Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages

Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3EF

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  28 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• 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 - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

-A language Degree in either French/Mandarin/Spanish/German
-Qualified Teacher Status
-Ability to teach at least two of the above languages to KS3 and one language to KS4

-A passion for languages and for teaching
-A strong academic background and subject knowledge
-An excellent classroom practitioner (or the potential to be one)
-A commitment to professional development
-An understanding of the needs of pupils across the ability range
-A teacher who can inspire and enthuse pupils and who uses a range of teaching and learning strategies for effective delivery
-An understanding of how to assess pupil progress
-An awareness of ways to raise pupil attainment
-A commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of students

What the school offers its staff

-Salary sacrifice electric car leasing scheme
-Four electric car charging points
-Attractive salary and pension
-Free one-to-one wellbeing support with a qualified psychotherapist and a coach
-Family-friendly policies
-Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
-Free access to the school’s Gym Cycle to work scheme
-Discounted gifts cards via Voucher Store Techscheme – save money on the latest tech from Apple and Currys PC World
-A comprehensive range of staff social events throughout the year
-Our dining centre and Pit Stop Cafe is open between 8:30am and 1:30pm every day.

-Every year, there is some disaggregated INSET time, resulting in additional holiday days per academic year
-Personalised CPD hours to develop areas specific to your practice and needs
-Support to complete further academic study and professional qualifications
-Access to high quality in-house and external leadership development programmes, tailored to a wide variety of levels of experience
-Membership of your subject association through your department
-Membership of the Chartered College of Teaching for ECTs
-A well-stocked CPD library

Commitment to safeguarding

We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

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About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1828 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01242235555
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheltenham-bournside-school-and-sixth-form-centre-cheltenham (opens in new tab)

Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.

Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.

Arranging a visit to Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bournside.gloucs.sch.uk.

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