Are you seeking a new professional challenge in an innovative, world-class school? We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Teacher of French to join our vibrant Modern Languages Department on a fixed one-year, full-time contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering engaging French lessons to pupils throughout the School, fostering a love for languages, and promoting cultural awareness. You will play a key role in developing pupils’ linguistic skills and confidence, as well as preparing them for university courses (including Oxbridge). The ability to also teach Spanish is desirable. The Modern Languages Department is a busy department with a vibrant mélange of native, bilingual, trilingual and fluent speakers of a vast array of languages. Multiculturalism defines this eclectic department, and a stroll through the corridors will treat your ear to snippets of conversations in a whole range of languages from Arabic to Italian to Russian and Urdu. Wycombe Abbey is a world-class full-boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11-18. We have been at the forefront of girls’ boarding education for over 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the School’s hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe. Known for its world-class education, Wycombe Abbey encourages curiosity, innovation, leadership and delight in learning among its pupils. The School benefits from easy access to London (24 minutes to Marylebone), the Chiltern Hills and attractive towns such as Marlow, Henley-on-Thames and Beaconsfield. Heathrow is also just 20 miles away plus good transport links to other London airports. Benefits of working at Wycombe Abbey include: Enrolment in the School’s generous pension scheme. Fee school remission at Wycombe Abbey and selected prep schools. Generous CPD training and development scheme. Free parking. Free meals. Free use of the Sports Centre. Free eye tests. Access to the Employee Assistance Programme. To apply: Please see the job profile document for full information about this role. To apply, please complete an application form and submit this, together with a covering letter, to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan. Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team. Closing date for applications: Monday 21 April 2025. Interview date: Thursday 1 May 2025. We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications. Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare: All unspent convictions and conditional cautions. All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). Further information regarding filtered convictions, please refer to Filtering Guidance by the Ministry of Justice and Nacro Guidance. We are an equal opportunities employer. Wycombe Abbey is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.