Subject Leader of MFL

Leader of MFL, teaching French and/or Spanish Caludon Castle School TMS/UPS with TLR2A Full time

Start Date:

September 2026

Student learning is at the heart of everything we do at Caludon: our vision is to create an innovative learning environment which promotes high standards, celebrates excellence and personal achievement and encourages respect to all, from all, through fostering curiosity in a supportive, co‑operative environment. If this resonates with you and you want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated professional to lead our Languages department. You will be both ambitious and passionate about teaching Spanish and/or French and bringing out the best from every single one of our students.

• Be an excellent practitioner with a passion for learning and teaching and a desire to ensure that the quality of learning in languages is great.
• Be a leader with a desire to achieve the very best outcomes and deliver excellent, inclusive provision for all our students.
• Have a record of consistently delivering strong GCSE results across a range of abilities.
• Have an ability to support, motivate and develop teachers to improve their practice.
• Have an ability to engage, enthuse and motivate students and staff.
• Be a committed, competent, reflective and resilient individual determined to make a profound difference to the lives of our students.

• A range of benefits which include cycle to work, free parking, an employee discount scheme, a laptop/iPad.
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition including a cash back health plan.
• Annual Learning & Teaching Conference for all Teaching Staff.

We are proud to be part of Castle Phoenix Trust. This facilitates an opportunity to play to your strengths and provide excellent collaboration between colleagues and leaders, access to effective CPD and the chance to develop professionally. The Trust is committed to invest in and develop all staff and, most importantly, bring about the best possible outcomes for our students who deserve the very best.

Our Trust values are really important to all of us and include Respect to All, From All, Innovation and Collaboration.

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date for applications, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.