Language Assistant (French and Spanish)

Part-time, term-time only, fixed term contract until June 2025

8.30am - 4.00pm, 1 day per week, per language (flexible on which day)

Thank you for your interest in our vacancy for French and Spanish Language Assistants. We are seeking to appoint one French and one Spanish Language Assistant on a part-time, fixed term basis who will work both on a one-to-one basis and with small groups of students to prepare them for oral exams and to provide general support in their studies. This is a great opportunity for passionate, dedicated and enthusiastic linguists to join our thriving Modern Foreign Languages team. The post may suit someone with Qualified Teacher Status, who is a native level French or Spanish speaker, or who is a recent graduate aspiring to become a teacher. If you are able to speak both French and Spanish fluently the two roles could be combined. We can be flexible about which day/s the language assistant/s will work.

At Sutton Girls, we provide high quality teaching and learning, strong pastoral support and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities within a caring environment that values character development and wellbeing. Students are highly motivated, have a thirst for knowledge and a desire to learn. Whilst we have a long history of excellent GCSE and A-level results, we provide students with so much more than mastery of examination syllabuses. Our vision is for all students to have a love of learning, a positive and resilient approach with a strong sense of community. Each individual will be encouraged to be aspirational, prepared for their future and inspired to make a difference.

Our culture is one which celebrates the diversity of the school’s intake and through the assembly, tutor time and Personal Development programme we build an understanding, kind, and respectful ethos. Our wide variety of extra-curricular activities enable students to develop their existing skills, discover new ones and broaden their horizons. There are numerous opportunities including sport, music, drama, DofE, STEM, various student led clubs and many residential trips, including CERN, World Challenge visits to Tanzania and China, ski trips to Italy and Canada. Our students are drawn from across the city of Birmingham, with many travelling long distances to be a part of Sutton Girls. There are over 1200 students in the school, including 316 students in our Sixth Form. We continue to be oversubscribed at Year 7 with six form entry throughout Years 7 to 11; many students also choose to join the school in Year 12. 

This is a supportive and happy environment in which teaching and support staff work together to provide students with a high quality, broad and balanced education.

Closing date for applications: 9.30am on Tuesday 5th November 2024

Interviews to be held: Thursday 7th November 2024

If you would like to find out more about the role and the application process for this post, please visit the vacancy section of our website: www.suttcold.bham.sch.uk/vacancies.

Alternatively, please email recruitment@suttcold.bham.sch.uk and a member of our HR team will contact you.

We look forward to hearing from you!