Reference number
BUC14133
Contract type
Fixed Term / Secondment
Working hours
Part Time
Level of DBS check required
Enhanced with Barred List
Date posted
28 Sep 2025, 11 p.m.
Application deadline
10 Oct 2025
Contact email
Overview
The Buckingham School Requires a TEACHER OF MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
MATERNITY COVER- 0.8 FTE, MONDAY-THURSDAY
REQUIRED FROM JANUARY 2026 ~ AUGUST 2026 (Ideally available from Mid-December for Handover)
Term time only
Salary type: MPS/UPS
Salary Details: TMS1 (£32,196) ~ UPR3 (£51,048) FTE - ACTUAL SALARY: TMS1 (£25,756) ~ UPR3 (£40,838)
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: Part-time
Closing date: 10/10/2025
Interviews to be held: TBC
About us
The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.
About the role
We seek to appoint an ambitious, enthusiastic and highly motivated Teacher of French and Spanish with a real passion for teaching and learning. Our MFL Team are committed to ensuring that all students receive the highest standard of learning and work within a thriving school environment to deliver this.
We are looking for an innovative and committed classroom practitioner who can teach outstanding French at Key Stage 3, 4 & 6th Form and Spanish at KS3. The ideal candidate will have the skills and abilities to engage and enthuse different types of learners and to work productively as part of a diverse team. This is an exciting period to join The Buckingham School and our students are looking for a teacher with passion, drive and creativity.
Applications are welcome from ECTs, as well as experienced teachers. We have a proven track record of support and development and an excellent ECT package is available.
In return, we will offer you:
* A professional and supportive MFL Team
* A personalised approach to Continuing Professional Development
* A role in a school that has a clear vision
* Students with positive attitudes and a willingness to succeed
* A supportive and inclusive staff environment.
About you
See Person Specification
Other information
Please access the full job description, application form and self-declaration form from the school's website
. Completed applications, giving full contact details of two recent relevant professional referees (one of which is your current employer) to: Mr Andy McGinnes, Headteacher, The Buckingham School, London Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AT or email to
.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
* All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
* All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to
Nacro guidance
and the
guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice
(see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.