Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages- fixed term
Shipston High School, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4DY14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
28 January 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Subject
- Languages
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - Immediate Start - Contract runs until December 2026
Pay scale
- Grade: Main Scale / Upper Scale (ECT’s welcome to apply)
What skills and experience we're looking for
JOB DESCRIPTION
Title: TEACHER OF MFL – FIXED TERM POSITION
Responsible to: Headteacher
Grade: Main Scale / Upper Scale. A TLR is available for the right candidate, subject to experience and the capacity to take on additional departmental responsibilities.
The Role
To teach Spanish up to GCSE and French at Key Stage 3, ensuring high‑quality teaching and learning for all students.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver highly effective MFL teaching that motivates and inspires students
- Secure strong academic outcomes in line with school targets
- Plan, teach and assess in accordance with departmental and school policies
- Analyse assessment data and adapt teaching to support student progress
- Create a positive, orderly learning environment that reflects the school’s ethos
- Contribute to curriculum development within the department
- Participate actively in professional development
Other
- Serve as a Form Tutor (as allocated)
- Contribute to the school’s extracurricular programme
- Undertake additional responsibilities as directed by the Headteacher
Annual review
This job description will be reviewed annually. This is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of the school in relation to the professional responsibilities and duties of the postholder.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
The following will be assessed from applications, interviews and references:
Qualification criteria
- Qualified to at least degree level or professional equivalent
- Qualified to teach and work in the U.K.
Experience
- Successful teaching experience in secondary MFL
- Evidence of promoting strong pupil progress
- Spanish teaching to GCSE essential; French to KS3
Behaviours
Teaching
- Up to date with latest pedagogy, curriculum developments and assessment requirements
- Excellent classroom teacher with a genuine passion and a belief in the potential of every student
- Effective behaviour management, with clear boundaries, praise, rewards and sanctions
- Good planning, organisational and communication skills
- Resilience, motivation and commitment to driving up standards of achievement for all students
- Commitment to regular ongoing professional development to improve practice
- A role model to students, parents and other staff
- Alignment to the Shipston High School ethos and vision
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
Other
- An excellent health and attendance record
- A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check
What the school offers its staff
Shipston High School is a non-selective 11-16 mixed High School with a very special ethos and character. Our students are high achieving and increasingly successful. The school itself is located on an attractive green-field site on the outskirts of Shipston-on-Stour in South Warwickshire. Our buildings are spacious and offer a wealth of specialist and general accommodation. Significant development of the site saw a first phase of new classrooms open in 2015, with a further teaching and reception block completed in the summer of 2018. A £10.5 million refurbishment and redesign of the original building is currently underway, Including a new sports hall, due for completion in 2027.
Visitors frequently remark on the distinctive ethos of Shipston High School. In particular, they praise the obvious energy and enthusiasm of staff and students, the excellent relations, and the happy and mutually respectful atmosphere. They also express admiration for the unusual confidence and maturity of our students and the way they rise to the challenge of taking on increasing levels of responsibility.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Shipston High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Apply for this jobAdditional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Shipston High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 600 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Shipston High School website
- Email address
- lernst@shipstonhigh.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01608 661833
Shipston High School is a high-achieving 11-16 school in attractive rural surroundings.
Shipston High School has a unique school atmosphere, arising from our high expectations and our student-centred ethos. It is an ethos in which our teachers are able to focus on the wellbeing and academic progress of our young people. As a result, both students and teachers flourish.
This is a hugely exciting time for the school. At this point of significant national change in education, we are highly ambitious for our students and we recognise that our staff are essential to their success. Examination results have shown impressive attainment in the last few years and, as a result, the school is regularly oversubscribed.
Our students are our best advertisement. They are motivated, hard working and well behaved. In July 2023, Ofsted noted that ‘pupils are mature, polite and considerate of others’, further observing that ‘Pupils show positive attitudes towards learning’.
Arranging a visit to Shipston High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lernst@shipstonhigh.co.uk.
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