Teacher of MFL French and Spanish

Teacher of MFL (French and Spanish) plus departmental responsibility as EAL Co-ordinator

Full Time

MPS/UPS + TLR 2a (£3,390 PA)

Required from September 2025 or as soon as possible

St Thomas More is a good school (Ofsted 2022) committed to high standards of growth and professional development. The school is popular - always oversubscribed beyond our admission limit - and well respected in the local community. We are a successful school with a large Sixth Form located near Willenhall, with easy access to the M6 motorway network.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teacher of French and Spanish to join our highly experienced and well-resourced Modern Foreign Languages department. The ideal candidate will share our vision to raise standards and make a significant contribution to providing the best possible education for the children in our school.

As EAL Co-ordinator, the successful candidate will:

• Lead on whole school EAL through developing and implementing effective EAL teaching and learning strategies and providing support and guidance for colleagues to ensure positive outcomes for EAL students.
• Liaise with colleagues and external providers to enable students who speak community languages to gain a qualification where available.

The successful candidate should:

• Demonstrate consistently good or outstanding classroom practice.
• Be a passionate advocate of the subject, who contributes effectively to the department and whole school improvement plans.
• Be able to teach across the full age and ability range at age 11-16.
• Be able to teach KS5 as desirable.
• Be able to drive forward academic outcomes for SEN students throughout the school.
• Be eager to become a supportive Form Tutor.
• Be able and willing to make a full contribution to the life of the school.
• Have high expectations of self and others.
• Possess good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be flexible and a good team player.

St Thomas More Catholic School is a very special place. Students are friendly, enthusiastic and eager to learn. Staff are caring, supportive and dedicated to finding the true potential in every one of our students. If you have a passion for languages and a commitment to ensuring every student achieves their very best, we want to hear from you!

For more information, and to request an application pack including job description, please contact Jodie Massie at Hays Education on

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Closing date: 12 noon, Friday 21st March 2025

Interviews: Week commencing: Monday 24th March OR Monday 31st March

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to withdraw this advert should a suitable candidate be found prior to the closing date.

Please also see our recruitment site: https://jobs/st-thomas-more/index.htm

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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