French Language Specialist

Summary

The King’s School, Canterbury is seeking to appoint an outstanding French Language Specialist to join our thriving Modern Languages Department.

Detail

Permanent 0.89fte from September 2026

The King’s School, Canterbury is seeking to appoint an outstanding French Language Specialist to join our thriving Modern Languages Department.

This is an exciting opportunity for a fluent or native-level French speaker with a passion for language-learning and cultural enrichment to play a leading role in developing pupils’ French across GCSE, A Level and DELF pathways. The successful candidate will be responsible for the Department's provision of high-quality conversation classes, deliver targeted linguistic support and tuition, as well as inspire a love of French language and culture across the School.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 11 June 2026. Interviews are likely to take place on 15 June 2026.

Direct applications only. We are not accepting applications or CVs from recruitment agencies for this position.

The King’s School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process which is in line with the statutory Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates.

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.