Teacher of Mandarin - TMS

“Students flourish at this exceptional school” – Ofsted 2024

 We require, for September 2025 a well-qualified, enthusiastic and dedicated Teacher of Mandarin to join our highly successful Modern Foreign Languages department.

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented Mandarin teacher to help us build on the success of our Mandarin language stream which by September 2025 will have filtered up to Year 10.

The role would include some outreach teaching in our partnership secondary and primary schools, so holding a full driving licence is essential. As we grow our Mandarin provision over the next few years, with the support of the Swire Chinese Language Foundation; in 2025, we will have a Mandarin GCSE group in Year 10.

The successful candidate could be a colleague new to the profession, looking to begin their career at an outstanding school, who would be supported through our excellent NQT programme; equally, we would be delighted to receive applications from more experienced teachers seeking new challenges.

This presents an exciting opportunity to join this rapidly expanding, oversubscribed academy that has been judged by Ofsted to be Outstanding in 2009, 2013 and 2024.  The school has a long held tradition of high academic standards nurtured within a caring, inclusive school community.  We have a successful track record of providing an education which delivers consistently high standards as well as the resilience and emotional intelligence which ensures that our young people have the potential to be leaders of the future. 

Bartholomew School is a friendly and vibrant comprehensive school of over 1300 students situated in the village of Eynsham, between Oxford to the east and the Cotswolds to the west. Judged Outstanding by Ofsted, we pride ourselves on having the highest of academic expectations for our students within a caring and nurturing environment.

It is central to our vision that people enjoy their time with us and we do everything that we can to ensure that a positive school environment promotes development of staff and students alike. We offer the successful candidate a commitment to providing excellent professional development and support in developing their career. This will be a key appointment for our continued success.

The EPA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  Successful candidates will be required to undertake and receive a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service check as well as attending safeguarding training as part of this role. 

Please head to our website to see our promotional films and get a real taste for life at Bartholomew: https://youtu.be/JgfpQ59FKZg

For further details and an application pack please contact, Mrs Suzanne Nobes, at the school on 01865 881430 extn 1050 or via email at recruitment@bartholomew.epatrust.org 

The closing date for applications will be 12.00 noon on Monday, 21^st April 2025 with interviews to follow soon after.