Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish)

We are looking to appoint a teacher of MFL for September 2026. The successful candidate will be able to teach Spanish up to Higher and A Level, and be registered, or eligible to be registered, with GTC Scotland. The ability to teach French will be very desirable. The MFL department has an enviable track record at Glenalmond, where a passionate team of teaching staff come together to encourage pupils to reach their full potential. IGCSE, Higher and Level results are consistently excellent, and the number of pupils studying a language beyond IGCSE is very high.

Main Responsibilities

• Possess the necessary in-depth subject knowledge required to deliver the Higher Spanish, A-Level Spanish and GCSE languages curricula (GTCS Registration required). Organise and use subject knowledge to develop and review schemes of work, lesson plans and other material, collaborating with others where necessary.
• Motivate pupils through the ability and passion to teach with drive and ambition.
• Set clear and challenging expectations for pupil attainment, believing that all pupils can do well.
• Set and maintain the highest behavioural expectations.
• Make adept use of strategies such as effective questioning, formative and summative assessment, reviewing prior learning, model answers and efficient time management to ensure that all pupils firmly grasp the concepts being taught.
• Create a lively and stimulating classroom environment where pupils want to learn, are happy to take risks and know that it is acceptable to make mistakes and then learn from these.
• Develop trusting and compassionate relationships with pupils based on mutual respect.
• Be fully committed to developing pedagogical skills through continuing professional development.
• Make sound use of technology to enhance and supplement excellent teaching.
• Be highly organised, setting, marking and returning work promptly with clear, constructive feedback on what the pupil needs to change in order to improve.
• Use clear strategies in planning and delivering lessons to take account of the differing needs of learners, e.g. pupils with English as an additional language or those with additional learning needs.
• Take part in regular lesson observations both within and outwith the department.
• Undertake other duties, i.e. supervised study and cover, take a tutor group, carry out boarding duties and on occasion take a weekend duty to cover an activity.
• Contribute to the extra-curricular life of the school.

The Ideal Candidate

• Strong academic background.
• Degree from a recognised university in a relevant subject.
• Relevant teaching qualification and eligible for GTCS registration.
• Experience of working in a secondary school, ideally a boarding school.

Glenalmond College is an inspiring place to live and work. The community atmosphere and warmth of welcome are matched by the commitment and professionalism of our staff, who are key to the success of the school. Glenalmond welcomes boys and girls, aged 12 to 18, as boarders or day pupils. Most of our pupils are British, but we also have a number of pupils from up to 16 different countries around the world. There are up to 400 pupils at Glenalmond College, an almost even balance of boys and girls. Glenalmond offers a rigorous model of education with international currency. A curriculum of breadth and depth, balancing a core of facilitating subjects with a variety of options to inform, challenge and ignite passions and recognise developments in technology.

Our purpose at Glenalmond is to help make the world a better place. That aim hasn’t changed at all since our foundation way back in 1847, and we share Ralph Waldo Emerson’s definition of success: “To laugh often and much…to appreciate beauty…to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better…to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived.”