Teacher of MFL

Key qualities and values

• Ambition for all students to achieve incredible things, inspiring their interest and supporting development of skills and knowledge in French and languages.
• Resilience to adapt and support all students in achieving in French and languages.
• Ambition for own development and learning – all teaching staff are provided with additional non‑contact time specifically for personal development.
• Excellent subject knowledge.
• The ability to understand and work with assessment data to monitor and intervene as appropriate with students.

• Teaching MFL across Key Stages 3-5.
• Responsibility for adding value to every learner in each teaching group benchmarked against national criteria and data.
• Delivering, planning and preparing lessons in accordance with the planned curriculum.
• Contribution to curriculum design within MFL.
• Working as part of an incredible team that ensures creative and innovative learning and teaching occurs in every lesson.
• Being a Form Tutor.

Interview are likely to be held the week commencing 16th March 2026.

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.

We are seeking a dynamic, supportive, and inspiring teacher who has experience in curriculum planning and delivery of MFL across Key Stages 3-4 (Key Stage 5 is desirable but not necessary). We currently offer French at Key Stage 3 and 4 but are looking for opportunities to expand into other languages, particularly Spanish. If you are an incredible teacher who is passionate about your subject and able to inspire and motivate students to learn we want to hear from you.

Your passion for MFL, including French, is demonstrated in your daily work and you are willing to contribute to wider curriculum opportunity for students to further engage and support them in the subject.

• Students who are kind, ambitious, resilient and respectful, working in and with well established systems that allow you to focus on teaching.
• A motivated and supportive staff‑body who prioritise students’ achievement.
• Additional non‑contact time beyond 10% PPA to support your own self‑development and workload.
• Prioritisation of the reduction of workload in teaching.
• Regular celebration of achievement for both students and staff.
• A supportive environment which focuses on all members of our community achieving their best.
• Access to Health Care schemes through the Mercian Academy Trust.
• A "birthday day" paid leave of absence to celebrate your special day or use for something else (subject to attendance measures).
• Opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from a wide range of settings including grammar schools and a‑typical settings.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All post holders are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) and satisfactory employment references, as well as identification and qualification checks which will be required before commencing duties. All appointments are subject to two satisfactory references and online search.