Teacher of French (with German)
Teacher of French (with German) For April 2025
(Part Time Maternity Cover)
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Modern Foreign Languages Department in a thriving school as a part-time Teacher of French (up to 0.3FT maternity cover) from April 2025.
The ability to teach German, including Literature, is desirable and brings the possibility of extending the maternity cover to April 2026.
The successful candidate will be an excellent classroom practitioner with the ability to encourage and inspire our French language students. Experience of teaching the GCSE, A-Level and International Baccalaureate qualifications would be preferred.
The ideal candidate would also have the ability to teach German language and literature at Sixth Form level (including IB), opening up the possibility of extending the maternity cover from September 2025 to April 2026.
In addition to their classroom teaching, all Fettes staff make significant contributions to the varied extra-curricular life of this vibrant boarding school.
Fettes College is a leading HMC co-educational boarding and day school close to the heart of Edinburgh. It has a strong tradition of academic, sporting and cultural excellence underpinned by outstanding pastoral care.
Fettes opened its doors in 1870 and became fully co-educational in 1980: it is now an independent school of some 730+ students. There are 560 students in the Senior School (13-18 years) and 170 students in the Preparatory School (7-13 years).The academic staff in the College consists of the Head and 85 full-time members of the Common Room. Our Prep School shares the same site and consists of a further 28 teaching staff. September 2025 will herald a new chapter for Fettes College with the opening of a Pre-Prep School within the Prep School.
The school stands on a magnificent site of approximately 100 acres but is still within walking distance of Edinburgh’s city centre. The historic main building holds the Chapel, Library, the English, Classics and History Departments as well as the Medical Centre and two boarding houses.A large purpose-built teaching block (the Spens Building) houses Art, Modern Languages, Mathematics, Economics, Geography and Music. The Theatre, Science Laboratories and Dining Hall are adjacent. The Preparatory School and nine further boarding houses (including Craigleith, our U6th House, specifically designed to prepare students for university) are also on the campus.
Our sports facilities (including extensive playing fields, two all-weather pitches and a private Health Club) are excellent.
As well as our teaching staff, we employ over 200 operational staff across the many departments, including Estates, Security, Housekeeping, Finance, HR, Admissions and Marketing with a pervading sense of community amongst staff, students and parents alike.
Conditions of the Appointment- The appointment will start from the end of April 2025 (start of Summer Term). If interested in a later start date, please contact recruitment@fettes.com to discuss further.
- The appointment will last one term with the option of extending for the right candidate to April 2026.
- Salary will be by negotiation and will depend on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate.
- All applicants must be either registered with the GTCS or eligible for GTCS registration. If you are unsure of your eligibility you must check the GTCS website (www.gtcs.org.uk) before applying.
- Subject to the availability of places at the time of entry, you will be eligible for a generous staff discount on school fees.
Applications are via the link on our website: https://www.fettes.com/about-us/work-with-us. The closing date for applications is Monday 24th February and interviews will be held on Thursday 6th March.
Fettes College aims to provide a workplace in which all staff are treated in a fair and consistent manner. We will ensure, to the best of our ability, that staff and all others who have contact with the College are not discriminated against, either directly or indirectly.
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity in all areas of dealing with staff, whether in recruitment and selection, promotion or training and development.
We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and welcome applications from under-represented communities. We particularly encourage applications from applicants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates. If you would like to have an informal conversation about the culture at Fettes College, or have any questions about how this might work for you, please contact Sadia Hussain-Savuk, our DEI Lead at S.Hussain-Savuk@fettes.com.