French Teacher | Pioneering STEM Academy | Nottingham

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.

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

A Vibrant Historic Hub of Tech, Science, and Global Commerce: Based in the progressive city of Nottingham, the school capitalizes on a dynamic regional identity that bridges legendary heritage with cutting-edge industry. As home to two world-class universities and a thriving economic core rooted in life sciences, digital technology, and international commerce, Nottingham offers an inspiring, contemporary backdrop for language studies, connecting classroom linguistics directly to global commercial networks, international research collaborations, and active regional growth across the East Midlands.

Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from exceptional regional transport infrastructure, offering straightforward road commuting via the strategic M1 motorway corridor, the A52, and the dualled A453 trunk road. Public transit networks operate flawlessly across the Greater Nottingham area, utilizing the multi-award-winning Nottingham Express Transit (NET) tram system, an extensive Linkbus and local bus network, and the major Nottingham Station transport hub, which provides frequent East Midlands Railway, Northern, and CrossCountry services connecting the school effortlessly to Derby, Leicester, Mansfield, and London St Pancras.

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