Language Assistant

Salary: £20.35 per hour (£17.85 plus £2.50 holiday pay @ 14%)

Contractual Hours: Hourly, by negotiation and agreement up to 2 hours per week.

Basis: Casual contract until 22nd July 2026

About Us

We invite you to join our team at Trinity Academy. Trinity is a highly oversubscribed free school that opened in 2019. We are a values based community that focuses on the learning of all students and staff, that cares deeply for our young people and each other and that is committed to co-curricular enrichment. Our stated goal is to be a +1 school for progress and as such, we are looking for an exceptional leader and teacher to join us in our mission.

Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) is a family of schools committed to inspiring learning both in and beyond the classroom. With a strong focus on music and the creative arts, we support every student and staff member in reaching their full potential. If you’re looking for a Trust that values creativity, growth, and meaningful learning, CST could be the perfect place for you.

Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) and Trust in Learning Academies (TiLA) will be merging on 1st March 2026 to become Amplify Education. The aim of the merger is to bring together our shared values and strengths to enhance educational outcomes.

All staff who are employed by Cathedral Schools Trust at the date of the merger including any new employees who join prior to the merger date will transfer into the newly merged Trust (the legal entity that is currently TiLA) in accordance with TUPE regulations (Transfer of Undertakings and Protection of Employment).

The Opportunity

We are looking for a native French or Spanish teacher to support our highly ambitious modern foreign languages team. If you join us, you will provide 2 hours a week supporting students with their French or Spanish speaking skills. You will meet with students on a 1:1 or 2:1 basis and, with guidance from the MFL team, work with our students to build confidence, improve their pronunciation and deepen their cultural awareness of French and Spanish speaking countries.

If you join us, you will benefit from:

• Trinity is a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ leadership and management and ‘Outstanding‘ Personal Development’ (Ofsted Jan 2024)

“This is an ambitious school that wants the very best for its pupils, both academically and pastorally”.

The progress of our students is significantly above the national average (P8 +0.53)

• We develop our people
• We have hardworking staff and students who want to do well

About You

Ideally you will be a native French or Spanish speaker. You will be comfortable working with young people and supporting them in their language development. We will consider non native speakers who are fluent and have spent time living/travelling in the relevant countries.

More information about the Trust, School and Role

To find out more about Cathedral Schools Trust and Trinity Academy please read the attached Recruitment packs or visit our school website.

Informal enquiries can be made via email to the school.

School visits are welcomed and can be arranged via email.

We can offer you

Continuing Professional and Leadership development

Employee assistance programme, offering counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas

Discounted gym membership, Cycle-to-work scheme, Eyesight test vouchers

Onsite parking or easy access via public transport or onsite parking.

Flexible working fully supported and enhanced family friendly policies

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the requirements on the job description and/or person specification, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.

Please complete our application form by Midnight on 22nd February 2026

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview on Thursday 4th March at Trinity Academy

All candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application following the closing date

We reserve the right to appoint before the deadline for an exceptional candidate.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.