Welcome to Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, where we are proud of our heritage and are excited to be inspiring and empowering the aspirations of our students today. A state-funded school in the centre of Marlow, Borlase is recognised for excellent academic learning and an outstanding extra and super-curricular program.
An opportunity has arisen at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School for an enthusiastic and talented Languages specialist to join this outstanding Department.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and talented MFL specialist, passionate about enthusing young people to embrace language-learning. They will be a strong or emerging “outstanding” practitioner, confident in their use of strategies to challenge able linguists and instil confidence in those who find languages more challenging. They will have a willingness to develop pedagogy in the classroom and contribute to the wider activities in languages across the school.
This role is suitable for an ECT or an experienced teacher as the school has a strong, experienced staff.
The teacher would teach two languages (French and German), teaching at least one of these to A Level. There is also the opportunity to teach at least one of these languages at Key Stage 2 with help and support from the Head of Department who is experienced in developing primary school resources and teaching expertise.
The Modern Foreign Languages department currently teaches French, German and Spanish to A Level and Mandarin Classes to GCSE as part of the wider curriculum.
They will be committed to supporting the department in reviewing and developing the Year 7 -13 curriculum, keeping on top of and researching advances in pedagogical thinking. The department currently implements the NCELP/LDP schemes of work, though other approaches are incorporated into our lessons and support sessions.
The teacher would be involved in language exchanges and have the opportunity to contribute to extra curricular MFL activities such as Linguistics Olympiads, Theatre Trips, Performances and even the MFL Bake Off! (No previous experience required!)
MFL students go on to study Languages, Linguistics and a range of subjects in combination with languages at Oxford, Cambridge and other Russell Group Universities.
Please do contact us with any queries or if you would like to discuss your situation with us first.
For an application form please visit and click on Vacancies.
Applications submitted via email should be sent to HR at HR@marlowet.org
Closing date: 9am, Tuesday 4 March 2025.
Applications considered upon arrival.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should suitable candidates apply before the closing date.
The school is fully committed to the DfE guidance on Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education and all candidatesfor the post will therefore be subject to vetting procedures following Buckinghamshire Council’s guidance and the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Policy.
All shortlisted candidates will be will be subject to an online search as part of the safer recruitment process.