Head Of Modern Foreign Languages (French & Spanish) – Secondary Academy In Preston (January Start)

Marchant Recruitment; Rishton; Sur place; GBP 60 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Marchant Recruitment is assisting a high‑achieving secondary academy in Preston, Lancashire, to appoint an ambitious Head of Modern Foreign Languages. This full‑time, permanent role starts in January and covers leadership of French and Spanish across KS3–KS5, with emphasis on curriculum design and speaking examinations.

You will drive authentic speaking opportunities, monitor progress, and coordinate exchanges and immersion trips, reporting to SLT and steering the language department.

Qualifications

• QTS with an honours degree in Modern Languages.
• Near-native fluency in French and Spanish.
• Proven track record of strong GCSE and A-Level examination outcomes.
• Leadership capability or key stage language coordination experience.
• Enhanced DBS check on the Update Service (or willingness to apply).

Responsabilités

• Provide strategic direction, curriculum mapping, and operational management for French and Spanish.
• Teach engaging, high-rigor MFL lessons across KS3, KS4, and KS5.
• Lead, line-manage, and evaluate department teachers through peer lesson observations and CPD sessions.
• Coordinate GCSE and A-Level visiting speaking examiners, oral recordings, and external board submissions.
• Track student assessment data, implement targeted intervention groups, and organize regional spelling bees.
• Oversee international cultural exchanges, digital pen-pal links, and language immersion trips.

Connaissances

QTS

Leadership experience

Formation

Honours degree in Modern Languages

Description du poste

A high-achieving secondary academy in Preston, Lancashire, is seeking an ambitious Head of Modern Foreign Languages to lead its linguists on a full-time, permanent basis starting in January.

Job Overview

Languages form an essential pillar of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) pathway at this academy. The successful applicant will take strategic leadership over French and Spanish curricula across Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 (GCSE), and Key Stage 5 (A-Level), managing schemes of work, oral examination arrangements, and overseas exchange programs.

Working alongside senior leadership and a dedicated team of language specialists, you will develop authentic speaking opportunities, oversee target-language immersion pedagogies, and monitor student progress metrics. This is a full-time, permanent contract.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction, curriculum mapping, and operational management for French and Spanish
• Teach engaging, high-rigor MFL lessons across Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, and Key Stage 5
• Lead, line-manage, and evaluate department teachers through peer lesson observations and CPD sessions
• Coordinate GCSE and A-Level visiting speaking examiners, oral recordings, and external board submissions
• Track student assessment data, implement targeted intervention groups, and organize regional spelling bees
• Oversee international cultural exchanges, digital pen-pal links, and language immersion trips

Role Overview & Specifications

• Start Date: January
• Contract Type: Full-time, permanent contract
• Location: Preston, Lancashire
• Key Curriculum: AQA / Edexcel French & Spanish

Candidate Requirements

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with an honors degree in Modern Languages or near-native fluency in French and Spanish
• Proven track record of strong GCSE and A-Level examination outcomes
• Demonstrated leadership capability or key stage language coordination experience
• An active enhanced DBS check on the Update Service (or willingness to apply)