Teacher of Languages (Maternity Cover)


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Southampton, SO31 7DU
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	22 Oct 2026
Closing date:	2 Nov 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Brookfield is an over-subscribed 11-16 mixed comprehensive with around 1800 students on roll.

We seek to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Languages specialist to join our successful team of dedicated teachers, committed to raising aspirations and bringing out the best in our students.

This post offers an opportunity for an inspirational practitioner to join a team that achieves excellent outcomes for its students. In recent years, the percentage of students getting a grade 4 or better in French, German and Spanish is above 80%, with over 30% achieving a grade 7 or above.

What the school offers its staff

• A committed, enthusiastic, open and accessible team of staff with a desire to continue to move the school forward.

• A thorough and engaging staff wellbeing programme including access to counselling, private GP and physiotherapy.

• Excellent and varied CPD to ensure you continue to develop.

• Broad and diverse opportunities for professional development.

• Participation in our teacher appraisal process, including regular meetings with your appraiser.

• Access to our Brookfield sharing practice site.

• Bespoke 1:1 support available from our Leading Practitioners.

Provision for ECTs:

ECTs are exceptionally well supported at Brookfield and all staff have access to a full range of high-quality professional development opportunities, complemented by a highly regarded new staff induction programme.

• A mentor who will run regular mentor meetings to help guide you through your ECT year

• A 10% reduction in teaching timetable in year 1

• A 5% reduction in teaching timetable in year 2

• A full ECT induction programme for the ECT years, run and delivered by Ambition Institute

• An in-school bespoke additional training tailored to each ECT

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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