Long-Term French & Spanish Teacher (QTS) – Secondary School | March 2026 Start
Location: Bristol
Contract: Full-Time, Long-Term (Monday-Friday)
Hours: 8:15am – 3:15pm
Salary: Competitive (Dependent on Experience)
Are you an enthusiastic, skilled, and motivated Modern Foreign Languages teacher seeking a long-term role in a supportive and high-achieving school? We are working with a well-regarded secondary school in Bristol that is looking for a QTS French & Spanish Teacher to join their MFL department from March 2026. This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate linguist who wants stability, professional growth, and the chance to inspire students to develop a love of languages.
This school offers an inclusive, welcoming, and ambitious environment where every student is valued as an individual. With a strong emphasis on high expectations, personal development, and mutual respect, learners are encouraged to become confident communicators and culturally aware global citizens. The MFL department benefits from a well-sequenced curriculum, engaging teaching resources, and a dedicated team who work collaboratively to deliver high standards across French and Spanish at KS3 and KS4.
Why This School?
- A supportive and friendly school community built on shared values
- A culture of respect, ambition, and strong pastoral support
- Well-established systems focused on student wellbeing and personal growth
- Leadership committed to staff development, training, and wellbeing
- A vibrant, forward-thinking school at the heart of the Bristol community
About the Role
In this long-term role, you will deliver high-quality French and Spanish lessons across KS3 and KS4, bringing energy, expertise, and structure to your teaching. You will guide students through pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, cultural understanding, and communication skills, helping them grow in confidence and fluency. You will be responsible for planning lessons, marking, assessment, and contributing to the enrichment and development of the MFL curriculum.
You will establish clear routines, uphold high expectations, and encourage students to engage with language learning in a purposeful and enjoyable way.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver engaging French and Spanish lessons across KS3 and KS4
- Support students in building strong speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills
- Follow school policies, departmental schemes of work, and curriculum plans
- Maintain a calm, structured, and positive classroom environment
- Encourage cultural appreciation, confidence, and enjoyment of languages
- Provide extra support to learners who need help with understanding or confidence
- Contribute to the school’s inclusive, respectful, and community-focused ethos
- Promote high standards in linguistic accuracy, independence, and resilience
What We’re Looking For
- QTS with experience teaching French & Spanish at secondary level
- Strong classroom management and excellent communication skills
- Ability to motivate, challenge, and support mixed-ability learners
- A positive, proactive, and flexible approach to teaching
- Genuine passion for languages and helping young people succeed
- Commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, and school values
- Secondary teaching experience preferred – ECTs also welcome to apply
Benefits of Working with Monarch Education:
- Leading provider, Crown Commercial Service Approved
- Opportunity to enhance your CPD portfolio through our Affinity Academy
- Free Safeguarding training
- Refer a friend scheme – £200 bonus (you can make unlimited referrals)
- Online portal to manage your pay and timesheets
To learn more about us and what makes Monarch one of the leading education recruitment providers nationwide – please visit our website – About Us – Monarch (monarcheducation.co.uk)
Important Information:
- All pay rates provided are inclusive of rolled up holiday pay.
- Equal Opportunities – Monarch
- Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children daily, regulated activity is that any successful applicant’s applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check.
- This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.
