Teacher of French

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

T his

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 facul