Teacher of French at Washwood Heath Academy

About this Role

Are you an inspirational andenthusiastic French Teacher? Do you have the teaching skills and personalityrequired to motivate and energize pupils? Are you passionate about the LanguagesCurriculum and helping pupils to achieve their full potential?

We areseeking to appoint a dynamic, highly organised and well-qualified French Teacher to join our friendly and supportive Languages Department.

Thesuccessful candidate will be capable of inspiring pupils through their passionfor the subject and have excitement and drive for teaching and learning and adesire to maximize student outcomes.

This is a fantasticopportunity to join an established Languages team and contribute to a departmentthat seeks to provide a first-class education for all of its learners. In order for all pupils to achieveacademic excellence, we deliver a knowledge-rich curriculum where teachers arethe experts and their role is to convey their knowledge and expertise topupils. We believe that all pupils are entitled to learn about 'The best,which has been thought and said' (Matthew Arnold).

Our school is in a central location, withwonderful and enthusiastic pupils, amazing staff who always go the extra milefor their classes. Our friendly, family feel is part of the reason that parentschoose Washwood Heath Academy for their children and a significant number ofstaff are long term employees. We are part of the Washwood Heath Multi AcademyTrust which is a family of local schools located within 15 minutes of oneanother: 4 Primary schools, 2 Secondary schools and 1 All-through school. Thiswill give you the opportunity to grow and develop professionally with afantastic Academy Trust that is very supportive and collaborative with a strongsense of community.

Thesuccessful candidates will:

• Be an inspiring teacher with real passion and enthusiasm for the subjectwith excellent subject knowledge.
• Be committed to delivering an excellent standard of teaching for all students.
• Set themselves and their students high standards and have high expectations.
• Be a good communicator and a strong team player
• Have a willingness to contribute to the department and whole school projects, including the extracurricular life of the Academy.
• Have a thorough knowledge of present curriculum developments, particularly those relating to Languages.

We can offer you:

• A collaborative and inclusive culture, whereteam members will upskill you and give you regular opportunities to learn fromeach other in a safe and collaborative environment, both within your schoolsand Trust-wide.
• An opportunity to undertake structured CPDvia access to the National College online CPD platform and/or apprenticeshipssuch as Level 7 Senior Leaders Masters, with regular twilights.
• Access to Career Pathways and Pledge to helpyou plan for and make your goals a reality via our Professional Growth andPerformance (PPG) process.
• A wellbeing culture, with paid and unpaidtime off to support life events via our Life Leave Policy, access to aWellbeing Champion and the opportunity to participate in our annual staffwellbeing survey with Edurio, so we know and can respond to views.
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme(EAP), which includes confidential counselling, access to wellbeing advice anda lifestyle app called "My Possible Self".
• Access to a suite of supportive policies,such as Life Leave, Wellbeing, Career Break and Family Friendly.
• Access to a generous pension scheme known asthe Teachers' Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Access to a comprehensive employee rewardspackage including Long Service Awards, Employee Referral Scheme, Cycle to WorkScheme and contribution to glasses and eye-sight tests for eligible displayscreen users.
• Opportunity to be part of key Trust-widecollaborative groups such as the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI workinggroup) and Wellbeing working groups, including menopause support andneurodiversity support.
• Onsite parking at all schools.

This post is suitable for an experienced teacher or an ECT.

For aninformal discussion, please contact Dondre Thompson, Head of Languages,
[email protected]

Closing date for applications: 9:00 am on Wednesday 6th May 2026

Closing Job Early:

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

N.B. CVs will not be accepted

As a DisabilityConfident Committed Employer we have committed to:

• ensure our recruitmentprocess is inclusive and accessible
• communicating and promotingvacancies
• offering an interview todisabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• anticipating and providingreasonable adjustments as required
• supporting any existingemployee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling themto stay in work

As part ofour recruitment process, we carry out rigorous online searches in linewith Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

We reserve theright to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for therole. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as earlyas possible.

Please note thatapplications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology,including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate selectcertain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will bedisregarded.

We value ourpeople and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bringtheir authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to workat Washwood Heath Academy as a Teacher of French.

We promise totreat all candidates fairly, consistently and with respect throughout theapplication, assessment, and selection process.

We are also"happy to talk flexible working" subject to the operational requirements of therole.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation ofOffenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certainspent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to bedisclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take theminto account. Further information about filtering offences can be found inthe DBS filteringguide.

This post is covered by Part 7 of theImmigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken Englishis an essential requirement for this role.

Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguardingand promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff toshare this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for allsuccessful applicants.

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