Astley Community High School & Whytrig Middle School

Elsdon Avenue

Seaton Delaval

Tyne and Wear

NE25 0BP

0191 237 1505

TEACHER OF French
Main / Upper Pay Ranges £31,650 to £49,084 Permanent, Part Time 0.5FTE Required From 1 September 2025

Small enough to care, big enough to make a positive impact

As a 13-18 school in south east Northumberland with good standards of teaching and behaviour and a strong commitment to improvement, we believe passionately that every student should be enabled to succeed in all aspects of school life. Building on our ‘Good' rating by Ofsted, we continue to strive for further improvements.

This specialist role is to teach French across Key Stages 3 and 4, from Year 7 to Year 11. You must be an excellent practitioner with a strong track record in delivering French, you should be committed to working collaboratively in a strong and hard working department, and be able to meet the varied demands of the school environment, by working enthusiastically and be able to inspire pupils to achieve high standards both academically and personally. There may be some opportunity in this role to teach A Level also.

This full time role will be based across the federation, working at Astley Community High School and Whytrig Middle School, which share the same site.

At Astley Community High School you will join the humanities faculty, a highly focused team of seven teachers who are committed to delivering high quality lessons for a range of subjects (Geography, History, French and RE). At Whytrig Middle School, there is a definite primary feel to the pupils learning in Key Stage 2 where they are mainly form class based, although they do have access to specialist teachers in French, PE, music and technology. This continues throughout Key Stage 3 where the students move around the school for specialist lessons, enabling a smooth transition to high school.

Based in South East Northumberland with good standards of teaching and behaviour and a strong commitment to improvement, we believe passionately that every student should be enabled to succeed in all aspects of school life. Building on our ‘Good' ratings by Ofsted, we continue to strive for further improvements.
As a relatively small school at Astley Community High School there is a real sense of community. Staff are able to fully get to know the students in both an academic and pastoral sense. Behaviour across the schools is good with the vast majority of students putting into practice our behaviour expectations of being ready, respectful and safe on a daily basis. Our students across the Year groups into the Sixth Form have a focus on wanting to learn - this helps to foster an attitude of wanting to achieve the best they can.
Visits to the school are also warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Richard Goodman, Head of School ACHS on 0191 2371505 or email vacancies@svf.org.uk to make an appointment.

Deadlines for applications is 9am Monday 28th April 2025

It is expected that interviews will take place on Friday 2nd May.

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is essential that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required for all posts.