CORE PURPOSE

We require an inspiring, linguistically precise French Teacher to deliver outstanding French instruction across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, with opportunities to contribute to post-16 advanced pathways. Operating within an ambitious, oversubscribed specialist STEM provider, the successful candidate will facilitate a knowledge-rich, immersive curriculum designed to foster high target-language fluency, spontaneous communication, and a sophisticated understanding of francophone culture, preparing all pupils thoroughly for exceptional outcomes in terminal GCSE public examinations.

THE SCHOOL

Our specialist academy is dedicated to cultivating an ambitious and highly academic learning environment where every student is challenged to achieve their full potential. As a forward-thinking STEM school with a strong local reputation, we blend rigorous academic standards with a supportive, inclusive atmosphere—recognising that global communication, technical language decoding, and structural linguistic patterns are vital components of a comprehensive technical education. The modern foreign languages department is characterized by a culture of intellectual curiosity, vibrant linguistic immersion, and collaborative planning, where teachers share a passion for language acquisition and evidence-based pedagogy. We operate a highly supportive, centralized behaviour system that minimizes classroom disruption, allowing teachers to focus entirely on delivering high-impact, deeply engaging French instruction.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• High-Fluency & Target-Language Instruction: Plan, resource, and deliver high-impact French lessons across all attainment pathways, systematically embedding phonics mastery, vocabulary retrieval, and complex grammatical scaffolding to build listening, reading, writing, and speaking confidence.

• Oracy & Spontaneous Speech Production: Cultivate a vibrant, interactive classroom environment, utilizing low-stakes speaking frameworks and targeted questioning strategies to encourage pupils to speak spontaneously in French, minimizing target-language anxiety.

• GCSE Performance Optimization: Guide Year 11 examination cohorts meticulously through the rigorous demands of linear terminal papers across all core skills, utilizing formative test data to isolate and eliminate vocabulary gaps and maximize high-grade boundary retention.

• Closing MFL Attainment Gaps: Identify and target learning barriers within mixed-ability cohorts, deploying visual logic models, sentence-builder frameworks, and scaffolded translation structures to ensure accessibility for SEND pupils while stretching high-prior-attaining linguists.

• Inclusive Pastoral Support: Fulfil full form tutor responsibilities within an established year group structure, supporting pupil wellbeing, managing daily registration routines, and maintaining proactive, positive communication with families.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or a recognised equivalent teaching credential, paired with a strong honours degree in French Studies or Modern Foreign Languages. Native or near-native target language proficiency is required.

• Pedagogical Capability: A proven track record or clear capacity to deliver strong progress metrics and exceptional performance outcomes in terminal public GCSE examinations through highly structured, systematic, and explicit language pedagogy.

• Global & Enthusiastic Ethos: An unwavering commitment to comprehensive education, possessing the exceptional communication skills, empathy, and cultural passion required to inspire all pupils with a love for language learning and global citizenship.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• Industrial Engineering Heritage and Modern Tech Skills: Based in the historic Black Country borough of Walsall, the school capitalizes on a deeply grounded regional identity built upon metalworking, precision fabrication, and modern advanced manufacturing. The area’s ongoing economic focus on logistical automation, green engineering technologies, and technical skills development provides an exceptional, real-world backdrop for applied linguistics, technical translation, and international commerce, connecting classroom French directly to active regional regeneration and global career pathways across the West Midlands.

• Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from premium West Midlands transport infrastructure, offering straightforward road commuting via the M6 motorway (Junctions 7, 9, and 10), the A34, and the A454 dual carriageways. Public transit networks operate flawlessly across the metropolitan area via comprehensive Transport for West Midlands bus routes, while Walsall railway station and nearby Bescot Stadium station provide frequent, high-speed West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway services that link the school effortlessly to Wolverhampton, Cannock, Rugeley, and Birmingham New Street.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.