Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
Bournemouth School for Girls, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9UJ4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
13 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
28 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- French, Spanish
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Bournemouth School for Girls is an 11-18 selective girls’ Grammar School and Sixth Form in the heart of Bournemouth. BSG currently has 1268 students on roll which includes those in our Sixth Form. It provides students with extensive academic and extra-curricular activities from Year 7 to Year 13 (the majority of students remain in the school for 6th form study). The school is academically successful and is 8th highest in England’s Southwest region according to the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Survey. The school was inspected by Ofsted in May 2024 and judged to be outstanding in all areas. The inspectors summarised the ethos and atmosphere of the school as follows; “Bournemouth School for Girls is a joyous place. Pupils flourish academically and socially. They are passionate about their learning and embrace the multitude of wider development opportunities that the school provides.”
The school’s vision is: ‘The Best for Our Students, The Best from Our Students’ and the curriculum in place ensures that students are provided with the best opportunities to prepare them for their future.
We are seeking an academically driven and inspirational Teacher of MFL to join our high-achieving department. All three languages are taught through to A Level with high achievement at both GCSE and A Level and we are looking for a passionate linguist who can maintain and build on our success. The ability to teach Spanish to A Level is a pre-requisite of this post. Our dynamic department thrives on collaboration, with teachers bringing their own expertise and enthusiasm to their subjects. We value innovative teaching, the sharing of ideas and a commitment to fostering a love of languages in our students. To this end, a core principle of the department is to deliver lessons in the target language and pupils are encouraged to use the target language themselves in class. The successful candidate will join a well-established team that works closely together, ensuring excellence in teaching and learning through all the key stages.
Linguistic competitions, theatre trips and summer study programmes are ways in which we enhance and develop the experience of language learning for our students. We also have two long standing trips abroad: a residential trip for year 8 to Normandy and a German exchange for year 10 with a school just outside Frankfurt. Both of these trips are very popular and over-subscribed.
We have French, German and Spanish MLAs to assist with developing spontaneous conversation skills with our GCSE and A Level students.
The ideal candidate will be a teacher who can inspire and bring out the best in all our students. In addition to more experienced colleagues, this post is also suitable for ECTs. We welcome applications from candidates interested in either a full time or part time post – please stipulate your preference in your application.
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. Interested colleagues are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to interview and / or appoint strong candidates prior to the closing date.
Closing date: Thursday 13 March 2025, 9am
Interview date: to follow
What the school offers its staff
Friendly staff and commitment from staffing body and SLT to promoting and supporting staff wellbeing
Able, motivated and polite students who are a privilege to teach
Extensive CPD programme (for ECTs and experienced staff) to support individual professional development
Provision of a teaching base/own classroom, where possible, if full time
Teacher pension scheme
14% PPA time (FTE) compared to national minimum of 10% for all staff. (ECTs would still receive their PPA allocation on top of this)
Access to wellbeing resources, discounts and other special offers for services
Access to salary sacrifice benefits such as cycle to work, gym, technology, mobile phones, car leasing and workplace nursery
Opportunity to work with other colleagues and students in delivering extra-curricular activities (lunch provided if you do)
Student data targets are not part of appraisal/performance management
Well-resourced departments
Free use of a new and highly equipped gym (conditions apply)
Free parking on site, including bays for electric car charging
Commitment to safeguarding
Bournemouth School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to lmckenzie@bsg.bournemouth.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bournemouth School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1209 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bournemouth School for Girls website
- Email address
- lmckenzie@bsg.bournemouth.sch.uk
Bournemouth School for Girls is an 11-18 selective girls’ grammar school and Sixth Form in the heart of Bournemouth. BSG currently has around 1200 pupils on roll which includes those in our Sixth Form.
The school is academically successful and is 8th highest in England’s Southwest region according to the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Survey. The school was inspected by Ofsted in May 2024 and judged to be outstanding in all areas. The inspectors summarised the ethos and atmosphere of the school as follows; “Bournemouth School for Girls is a joyous place. Pupils flourish academically and socially. They are passionate about their learning and embrace the multitude of wider development opportunities that the school provides.”
The school's vision is: The Best For Our Students, The Best From Our Students and the curriculum in place ensures that students are provided with the best opportunities to prepare them for their future.
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