Teacher of Spanish with potential for a TLR depending on experience at St Nicholas Catholic High School

About this Role

March2026

Dearapplicant,

Thankyou for your interest in the post of Teacher of Modern ForeignLanguages on a Permanent / Full-time basis (0.8FTE could be consideredfor a successful applicant) at St Nicholas Catholic High School. Applications are welcome from both candidates with a faith background orcandidates willing to be supportive of our Catholic school status. Whilst thispost requires applicants able to teach Spanish up to KS5, the ability to teach Frenchto at least KS3 would be considered advantageous. There is also potential for aTLR allowance for appropriately experienced candidates. If you are interestedin this aspect of the position, please state clearly in your application howyour skills and experience to date would help you to take on a leadership rolewithin the department under the guidance of the Subject Leader for MFL.

This is an exciting time for usas we look to further strengthen our MFL department here at St Nicholas. We arean excellent Catholic school with a fantastic reputation for the very highestof standards, outstanding students who are eager to learn and exceptional staffwho walk the 'extra mile' to ensure that every student fulfils their God-givenpotential.

Weare looking to appoint a Teacher of Spanish with a passion and visionfor learning and teaching in MFL across all Key Stages. You will be ahighly effective practitioner who will make a difference by inspiring a love oflearning in their students. The successful candidate will join a vibrant,forward thinking, and progressive department which is keen to build upon themany successes within the school's external inspection reports from both theDiocese and Ofsted.

StNicholas has made significant progress with the continuous development of thecurriculum we deliver to our students. The successful candidate will benefitfrom teaching in a department which offers comprehensive and robust schemes oflearning, incisive planned assessments, and is fully resourced.

EveryoneMatters here: we are proud and privileged to lead on training beyond theschool, supporting other schools where the need arises. Our professionaldevelopment offer is one of the best and we are proud of the success of our colleagues;many being promoted within the school to newly created leadership posts (pleasesee the enclosed pack for further information about our offer). Furthermore, we are a school committed to your health and wellbeing; we haverecently launched our new Wellbeing Charter and, part of this, has resulted inthe opening of a new Gym for staff and students.

Wetake safeguarding seriously here: we have a team of DesignatedSafeguarding Leads, many of whom are experienced and experts in thisfield. Our Executive Safeguarding Team meet weekly. We ensure thatall staff access training on a regular basis and you will be expected to engagein this.

Ifyou feel that you have what it takes to deliver our vision, we would bedelighted to receive an application from you. Please send your applicationseither via the TES website, My New Term website, or by email to d.poole@st-nicholas.cheshire.sch.uk.

Thedeadline for applications is 9am Thursday 26 March 2026. Shortlistingand interviews will be confirmed following this date.

Ilook forward to receiving and reading your application and I thank you for yourinterest in St Nicholas RC High School.

Yourssincerely

Mr Craig Burns

Headteacher