Teacher of Spanish
Helston Community College, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 8NRThis job expired on 30 March 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Spanish
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS - UPS £31,650 - £49,084
What skills and experience we're looking for
About The Role:
Helston Community College, part of Truro and Penwith Academy Trust, are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, inspirational, and dedicated Spanish Teacher, to join our Modern Foreign Languages Department from September 2025. This position is open to both experienced and Early Careers Teachers [ECTs] who are committed to delivering high-quality education and raising the aspirations and achievements of our students.
About You:
The ideal candidate will:
- Be an excellent classroom practitioner with outstanding subject knowledge;
- Can engage, inspire, and build strong relationships with students and staff alike;
- Be a committed team player, supporting colleagues and contributing to a collaborative culture;
- Be a creative thinker, with a positive and enthusiastic approach to work;
- Demonstrate a commitment to raising standards of achievement and furthering the success of the College;
- Be passionate and ambitious about their own career development
The successful candidate will teach across the full age and ability range at KS3 and KS4; be a knowledgeable and enthusiastic teacher who can share their expertise and love of their subject, and teach lessons which challenge and inspire their students.
If you have the attributes and skills we are looking for, we encourage you to apply. Join a successful and supportive department where you will play a key role in enhancing opportunities available to students at the College.
What the school offers its staff
Working for TPAT and Benefits
‘The Trust that Schools want to join’ Ofsted - 2019
We are an inclusive and progressive Trust and believe that all children and young people should have the best possible life chances. If you share this belief, we would love you to work with us.
We care about our staff and value their skills, contribution and expertise. Our commitment to growing great people means that we support staff in their own professional growth and development and empower them through support and career opportunities. Whether you choose to work in one of our schools, or are based in our central team, you will thrive in a stimulating, friendly and diverse environment that nurtures talent and celebrates success.
If you choose to work for us, you will receive:
- A competitive salary
- National terms and conditions of employment and access to either Teachers Pension or Local Government Pension Schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye voucher scheme
- Access to CPD and career pathways to further develop your career
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides employees with free confidential advice and support on a variety of personal, family or workplace issueshhtps://www.employeeassistance.org.uk/
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.
About Helston Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 0 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1345 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- Not given
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Helston Community College website
- Email address
- recruitment@tpacademytrust.org
- Phone number
- 01326 572685
At Helston Community College, our students matter: each one an individual, valued and appreciated. We are ambitious for all of our students and are committed to providing a learning experience that consists of high challenge combined with appropriate support, and effective teaching in a safe and disciplined environment.
Our College is a place where doors of opportunity are opened for young people, and we encourage them to make the most of every opportunity that comes their way. We provide a diverse curriculum, allowing students to develop knowledge, skills and talents in a broad range of subject areas. We challenge students’ thinking and encourage them to learn from setbacks, so that they become resilient learners who can respond effectively to future challenges. We urge our students to believe in themselves, to take responsibility for their own learning and personal development, and to work hard so that they achieve their very best.
Arranging a visit to Helston Community College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tpacademytrust.org.
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