Key Role Information

Salary
£34,069.00 - 52,835.00
Job type
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
20/09/2026 00:00
Interview
Interviews will be held week commencing 28 September 2026
Contract term
AYR - All year round
Pay grade
MPS/UPS
Department
Senior School
Key stage
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5
Hours per week
24.33
Weeks per year
52.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

From January 2027, we are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Teacher of French and Spanish to join our language department. The successful candidate will act as a subject specialist in French, delivering engaging lessons across Key Stages 3, 4, and 5, while also teaching Spanish at Key Stage 3.


You will be highly qualified, enthusiastic, innovative, and highly committed: an able communicator, with a positive, encouraging, and collaborative style that can enrich the work of this successful department.


Candidates should be excellent classroom practitioners, able to relate well to pupils and teach to a high standard across multiple year groups.


Applicants should have the ability to work independently and flexibly using their own initiative and be excellent team members. A willingness to contribute to the extra-curricular programme is essential.


Our teachers have a strong sense of community and enthusiasm and in which involvement, pastorally, and in the extensive broader curriculum, is the norm.


Further details and an application form can be obtained from the recruitment section of our website https://wgsf.org.uk/queen-elizabeths/employment-opportunities/ or by emailing the HR Department at hr@queen-elizabeths.school

Qualifications

Degree in a relevant subjectdesirable
Qualified Teacher Statusdesirable

Queen Elizabeth's School

Queen Elizabeth's

hr@queen-elizabeths.school

158 Northgate
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Wakefield
West Yorkshire
01924 231 600

Safeguarding Information

Wakefield Grammar School Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people, therefore all of our appointments are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) and satisfactory references.


At Wakefield Grammar School Foundation we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to quality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.