Curriculum Leader for MFL

CURRICULUM LEADER FOR MFL

(Full-time Permanent)

Start Date: September 2018

Salary: L1-6

Bradford Forster Academy is a new 11-16 Church of England secondary Academy and part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT), a growing Christian Multi-Academy Trust based in Bradford. The Academy opened on 1st September 2015 and now has 550 students on roll in years 7, 8 and 9 and will grow to four year groups in September 2018. Within BDAT there is an exciting opportunity to work across a variety of growing diverse schools.

This is a very exciting time for us and we are now looking to appoint a Curriculum Leader for MFL to lead this key area of the Academy. The appointed candidate will be able to join us and build their own department and is a unique opportunity for the right individual to help shape and build on the vision and ethos of the Academy. 

The Curriculum Leader will be a member of the Academy Middle Leadership Team. This is a wonderful opportunity for a talented and ambitious professional to make a sustained and substantial contribution to the growth and development of the Academy. The role offers the successful candidate a challenge that will be both rewarding and fulfilling and will support you to achieve your own personal career goals and aspirations. 

You should:

• Be an outstanding and experienced classroom practitioner of French and also Spanish (this is preferable but not essential)
• Have a “Good” or better teaching record
• Have strong experience working with children in a secondary setting
• Have leadership or management experience
• Have the ability to support staff in regularly monitoring and evaluating individual      student progress
• Be able to monitor and evaluate the performance  of students, significantly contributing to continuous improvement and enthuse students to achieve their full potential
• Have experience of leading, managing and motivating the team to ensure positive outcomes are achieved
• Be inspirational to colleagues and students – sharing best practice 

In return for your commitment we can offer:

• An academy and senior leadership team that will allow you to be inspirational, proactive and play an active part in our school improvement
• Tailored CPD with a strong commitment on developing individual career paths
• A stimulating, attractive and welcoming learning environment
• A brand new purpose built building with state of the art technology and resources
• An approach which supports and stimulates professional growth 
• A supportive Leadership Team, with the head and an Assistant head who teach MFL

(As Bradford is an opportunity area and languages a shortage subject, you may qualify to have your student loan repaid if you are successful - please refer to the link below: (https://www.bradfordteaching.org/bradford-dividend/student-loan-reimbursement-scheme/)

If you are looking to join an academy with a culture of professional learning and reflection, then we want to hear from you.  Visits to the academy are encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Shasta Ali, Business Manager, via email s.ali@bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk

Closing Date for applications is 9.00 am 16th April 2018

Interviews will be held on 19th April 2018

For full details, application form with information pack, please visit our website http://www.bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk/

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).