Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages

Teacher of Languages (Spanish Specialist)

Required: September 2025

Type: Full Time, fixed term until 31st August 2026

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits

The Role

Sutton High School is seeking an engaging and passionate teacher with the ability to teach Spanish to A Level, to our highly motivated girls. It would be beneficial if you could teach a second language to KS3 level (French, Mandarin or German). In your application, please let us know the languages you can offer.

The successful candidate should have the capability to teach across the secondary age range in Spanish, creating challenging and thought-provoking lessons, with an emphasis on creativity and collaboration.

This role would suit an experienced teacher or an ECT, within a supportive department with superb ECT provision for professional development. At our school, girls want to learn, and you can focus on teaching your subject and enthusing them. Experienced teachers receive a generous planning allowance (20% PPA). For ECTs, additional planning time is given, and we have a comprehensive ECT mentoring programme.

This is a fixed term position, for one year.

Applications will be considered in the order in which they are received, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable applicant be found.

About Sutton High School

Sutton High School is an academically selective independent day school for 850 girls with an age range of 3 to 18 years. We are situated on a green and leafy site in central Sutton, close to excellent public transport links and major roads. Both Senior and Prep Schools are amongst the top schools in the country, with our A Level results placing us in the top 100 in national rankings in 2024.

Sutton High School is characterised by a warm, happy and inclusive community, where girls support each other to aspire and achieve, and individuality is celebrated.

Why Sutton High School?

The school is a member of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) and the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). Membership of the GDST, the largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, gives us unrivalled opportunities for training and sharing of good practice in teaching and learning.

Employee Benefits Include:

1. Competitive salaries and annual pay progression
2. Membership of the GDST flexible pension scheme (up to 18% employer contribution and flexibility to generate a pay top-up of up to 10% of pensionable salary in lieu of pension)
3. 35 week school year (including INSET days) across 3 terms with a two-week break in the Autumn
4. Access to extensive professional development opportunities
5. Training grants for qualifications
6. Free life assurance benefit
7. A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
8. Full-time teaching staff are permitted to work from home for one morning or afternoon per week
9. Free lunches for all staff during term time (equivalent to at least £740 per year)
10. Interest-free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
11. A Cycle to Work scheme
12. Good transport links
13. Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For further details and to apply, please click the apply button.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 3rd April 2025.

Sutton High School is part of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust) - the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.