Foreign Languages Assistant (French)
Part time, 6 hours per week, Monday and Tuesday
Term time plus 1 week
November 2025 or sooner if possible
Wells Cathedral School seeks a native French Foreign Languages Assistant, to work 6 hours per week, and assist exclusively with our Y13 pupils, focusing on their preparation for the Speaking examination with the AQA exam board. The FLA would also promote languages around the school, and support in the admin of displays around the languages area.
The successful candidate will work mostly with our A-Level pupils, ensuring that they receive one hour of contact time every week. The assistant’s specific qualities enable them to encourage pupils to express themselves orally, to introduce a fun dimension to learning and to discuss socio-cultural topics of interest to children and teenagers, in line with the exam board’s specifications. The main purpose of the FLA role is to support pupils’ preparation for the speaking examinations at A-Level.
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Wells Cathedral School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.
Closing date: Tuesday 23 September 2025, 12 noon
Interviews are scheduled to take place on: Monday 29 September 2025
Term time plus 1 week
November 2025 or sooner if possible
Wells Cathedral School seeks a native French Foreign Languages Assistant, to work 6 hours per week, and assist exclusively with our Y13 pupils, focusing on their preparation for the Speaking examination with the AQA exam board. The FLA would also promote languages around the school, and support in the admin of displays around the languages area.
The successful candidate will work mostly with our A-Level pupils, ensuring that they receive one hour of contact time every week. The assistant’s specific qualities enable them to encourage pupils to express themselves orally, to introduce a fun dimension to learning and to discuss socio-cultural topics of interest to children and teenagers, in line with the exam board’s specifications. The main purpose of the FLA role is to support pupils’ preparation for the speaking examinations at A-Level.
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Wells Cathedral School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.
Closing date: Tuesday 23 September 2025, 12 noon
Interviews are scheduled to take place on: Monday 29 September 2025
Application PackApplication FormWells Cathedral School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, and obtaining an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services certificate. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process we will carry out an online search as part of the School’s due diligence.All positions within the School are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions, including those which would normally be considered “spent” except those received for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules.