Teacher of MFL - French & Spanish Part-time (0.6 - 0.8 FTE) 19.5 hours per week Maternity Leave Cover From 3 November 2025 (or slightly before) for 1 year or earlier should the postholder return to work sooner The School Gordano School, part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, is a large and successful 11-18 comprehensive secondary school approximately eight miles outside Bristol. Our school includes a thriving Sixth Form of approximately 350 students that is strongly integrated into the life of the school and offers significant opportunities for sixth form teaching in over 30 courses. We are the sole secondary school serving the popular town of Portishead and benefit greatly from being a central part of our community. We view education as something bigger than just academic achievement. We have a record of considerable academic success but wholeheartedly believe that a student's education should be about preparing young people for their future lives in the complete sense, developing our young people’s key skills and behaviours that set them up for a successful future pathway. As well as consistently strong outcomes at GCSE and A Level, we place great emphasis on the opportunities available to our students including developing student leadership across our student body, offering an unparalleled extra-curricular programme and ensuring clear guidance for students when considering progression to their next steps of their educational journey. We pride ourselves on high-quality support for colleagues at all stages of their career through internal and external CPD, including our membership of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, with staff involved in a range of developmental opportunities across schools in the Trust as well as supporting staff in bespoke training such as completing different levels of the NPQ programmes. We maintain significant involvement in Initial Teacher Training and deliver a comprehensive ECT induction in association with the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance and Ambition Institute. Our very large staff body allows regular opportunities for progression into leadership roles at all levels. Importantly, beyond the wider experiences on offer to our student body, we seek to be a very happy school community with a big heart. This has never been more evident than through our recent work in delivering our core principles of ‘Dream big, do your best, give back’, fostering a community filled with kindness and respect. The Role We are looking for an enthusiastic teacher of MFL on a maternity cover contract. You must offer French and Spanish, preferably with both to at least KS4 level. This role would suit either an ECT or more experienced teacher. The postholder will be engaged in regulated activity. Interested candidates should display the following: - Excellent teaching skills Ability to develop excellent relationships with pupils and staff Good organisational skills and ability to work in a team Linguistic proficiency and confidence in teaching languages Commitment to using ICT as a teaching tool Commitment to high expectations and standards of work Enthusiasm, flexibility and ability to adopt differing teaching styles Creativity in bringing ideas to the faculty Gordano School offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping), cycle to work scheme, discounted on-site gym membership and on-site parking. Closing date: 23:59, Thursday 4th September 2025 Interviews: Thursday 11th September or Monday 15th September 2025 Early applications are encouraged. Gordano School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the School be able to identify an appropriate candidate.