Head of MFL

The Role

• To take a lead role in the creation of a transformational school community by developing and leading an exciting Spanish curriculum which enables the highest level of pupil progress and attainment.
• To lead and manage teaching and support staff working in the Spanish department
• To be part of a middle leadership team that are sharply focused on improving standards at the academy

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development of all subject teachers and support staff in the Spanish department
• Develop and maintain an outstanding quality of teaching and learning
• Ensure rigorous monitoring and assessment across the Spanish department to enable students to achieve challenging targets.
  
  

• Ensure all staff have medium- and long-term plans to teach rigorous and rewarding lessons
• Ensure that the curriculum in Spanish is appropriate yet stretching for all
• Implement regular and robust assessments that provide valid measures of student achievement
• Embed effective moderation of assessment practices to ensure reliability and validity
• Ensure all pupil data is understood and analysed by each member of your team so that it can be used to inform planning and intervention for sub-groups and individual students

• When required, participate in recruitment, selection and induction activities
• Take responsibility for the line management, performance management and appraisal of staff in the department in line with Academy policy
• Manage the departmental budget and resources effectively and efficiently

• Model outstanding teaching and lead collaborative planning and development, including the sharing of resources and best practice within the department
• Be responsible for tracking student progress across the faculty, analysing all relevant data to make data-driven changes to the curriculum design and intervention strategies and using the data to monitor the performance of subject staff
• Be accountable for student progress in Spanish across the school at all key stages, ensuring that all students achieve results in line with, or better than, value-added predictions
• Monitor the work of the department through rigorous and regular lesson observations, work scrutinise, and provide detailed, constructive feedback
• Lead joint practice development across the faculty subject teams, ensuring that outstanding practice is shared with all staff in the faculty and the wider school, and work with other department heads to exploit cross-year and cross-curricular links
• Plan, deliver, monitor and evaluate the curriculum provision and enrichment for all year groups within the department, consulting with the relevant subject leaders
• Monitor the identification of and provision for students with individual needs, and develop differentiated learning and teaching methods and schemes of learning
• Participate actively throughout the network, by attending relevant meetings, and, as appropriate, delivering network-wide training and initiatives

• Contribute to the development of an Academy culture and ethos that is utterly committed to high achievement and exemplary behaviour
• Live the values of the academy by modelling caring and respectful behaviour
• Support the academy’s vision by contributing to the development and implementation of policies practices and procedures
• Work alongside other middle leaders to help create a strong community of learners, characterised by everyone seeking advice on how to improve and develop
• Support, work in collaboration and share best practice with colleagues and other professionals in and beyond the Academy

• Offer enrichment opportunities that stretch and challenge
• Work closely with the SEN department so that low attaining students are supported in making rapid and sustained progress

• • Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by members of the SLT or Principal.
  • Undertake the other main professional duties of a teacher as set out in the ARK schools pay and conditions of service document

 Role review

This job description sets out the main duties of the post at the time of drafting. It cannot be read as an exhaustive list. These responsibilities will be discussed annually as part of the post holder’s annual performance review and are subject to change. However, it may be altered at any time subject to need in consultation with the post holder subject to the Principal’s approval.

• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Twice as many training days as standard.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

At Ark Evelyn Grace, we believe that education is transformational; that is why what we do matters and why we are always seeking to improve our practice.

We intend for Ark Evelyn Grace Academy to be the school of choice in the local community, whose reputation is centred on great teaching, exemplary behaviour and unrivalled opportunities beyond the classroom.

Our academy is a community. You will join a friendly, motivated team who places pupils at the heart of every decision. All of us play an essential role in making our school a safe, secure and enjoyable place to be.

Our 2022 staff survey found that 81% of staff at Ark Evelyn Grace Academy agree that their line manager listens to and values their opinions.