Salary: MPS + TLR2b (£5,786 per annum)
Hours: Permanent, full time from 01.09.2026
Probation period: this role is subject to passing a satisfactory probation period.
Cotham School, a successful, vibrant and diverse 11-18 comprehensive school, wishes to appoint an experienced Modern Foreign Languages Deputy Faculty Leader.
The successful applicant will have the necessary knowledge, skills and vision to support the Faculty Leader in driving forward standards in MFL and help shape and implement a clear curriculum vision, ensuring a consistency in pedagogy, assessment and student progress
Are you:
- A skilful and passionate teacher of foreign languages able to teach Spanish to KS4 and French at KS3, who understands how children from diverse backgrounds learn?
- A dynamic leader who can inspire the Faculty team to further raise standards of achievement and enable them to become outstanding in all respects?
- Able to teach across the age and ability range at Key Stages 3 and 4?.
- A leader with excellent analytical and evaluative skills?
- Committed to continuous professional development leading to outstanding teaching?
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 some PPA time offsite.
- 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 - yoga and team sports are currently available.
- 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: Wednesday 29.04.26 at 9.00 am
Interview date: Wednesday 06.05.26
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.