Teacher of Spanish

Astrea Academy Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 9BE

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  8 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Modern Languages
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,957.00 - £50,062.00 Annually (Actual)

Teacher of Spanish job summary

Join Our Team as a Teacher of Spanish at Astrea Academy Sheffield!

Are you a passionate and skilled Spanish teacher ready to inspire the next generation of linguists? Astrea Academy Sheffield is seeking a dedicated Teacher of Spanish to join our vibrant MFL department and help shape the academic journey of our scholars.

About the Role

As a Teacher of Spanish, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, engaging lessons that promote a love of language and culture. You will be responsible for planning, preparing, and assessing learning for all scholars, including those who are absent, suspended, or in isolation. Your teaching will reflect high expectations, foster intellectual curiosity, and support every scholar to achieve their full potential.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver well-structured, differentiated lessons that build on prior knowledge and stretch all learners.
• Promote high standards of attainment, progress, and outcomes across KS3 and KS4.
• Foster a safe, respectful, and stimulating classroom environment.
• Use assessment effectively to inform teaching and provide meaningful feedback.
• Adapt teaching to meet the needs of all scholars, including those with SEND, EAL, or high ability.
• Contribute to curriculum planning and the wider life of the academy.

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a good honours degree.
• Successful experience teaching Spanish at KS3 and KS4.
• Strong subject knowledge and a passion for innovative, inclusive teaching.
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• A collaborative, flexible, and enthusiastic approach to teaching and learning.

What We Offer

• Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing support.
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
• Free on-site parking.
• A values-driven, inclusive school culture with a focus on high standards and scholar success.

Why Join Us?

Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to delivering an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all scholars. We believe in teaching powerful knowledge and fostering a scholarly culture that is warm, disciplined, and joyful. Our approach is rooted in high expectations, explicit instruction, and a belief that every child can succeed.

Interested in Applying?

If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the job description and candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply. We also welcome visits, so if you want to discuss this role in greater detail or have a look around the school, please get in touch with chloe.wood@astreasheffield.org

Flexible Interview Dates:
Please note that interview dates are flexible to accommodate your schedule. We also reserve the right to interview candidates before the closing date and to close this position early if we receive a high volume of candidates, so do not delay, apply today.

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:
Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its scholars and expects all staff, volunteers and members of the Academy community to share this commitment.

We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, scholars and staff within the Academy. All concerns are passed through the Safeguarding Team in line with our Astrea Academy Sheffield Safeguarding Policy 2023 and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Guidance.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About Astrea Academy Sheffield

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 18
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1025 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Astrea Academy Sheffield website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/astrea-academy-sheffield

At Astrea Academy Sheffield, we address our young people as scholars because we know that every single one of them is capable of outstanding academic achievements. We promote scholarship by offering an all-through curriculum which is rich in powerful knowledge and meticulously planned by subject experts. We know that powerful knowledge is the key that will open powerful doors for our scholars in the future. Therefore, we are relentlessly committed to delivering exceptional lessons in every classroom, every day.

We respect every scholars’ right to access an exceptional education and offer academic, inspiring and broad opportunities for all through both our curriculum and co-curriculum. We teach our young people to be responsible through our thoughtful character education programme and essential habit building work. Our scholars respect everyone in our academy’s community and grow their responsibility, knowing that they are the leaders of tomorrow.

We are tenacious in our commitment to do the very best for the young people in our care and this tenacity is mirrored in the way that our scholars work on their academic and character education every day.

We foster curiosity in our young people by providing them with a rounded education which opens doors to new opportunities, ideas and experiences. Our classrooms are filled with the awe and wonder that is comes from the joy of learning.

If you are interested in coming to see more of what we do, then please email info@astreasheffield.org to arrange a visit.

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