Head of MFL

Head of MFL

Location: Sheffield Park Academy, Beaumont Road North, Sheffield, S2 1SN

Starting salary: Competitive Teachers Pay Range, United Learning Trust’s Pay Policy applies + TLR1 £5,706 per annum

Contract: Permanent, Full- Time

The closing date for this post is Midnight, Sunday 16 of April 2023

Interviews will take place soon after

Start date: September 2023

‘Leaders are ambitious for all pupils to achieve highly’

‘This is a school where students care for students and are determined that they succeed’

OFSTED report, December 2022

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic, and influential Head of MFL to lead our current department due to our current Head of department moving abroad. We are looking for someone who can provide inspiring and outstanding leadership or quickly develop as an outstanding leader to ensure that learning and progress in MFL continue an upward trajectory and who embodies our core values of ambition, knowledge and determination. Our mission statement is to create Sheffield’s Influential young leaders of tomorrow and you will play a key role in equipping students with the language skills to attain a range of prestigious positions and life experiences.

We are a flourishing 11-18 school and were graded OFSTED good in December 2022 but we want to become Outstanding and we need an ambitious, determined and driven individual to help play a key role in this. Our school has motivated, ambitious students with a high percentage of our students going on to attend Russell group universities while we have recently secured our first Oxford and Eton offer for students.

The post comes with the opportunity to teach A-level. We will consider applications from a range of experience, minimum 2 years teaching, more important for us is your focus, impact and ability to motivate students and staff towards the highest of standards and a genuine belief that students have the potential to achieve highly.

The academy has over 1,200 pupils and is situated in purpose-built £30million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities. We are part of the United Learning Trust, one of the largest and most successful academy trusts in the country who offer unrivalled CPD and opportunities for nationwide networking and development opportunities.

The city of Sheffield itself is a vibrant place to live and work with two universities and a range of entertainment opportunities alongside the access to the Beautiful Peak District within 20 minutes. Quality of life is routinely ranked very highly, and it is one of the greenest cities in Europe.

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The role may ideally suit someone who is looking to make the step into middle leadership and develop their career into senior leadership within the next 3 to 4 years. We are a school that is committed to developing MFL with a significant EBacc entry, a range of talented students with above national average EAL and Pupil Premium intake. We would like to develop our offer at KS5 and introduce Spanish so experience of either would be beneficial as well as developing links with countries abroad to increase our students’ range of experience.

We are looking for applicants who are able evidence a strong track record of student achievement with their own classes and who have the potential to make a significant impact on the lives and education of the children they teach. This will need to be demonstrated in your application and be clear at interview. The ability to deliver French is essential, we would also welcome applications from multilinguists who can deliver Spanish.

At Sheffield Park Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.

What we can offer you:

• An academy making rapid, sustained improvement.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme including in-house MA.
• A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Caring, dedicated and friendly students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
• Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• Opportunities to be creative and to inspire your students.

In return, we are looking for:

•  An ‘outstanding’ teacher with strong leadership qualities who can evidence significant progress and attainment from their students over a protracted period of time.
• Someone who shares our moral purpose of ensuring that all of our young people receive the best education possible in a supportive environment from people who care about them.
• Someone who is resilient, dynamic and passionate about improving the life chances of all children in our community.

If you possess these qualities and share the academy’s vision, then we will be delighted to hear from you. Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

To apply, please complete our online application form, CVs are not accepted. If you have any queries regarding this role, please email hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk

United Learning

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

We are part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are open to discussing flexible working options.

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link: https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3043453?cid=1567

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