Teacher of French/Spanish - The Purbeck School

About the role

TEACHER of FRENCH/SPANISH

ECT/Main Scale/UPS

Part time - 0.6 - Permanent Contract

Start date - September 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate teacher of French/Spanish to work within a successful and supportive Modern Foreign Languages Faculty. This position is ideally suited for an ECT.

This is a fantastic time to join the school. We are an oversubscribed and popular school with results consistently placing us in the top 20% of schools nationally. Both the French and Spanish departments are highly successful with a track record of outstanding results. The department have recently adopted Dr Gianfranco Conti's method of Extensive Processing Instruction (EPI) to enable all of our students to access and succeed at language learning.

We are looking for a teacher who wants to work in a strong team, in a school in a beautiful area where there are lots of opportunities to develop both within the faculty and in the pastoral systems of the school.

Please see our school website for more information - www.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk

Informal visits are welcome and if you would like to do so or have any other questions about the post please contact Lydia West, Head of MFL, on 01929 550077 or e-mail her: [email protected]

Closing date: Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Tel: 01929 550077

e-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk

Further Information

The Purbeck School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (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. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

About Us

We have high expectations of our staff and students and work around the key principles of kindness, aspiration, and perseverance. We are looking for committed people who care passionately about education and the welfare and progress of students. This is also an incredibly supportive and friendly school with a very caring pastoral team.