Teacher of French at Cambourne Village College

About this Role

TEACHER OF FRENCH

Salary:MPS/UPS

Contract: Permanent.Full time

ECT'swelcome to apply

Startdate: September 2026 or sooner

Place of work: Cambourne Village College, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire

Weare seeking to appoint an ambitious and innovative Teacher of French with Spanish and/or German to join ourlively and supportive Modern Foreign Languages Department. The ability to offerSpanish and/or German would be an advantage.

The Modern Languages Department is alreadywell established with high standards of teaching andlearning across Years 7-11. We enjoy new classrooms with excellent facilitiesand equipment in each: whiteboard, projector, audio/visual facilities, classsets of textbooks and dictionaries, use of IT rooms and iPads and our pupilsare courteous and keen to learn. All pupils learn a language in KS3, with some pupils offeredthe opportunity to learn French or German on top of Spanish. All learn in mixed ability groups. The pupils havethe opportunity to continue to study a language toGCSE level in Year 11.

We strive to enhance our teaching with a wide range ofextra-curricular opportunities, which include trips and exchanges toSpain, France and Germany. All Year 7 pupils participate incurriculum-based projects such as Spelling Bee, Eurovision and the International TalentEvening. Part of our on-going development work also includes close liaison withour feeder primary schools to deliver Spanish at KS2. Pupils in Year 9 areinvited to apply to become Language Leaders and learn to deliver lessons in ourcatchment primary schools.

Our Schemes of Work are based around the Dinamo, ¡Viva! and Stimmt! courses atKS3, and we teach the AQA GCSE in Spanish, French and German at KS4. The fullcurrent curriculum for all year groups can be viewed on the College website.

Cambourne VillageCollege is an Ofsted 'Outstanding' rated, over-subscribed secondary school,eight miles from Cambridge. We opened as an academy of the Cam Academy Trust inSeptember 2013. Our ethos is aspirational and inclusive, our staff is highlymotivated, our pupils courteous and hard-working, and we have excellentfacilities. A 350 place sixth form opened in September 2024, with 175 studentsin each of Years 12 and 13.

It is an exciting time to joinour teaching staff at Cambourne Village College. Already a well-established andsuccessful school, the addition of our Sixth Form marks the final phase of ourexpansion. The school benefits from a wealth of exciting facilities and astrong culture of mutual support; staff morale is high and our students arecourteous and eager to participate in the highly engaging curriculum offered tothem. We are ambitious for our Sixth Form to reflect the successes of our mainschool, where results are consistently strong, with excellent Progress 8scores. Cambourne Village College is a 1:1 iPad school, with all studentshaving a personal device.

Joining Cambourne Village Collegerepresents a unique opportunity to work in a well-established school within awider, high-quality Academy Trust that gives excellent possibilities forprofessional and career development.

For furtherdetails please visit our website www.cambournevc.org.