Grade: BG 9.18
Hours: 12 hours per week during school hours, term time only
Salary: £30,559 pro rata. Actual salary £5,890 (pay award pending of 3.2%)
Please note the salary quoted is the amount for the length of the contract from 1st October 2025 - 22nd May 2026 (fixed term contract).
Cotham School, a successful, vibrant and diverse 11-18 comprehensive school, wishes to appoint an experienced Foreign Language Assistant.
The successful applicant will have the necessary knowledge, skills and vision to be an exceptional Foreign Language Assistant, fluent in Spanish, who will support the Foreign Language Teachers at Cotham School. You will have timetabled lessons with the Post 16 students in groups of varying sizes, where you will cover the A level language topics studied in class. Where possible, you will also work with Years 10 and 11 language students who are preparing for their GCSE. Support will mostly be with small groups of students for speaking practice or may be in the classroom with all students.
We offer:
- the opportunity to join a hugely successful and oversubscribed school
- a wonderfully diverse student body
- a highly cohesive, experienced and high-performing Senior Leadership Team
- a committed and enthusiastic staff group
- excellent opportunities for personal and professional development
Cotham School is a great place to work. Our staff are a cohesive, friendly and high performing team of professionals who are keen to welcome new colleagues into our school community to contribute to and share in our achievements. Join us and you’ll receive a wide range of employee benefits including:
- access to employee assistance programme – this includes counselling, physio sessions, menopause support, bereavement support and much more.
- ongoing learning and development opportunities and access to the school CPD library
- at least 5 inset (training) days per annum with the provision of free onsite drinks and meals including the opportunity to work flexibly from home on some of these days
- opportunity for staff to use flexible working hours on occasions
- comprehensive induction process
- competitive salaries which are reviewed annually
- family friendly policies and wellbeing support initiatives
- access to online gyms and health sessions
- access to staff sports, for example basketball, badminton and yoga sessions
- option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
- on site free car parking (when available)
- free eye tests (Display Screen Equipment Users) and free annual flu jab
As a diverse school community, we particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented groups with regards to ethnicity, gender, age and disability.
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will need to be DBS checked.
Please visit our website for further details and application pack.
Closing date: Monday 22.09.2025 at 9.00 am
Interview date: Tuesday morning 30.09.2025
Safeguarding Statement:
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of appointment are conditional on the following:
- Enhanced DBS check
- Satisfactory completion of a Staff Disqualification Declaration form
- Confirmation that you are not subject to either a Prohibition Order or Interim Prohibition Order
- The receipt of at least 2 satisfactory references
- Verification of identity
- Verification of medical fitness
- Verification of qualifications
- Verification of QTS where required
- Verification that they are legally able to work in UK
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account .
Cotham School’s child protection policy and practices and policy on employment of ex-offenders in the application pack can be found on the School website.