MFL Lead - French & Spanish, Curriculum & Leadership

Marchant Recruitment; Rishton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

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).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

QTS

Leadership experience

Education

Honours degree in Modern Languages

Job description

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.