MFL Teacher – Gillingham School
Job Description
About the role
TEACHER OF MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES – FULL OR PART-TIME
Required September 2025, an enthusiastic, well-qualified teacher of Modern Foreign Languages. This is an opportunity for an ambitious, motivated candidate to play their part in the continued success of this large, thriving and dynamic department in our vibrant and supportive school. The department offers French and Spanish, including at A-Level and there continues to be a high take-up for languages at GCSE.
Closing date Friday 6th December 2024.
For further details Please contact Alex Stickland – 01747 822222 or [email protected]
Please apply online via the school website (https://www.gillingham-dorset.co.uk). We look forward to receiving an application form from you.
Further Information
Gillingham School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.