Teacher of MFL
St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE7 7PE8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
13 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 June 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Languages
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Main or Upper Pay Range
Teacher of MFL job summary
ST MARY’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
Full-Time
1 Year Fixed Term
Main or Upper Pay Range
Required from September 2025
The Governors wish to appoint an excellent Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) to work in our very happy, successful and supportive school. This post should appeal to both recently qualified teachers or to more experienced candidates, looking to develop further in an outstanding school. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone wishing to join an outstanding department and a highly successful and forward-thinking school. We simply want the best candidate, therefore, we would strongly encourage teachers at all levels of experience to consider this post.
St Mary’s is a great place to work and provides excellent job satisfaction, as it is a very supportive environment. We provide excellent CPD for ECTs and recently qualified teachers, as well as on-going training for more experienced teachers. There are opportunities for teachers at all levels to help develop teaching and learning across the school, working collaboratively with teachers from other departments, whether as coaches or researchers. The working environment is, therefore, a very stimulating one for all staff and is an added attraction of this post.
St Mary’s is a very popular school, rated Outstanding by the Diocese and Ofsted. We enjoy outstanding facilities in a building, which opened in 2011. We joined the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust in June 2020. We are also very popular with parents and are one of the most over-subscribed schools in the North-East. The roll has grown from around 1100 five years ago to over 1450 by September 2024, with 5 main school year groups of around 235-240 and a Sixth Form of approximately 270 students. We expect the Sixth Form to continue to grow in the next couple of years, as strongly academic year groups continue to move into the Sixth Form.
At St Mary’s, MFL is a well-established and highly respected department with excellent results. Recent highlights include:
• 69% of MFL GCSE grades were 5 or better in 2024, with 83% Grade 4+
• 50% of A Level grades across Spanish and French were A* or A in 2024, with 83% A*-C
Leadership, teaching and the climate for learning in MFL are all outstanding, as they are across the whole school.
Above all, the Governors wish to appoint a leader with:-
• A clear commitment to nurturing and promoting the school’s distinctive ethos
• A passion for providing the best possible holistic education for all students
• A commitment to maximising achievement through excellence in teaching and learning
• An excellent track record as a classroom teacher
• The ability to promote a love of learning MFL in our students
Application packs are available to download from our recruitment site, Eteach. If you would like to discuss this post further or if you would like to visit our school, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Danielle Largue, Deputy Headteacher.
Closing date: 9.00am on Friday 13th June 2025. Interviews will be held the following week.
The school is fully committed to safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and an online search for shortlisted candidates, as part of our due diligence.
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 are not accepted.
About St Mary's Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1442 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mary's Catholic School website
St Mary's Catholic School
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