Teacher of Spanish

Your Role

Teacher of Spanish

Sir Christopher Hatton Academy, Wellingborough, Northants

Main Pay Range / Upper Pay Range

Full time or Part time

Required for September 2026

Join a vibrant MFL department where your passion for Spanish will help students develop strong linguistic skills, cultural awareness, and a lifelong love of language learning.

About the Role:

As a Teacher of Spanish with a focus on Key Stage 3 and 4, you will deliver engaging lessons that emphasise listening, speaking, and writing skills while teaching from well-established, pre-planned schemes of work. The role also offers opportunities to contribute fresh ideas to curriculum delivery and lesson design, all while supporting students in developing confidence and fluency in the language.

Key priorities for the role include:
• A passionate Spanish teacher who can inspire students in language learning
• Strong focus on developing students' speaking, listening and writing skills
• Willingness to contribute ideas and enhance the existing curriculum
• Ability to work collaboratively within a supportive team environment
• Commitment to promoting cultural awareness and enthusiasm for languages

About the Department

The Modern Foreign Languages department is forward-thinking, well-planned, and highly organised, offering opportunities to contribute to enrichment activities such as MFL-focused careers days, trips and cultural experiences, and themed culture events. Open to new ideas and initiatives that enhance student engagement, the department works with a diverse, open-minded student body who are enthusiastic about language learning.

Colleague Statement:

"What stands out most about our department is our amazing students. We have a diverse and open-minded cohort who are enthusiastic about learning languages, which makes teaching here incredibly rewarding."

- F. Verde, Second in Department

About the School

Sir Christopher Hatton Academy is an 11-18 mixed secondary school and Sixth Form, located in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. The Academy has a strong reputation for academic success and consistently achieves outcomes above national averages.

Our most recent Ofsted inspection judged the Academy to be Good overall, with Outstanding personal development and sixth-form provision.

Staff at Hatton benefit from:

• Excellent professional development opportunities
• Working with a diverse community of colleagues across the Academy
• Employee Wellbeing Support
• Flexible & Supportive work environment

About the Trust

We are a family of schools committed to outstanding education and improving life chances for every child. Our culture is rooted in collaboration, integrity, and ambition, with a clear focus on inclusion and high expectations.

Why Join Us?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a thriving Academy where staff are valued, supported and encouraged to develop professionally. We are looking for a teacher who shares our ambition to provide exceptional education and who is excited to contribute to a department that continues to grow, innovate and inspire students.

For more information, or to arrange a visit, please contact Alastair Mitchell, Co-Principal on mitchella@hattonacademy.org.uk To apply for this post, please go to

https://www.hattonacademiestrust.org.uk/working-for-us/vacancies/

Closing date for receipt of applications: 9am on Monday 20th April 2026

Education without limits; Integrity at all times

Our recruitment processes help us understand what you uniquely contribute. Submissions that rely too heavily on AI risk obscuring the very qualities we are looking to discover. If you use AI, let it support your thinking, not replace it.

Hatton Academies Trust are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability or age. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure Bureau Service check and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references.

Qualifications

Honours degree qualification
essential

Qualified Teacher Status
essential

Skills

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

Able to support staff and children in maintaining high standards
essential

Effective classroom and behaviour management
essential

Good ICT Skills (in Microsoft Word/Excel)
essential

Confident in own ability to be effective and to take on challenges
essential

Able to use / analyse assessment data systems to raise standards
essential

Able to work with others to achieve common goals
essential

Able to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
essential

Efficient and effective administrative, organisational and personal management skills
essential

Experience

An understanding of health and safety issues
essential

Teaching experience at Key Stage 3-4
essential

Teaching experience at Key Stage 5

Experience/Knowledge

A clear understanding of Safeguarding responsibilities & requirements
essential

A commitment to inclusive education
essential

Personal Attributes

Suitable to work with children
essential

Ability to work independently and be a team player
essential

Adaptable and amenable with respect to working practices
essential

Capacity to work hard, under pressure, to meet deadlines
essential

Positive commitment to individual personal development
essential

Good interpersonal Skills
essential

Reliability and integrity
essential

Energy, enthusiasm and perseverance
essential

Able to motivate others and to adopt a positive approach to education
essential

Up to date awareness of the National Curriculum and specifically within their individual specialism
essential

Able to form good working relationships with all staff and students
essential

Qualifications

QTS
essential

Good Honours degree in related subject
essential

Relevant Skills

Understanding of equal opportunities issues and an ability to demonstrate strategies to challenge discrimination and prejudice
essential

Able to provide clear direction and to inspire, motivate and enthuse others
essential

Able to demonstrate effective planning and teaching skills
essential

Safeguarding Information

Hatton Academies Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, age or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references.