ECT Modern Languages Teacher (FrenchSpanish) – Secondary School – Wakefield

A welcoming and well-organised secondary school in Wakefield is seeking an enthusiastic Early Career Teacher (ECT) of Modern Foreign Languages to join its friendly and ambitious MFL department. This is a fantastic opportunity for a newly qualified linguist to begin their teaching career in a school with clear routines a well-sequenced curriculum and strong mentoring that helps ECTs grow quickly in confidence and classroom impact.

The school serves a diverse local community and is known for its calm learning environment consistent behaviour systems and a supportive leadership team that values professional development and staff wellbeing.

The Role

As ECT MFL Teacher (French/Spanish) you will teach across Key Stages 3 and 4 delivering engaging lessons that build students confidence in communication and their curiosity about language and culture. The curriculum is designed to develop:

• Strong listening and speaking confidence through structured practice

• Reading and translation skills using a wide range of texts

• Extended writing through modelling scaffolding and repeated practice

• Secure grammar and vocabulary through explicit teaching and regular retrieval

Students learn French and/or Spanish through topics that connect language to real life such as identity and relationships school and future plans leisure travel and holidays media social issues and cultural traditions. Lessons follow clear routines that support accuracy and fluency with a focus on helping students speak with confidence and write with increasing sophistication.

You will be supported to plan effectively assess learning consistently and build a positive classroom culture where students feel comfortable having a go with new language.

ECT Support and Development

The school offers a strong ECT programme aligned to the Early Career Framework. You will benefit from:

• A dedicated subject mentor with regular coaching and guidance

• Protected time for training planning and reflection

• Opportunities to observe experienced MFL colleagues and strong practice across the school

• Support with behaviour routines assessment and adaptive teaching

• Collaborative planning and shared resources to reduce workload

The school understands the demands of the first years of teaching and provides a structured pathway to developing excellent practice.

The Department

The MFL department is supportive and collaborative with a shared commitment to high standards and a positive culture around language learning. Teachers plan together share resources and use consistent approaches that help students build confidence and make strong progress.

Languages are valued within the school and the department works hard to ensure students feel successfulparticularly with speaking which is carefully scaffolded through routines modelling and regular low-stakes practice.

Where possible enrichment opportunities such as language clubs cultural events and themed days help students connect language learning to the wider world.

The School

The school has clear behaviour expectations and consistent routines that create calm classrooms and purposeful learning. Leaders are visible and supportive and staff benefit from practical professional development that strengthens classroom practice.

The school is committed to inclusion and supports learners with SEND and EAL through high-quality teaching thoughtful scaffolding and targeted interventions.

What the School is Looking For

The successful candidate will:

• Be an ECT (or soon-to-qualify) and hold or be working towards QTS

• Have strong subject knowledge in French and/or Spanish

• Deliver well-structured lessons that build fluency and accuracy

• Create a positive classroom culture where students feel confident speaking

• Be committed to developing through mentoring coaching and training

• Work collaboratively within a supportive MFL team

Why Join This School

• Strong ECT induction programme with subject-specific mentoring

• Supportive MFL department with shared planning and resources

• Clear behaviour systems that support confident teaching

• High-quality CPD and opportunities to develop your practice

• Welcoming Wakefield school community focused on student progress

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Early Career MFL teacher to build confidence develop excellent practice and inspire students through language and culture in a supportive Wakefield secondary school.