St. Mary's Menston, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Leeds
£32,916 - £51,048 per year
Salary:
MPS/UPS
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
03 November 2025
Apply by:
13 October 2025
Job overview
* Maternity cover – Fixed term until 31 August 2026 (or the return of the postholder, whichever is soonest)
* Full time, 32.5 hours per week
* Salary MPS/UPS
* Suitable for ECTs
* Required from November 2025
Required for November 2025, the Governors of this high achieving, oversubscribed Catholic Voluntary Academy are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, well qualified and inspiring languages teacher to cover a period of maternity leave. The successful candidate will teach French up to KS4; the ability to teach one language at KS5 would be desirable.
This appointment provides the opportunity to teach well-motivated, hard-working pupils. You will join
a forward-thinking and high-achieving department and be committed to delivering genuinely
imaginative, engaging and varied lessons.
What are we looking for?
The successful candidate will inspire a love of language learning and will contribute to our extensive
programme of events and visits. Applications are welcomed from both newly qualified and
experienced professionals who will have the capacity to work collaboratively within a team of
experienced staff. As a committed team player, you will have excellent organisational skills and the
natural ability to motivate pupils with a passion for making a difference to the lives of young people.
Applicants should be versatile and enthusiastic and have an appetite to inspire young people and be
driven to ensure progress for students of all abilities is a priority.
The curriculum at St Mary's extends beyond the academic and vocational curriculum. It provides students with opportunities to develop and discover their interests and skills. To fulfil this, applications should be willing to positively contribute to the school's extra-curricular programme and provide enrichment opportunities within the subject.
What can we offer you?
* Employee discount scheme (offering cycle to work scheme, gym membership, money saving offers across hundreds of the UK's favourite high-street and online retailers, home and electrical items).
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (Education Support).
* On-site parking and access to canteen.
* Teacher Pension Scheme.
* A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing.
St. Mary's is a popular and highly successful school situated on the North-West fringe of Leeds, close to the Yorkshire Dales. The school is part of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust which consists of 2 high schools and 14 primary schools. The June 2019 Section 48 judged St Mary's as an outstanding school and the February 2025 Ofsted inspection judged St Mary's to be outstanding in all areas.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed; please contact Jo-Anne Hughes, PA to the Senior Leadership Team on to make an appointment.
Further details including a job description, person specification and how to apply are available via the Trust website or the school website in the vacancies section.
* Closing date: Monday 13 October 2025, 12 noon
* Interview date: It is anticipated that interviews will take place shortly afterwards.
The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.
St Mary's is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
In line with KCSiE 2025, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.
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About St. Mary's Menston, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
St. Mary's Menston, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley
West Yorkshire
LS29 6AE
United Kingdom
Our Vision
Our Vision is to be a world class school, giving the best care, support and outcomes to our students. Working closely with parents, we work towards developing the successful citizens of our future.
Our Values
Our Values are based on the teachings of Christ. We are inspired to learn and bring these values into our everyday lives in the service of each other, the parish, diocese and society.
St. Mary's students, staff and governors have been reflecting on the values which we feel are important to us as a school. We have based our core values on the Beatitudes, and each area has been looked at in assemblies and prayers. Below you will see a summary of the values we feel are central to our mission, here at St. Mary's Menston.
FAITHFULNESS
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
HUMILITY
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth"
TRUTH
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied"
FORGIVENESS
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy"
TOLERANCE
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God"
DIGNITY
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted"
SERVICE
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
RESPECT
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God"
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