Teacher of French

Salary

Main Pay Range / Upper Pay Range

Contract

Full Time, Permanent

Required
1st September 2026

About the role:

We are looking for a well-qualified, passionate languages teacher, with a commitment to continuing professional development, to join our highly successful and dedicated Modern Languages Faculty. The successful candidate will be expected to teach up to and including G.C.S.E. A level may also be available. You will work with an extremely supportive, innovative MFL Faculty. Up take for languages is high with at least 60% of Years 10 and 11 studying one at G.C.S.E. In 2025 French achieved 65.08% grades 9-7.

This post will suit an ECT or experienced practitioner.

Visits to the school prior to application are most welcome and can be arranged using the contact details below. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and is not suitable for anyone who has been banned from working with children.

The Faculty

This highly motivated and hard-working faculty has seven members of staff, led by an experienced and extremely successful Head of Faculty.

The successful applicant would be joining a forward looking and supportive team which has achieved considerable academic success in recent years. The faculty is represented at Bridge Academy Trust and whole-school meetings, and each faculty member is encouraged to take an active part in faculty, Trust, whole-school, county and national initiatives.

The faculty is also committed to teacher training in MFL. It has been an active member of the Mid-Essex School-Centred Initial Teacher Training scheme for many years

Uptake for languages at Moulsham is strong with around 60% of each cohort in Years 10 and 11 taking either French or Spanish GCSE. A level is offered each year in both languages.

Curriculumn

Year 7 are allocated six hours a fortnight of either French or Spanish which they continue with throughout Years 8 and 9. The most able, accelerated groups in Year 7, 8 and 9 (1A) study both languages (three hours per language per fortnight) until the end of Key Stage 3.

At Key Stage 4 each language option has six lessons of teaching a fortnight. The Examination Board specification followed is AQA.

Resources

Teaching is supplemented by a wide range of resources, both paper based and interactive. There are subscriptions to Linguascope, Teachit, Twinkl, Frenteacher.net, Exampro, Languagenut and Sentence Builders. Staff actively share resources and an area on the school network is used for this purpose.

The department has six classrooms situated together in the attractive setting of the Old School. Each classroom is equipped with a smartscreen. All members of staff have a laptop so that they can make full use of the technology available to support their teaching.

The MFL department also has access to a bookable ICT room which is shared with the Maths Faculty.

Enrichment

The faculty offers a wide range of extra- curricular activities, including trips to the BFI for post-16 students and residential visits to Paris, Madrid and Valencia. There are also such house competitions as the International Bake-Off and after school languages clubs.

GCSE Outcomes 2025

% 9-7

% 9-5

% 9-4

French

65.08

88.89

100

The school is seeking to appoint in anticipation of a vacancy. Appointment is subject to receipt of the current postholder's formal resignation.

Bridge Academy Trust may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.