Curriculum Lead Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish and French)
River Academy, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8EQ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
21 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Modern Languages
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £41,510.00 - £54,920.00 Annually (Actual) MPR/UPR plus TLR 2b. The TLR will be reviewed after 12 months in line with the growth of the school.
Curriculum Lead Modern Foreign Languages (Spanish and French) job summary
This is a unique experience to be part of a small and dedicated school team and to support us to deliver routines and set expectations in line with ‘the River Way’. As a school we pride ourselves on quiet classrooms, calm corridors and practices that reduce workload and allow teachers to focus on their teaching craft. Our tutor times are well planned, with tutor reading, assemblies and settling activities each day to ensure the students can perform at their best in the classroom at all times. Students are expected to demonstrate good manners, strong oracy skills and high levels of personal and academic presentation.
River Academy also delivers excellent extra-curricular activities to all of our students through our after-school ‘Electives’ programme.
We have weekly training sessions on teaching and learning and you will work in a transparent coaching culture with peer observations happening on a weekly basis.
Ultimately, the student numbers will rise to 1,200 11-18 students and an additional resource base of 35 students when full. In the early years, we are looking for staff who are willing to be flexible to support the needs of students and to meet the operational needs of the school. This will provide excellent opportunities for staff to develop new skills and gain experience in different areas.
The successful candidate will:
- Have expertise in teaching Spanish and proficiency in teaching French.
- Bring creativity, innovation, and a passion for languages to their teaching and leadership.
- Be flexible in providing support and knowledge as needed and as the school grows.
- Have the ability to lead and enthuse a curriculum team and ensure accountability of expectations and practices.
- Have a willingness to develop their own practice in line with our ethos of continuous improvement.
- Be able to lead a team and ensure accountability of expectations and practices.
- Be a team player who will work within the ethos and practices of the school.
The school is part of the successful Maiden Erlegh Trust, whose staff have supported the development of the school through their knowledge and expertise. Maiden Erlegh Trust currently operates eight other schools in Berkshire and South Oxfordshire. The Trust has a reputation for driving high standards and excellence in all its schools, with a strong track record of outcomes and improving OFSTED grading.
Our People Development Curriculum provides professional development pathways for every role within the Trust, both teaching and support staff, through which staff can tailor CPD to their own needs.
We have a proven track record of supporting ambitious staff in to middle and senior leadership posts and can offer opportunities to broaden your impact on the sector through the work of the Maiden Erlegh Institute. We are very happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part-time working and job-sharing.
River Academy is a new state-of-the-art, purpose-built secondary school which serves the need for additional school places in the Reading area. Based in Richfield Avenue, the buildings will contain specialist teaching facilities in all areas of the curriculum including a wonderful hall, drama studio and sports studio.
River Academy has high expectations for all students and a firm focus on academic excellence and participation ingrained in our every action. To learn more about our school, please visit our website www.river-academy.co.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About River Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- Up to 1200 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- River Academy website (opens in new tab)
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