About Us

Full time, Part time, Permanent
Start date: September 2025   

We are seeking a teacher of French to join us in September 2025.

You will deliver specialist modern foreign language (MFL) provision, teaching French to children in Key Stage 2 (Year 3 to Year 6) at Belleville Primary School, a popular, successful, outstanding school in Battersea.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has taught children successfully, meeting their many and varied needs.
• Has evidence of being an excellent teacher.
• Has evidence of raising standards and accelerating pupil progress.
• Can assess, record and report on the achievements of pupils.
• Has the ability to further develop our French curriculum and lesson plans.
• Is fluent in both French and English.
• Has thorough subject knowledge.
• Understands the purpose, structure and balance of the National Curriculum and its requirements (particularly for Key Stage 2).
• Keeps abreast of national and local education developments.
• Works well with and can communicate effectively with pupils, staff, parents and carers.
• Is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children.

For more details about the role and what we are looking for, please download the job description and person specification.

Belleville is an ambitious, vibrant and supportive place to work.

Ofsted (March 2022) say:

• Pupils thrive at Belleville. Pupils speak with enthusiasm about the rich curriculum they learn. Pupils behave very well and engage positively with their learning
• Staff are proud to work at Belleville. They receive extensive professional development and are appreciative of this. They feel their workload is well managed by leaders who welcome their input on how the school operates.

We are a very successful, popular, outstanding school with a focus on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all children. We have two school sites (Belleville Webbs and Belleville Meteor), a fantastic staff team and a supportive parent/carer community. We are in a vibrant area of south London with excellent transport links. Our proximity to Clapham Junction gives us easy access to central London and out across the south of England.

We have strong systems in place to help children achieve, so learning behaviour is excellent here. We provide amazing enrichment opportunities including visits, trips and clubs. We have a committed staff team, supportive parents and carers, and most importantly, truly incredible children!

Belleville is part of Quality First Education (Q1E), a successful Multi-Academy Trust with four primary schools on five sites across south London. This is an exciting time for us and we want the best people to join us. We would love to hear from you.

An Application Form, Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below.

Please email your completed Q1E Application Form and Equal Opportunities Form to recruitment@q1e.org.uk. Please title your email “Belleville French Teacher.” 

Closing date: Noon on 22 April 2025

Note on Safeguarding: 

• The trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  
• All staff are required to read and comply with policies and procedures relating to Child Protection and Safeguarding, and report concerns to the appropriate person. Our child protection and safeguarding policy can be found on our website. 
• All our roles are school-based and will involve some work with children. Therefore:

• It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
• You will be required to obtain an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). 
• The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

• We cannot accept a curriculum vitae in place of an application form.

Belleville Primary School 
Belleville Road, SW11 6PR
And Meteor Street, SW11 5NZ
Tel: 020 7228 6727 
Email: recruitment@q1e.org.uk

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils