (FTE)
Teacher of MFL/MFL ECT job summary
Teacher of MFL / MFL ECT
ECT/MPS/UPS (Fringe) £33,075 - £50,471
Required from September 2025
We seek applications from those of the Catholic faith, all faiths and of no faith but who are supportive of our Christian values and ethos.
Are you an inspiring and ambitious teacher ready to join our popular and successful Modern Foreign Languages Department?
Are you an Early Career Teacher (ECT) looking for a supportive environment to begin your teaching journey with excellent mentoring and development opportunities?
An exciting opportunity has become available for a passionate, ambitious and dedicated teachers and ECTs. We are passionately committed to developing staff and managing workload to ensure that colleagues enjoy their work and recognise St. Mary’s as an almost-uniquely positive place to teach and enjoy their careers. We are also dedicated to offer exceptional support during your ECT years. You will be mentored by an exceptional Lead Practitioner and have access to weekly CPD training, ensuring you thrive as an early-career teacher.
About MFL Department
French, Spanish and Italian are taught through all Key Stages at St Mary’s, with established courses at both GCSE and A-Level. Approximately 80% of Year 11 undertake the English Baccalaureate including a language. Attainment and progress in the department are outstanding, with MFL Progress 8 regularly in the top 10% of all schools nationally. The successful candidate would be expected to teach both French and Spanish/Italian across the full age and ability range, supported by a dedicated and innovative cast of supporting colleagues. The MFL department is located within our newly £5m renovated Victorian block in state of the art and modern, bright and inspirational classrooms.
About St Mary’s Catholic School
St Mary’s Catholic School is a founding member of the St Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Trust, established in September 2021. As our recent (October 2024) OFSTED demonstrates, “‘The quality of education pupils receive is exceptional…The culture of positive behaviour at St Mary’s is remarkable…’ and ‘St Mary’s is a very special community to be a part of’. The Quality of Education and Behaviour & Attitudes are graded outstanding.
Working at St. Mary’s is an extraordinary opportunity. We take our shared values of Love-Respect-Flourish to the heart of our ethos for pupils and staff. You will be part of a school which has a tremendously talented, committed, creative, and innovative staff; parents who are supportive; and students who are eager to learn, well behaved and motivated to succeed. As our recent (October 2024) OFSTED noted, “The energy, determination and tenacity of school leaders and the Trust are bringing about effective and sustained improvements for pupils”.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary range
- Opportunities for TLR responsibilities
- Supportive and collaborative working environment
- Employee Assistance program
- Professional development opportunities
- Engaged and motivated students
Closing date: 2nd July 2025
Interview date: St Mary’s is committed to the equality of opportunity for all applicants, and we reserve the right to interview on a rolling basis, and close the application deadline early, therefore an early application is advisable.
To apply, complete the My New term Application Form using the Supporting Statement section of the form to detail your suitability for the role. Please contact Deirdre McHugh, Headteacher d.mchugh@stmarys.net or Recruitment@stmarys.net for more information.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS disclosure is required for all successful applicants
Commitment to safeguarding
St Mary’s Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure from the DBS.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Miss Deirdre McHugh, Headteacher
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About St Mary's Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1153 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mary's Catholic School website
St. Mary’s has a strong tradition of providing an authentic education which aims to deliver excellence for every member of our Catholic community. Our three core values of 'Love, Respect, Flourish' permeate through all aspects of our work.
Our school is built upon an ambitious mission for each and every young person:
To fulfil academic potential
To be fully developed in the personal, social and spiritual areas of life
To achieve excellence in every area of life
To be underpinned by Gospel Values, enabling each person to value individuals and contribute positively to society.
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