Director of Modern Languages and EAL
Bolton St Catherine's Academy, Bolton, BL2 4HUThis job expired on 22 April 2025
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 56,316 - 62,202
Director of Modern Languages and EAL job summary
Bolton St Catherine’s Academy
Director of Modern Languages and EAL
Leadership Group L6 - L10 (£56,316 - £62,202)
1.0 FTE
Permanent Contract
Required 1st September 2025
Are you excited by the idea of transforming young lives through modern foreign languages?
Do you believe in broadening horizons and opening doors to new opportunities through Spanish and French?
If so, we want to hear from you at BSCA!
Bolton St Catherine’s Academy is seeking an exceptional and inspiring Director of Modern Languages and EAL to lead our MFL department and help take it to the next level. This is a rare opportunity to shape and develop language learning in a school that is ambitious, improving rapidly, and committed to excellence with a supportive SLT led by a linguist headteacher.
We are a 3-16 all age fully inclusive Academy. Our school is on an exciting journey, and we are incredibly proud of the culture we are building here. Our recent Ofsted Inspection highlighted the fantastic progress we have made as an academy. We offer state-of-the-art facilities in an amazing £36 million building providing staff with the opportunity to teach in a cutting-edge and vibrant environment.
We are also fully committed to staff development, with over 60 hours CPD and development annually, as well as our own leadership development programmes.
Our students deserve the very best, if you believe so too, come and look around!
Main Duties:
Lead and develop the MFL department, ensuring exemplary teaching and learning.
The successful candidate will be someone who:
We are looking for a passionate, committed, and skilled language specialist who:
· Is an excellent teacher of Spanish, with some knowledge of French.
· Has experience leading or developing an MFL department, increasing options uptake and securing outcomes.
· Has high expectations for students and a track record of improving outcomes.
· Is committed to ensuring every pupil, regardless of background, has access to a world-class education.
· Brings energy, creativity, and a vision for the future of language learning at BSCA.
· Model and drive the values and vision of the school.
In return we can offer:
· A paid premium to a Healthcare Cash Plan to claim back contributions towards dental, optical and other medical costs via UK Healthcare
· 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme
· Amazing benefits and discounts via UK Healthcare
· Fantastic facilities
· A lunch allowance for those colleagues volunteering to assist in lunchtime duties or activities
· A supportive and ambitious leadership team.
· Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
· A rapidly improving school with a commitment to high standards.
· A chance to make a real difference in a vibrant and diverse community.
· This is more than a job—it’s a chance to change lives through languages. If you have the passion, drive, and ambition to lead our MFL department, we’d love to hear from you.
Application information:
For more information visit our website www.boltonstcatherinesacademy.org.uk or contact our Business Operations Team on 01204 332553 or by emailing hr@boltonstcatherinesacademy.org.uk
To apply please complete the application form via Face-Ed using the link.
Please do not send CV’s as they will not be considered.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
The Bishop Fraser Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to child protection screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and also past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.
Closing date: Tuesday 22nd April 2025 @ 9.00am
Interviews: Friday 25th April 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
The Bishop Fraser Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to child protection screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and also past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.
About Bolton St Catherine's Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1051 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bolton St Catherine's Academy website
Bolton St Catherine’s Academy educates children and young people from 3 to 16 years of age. The values of Bolton St Catherine’s Academy are underpinned by a growing Christian ethos and is an inclusive Academy for those of Christian faith, for those of other faiths, and those of no faith. St Catherine is the patron saint of students and scholars and at Bolton St Catherine’s Academy, learning is at the heart of everything.
Students will leave the Academy with
• Good academic outcomes
• The Christian values of respect, tolerance and service
• A positive and enduring outlook
so that they live happy, healthy and purposeful lives – irrespective of their background or circumstances.
The entire Academy is geared to support every single child as they develop and progress, guaranteeing success for each individual. Bolton St Catherine’s Academy is located in a £36million building with innovative spaces and state of the art facilities to support children’s learning. These facilities are amongst the very best in the country and support in delivering a rich, varied and relevant curriculum.
Challenging targets and goals are set for every single student and staff work tirelessly to ensure these are achieved. Children learn and develop most effectively when they are happy and secure. At Bolton St Catherine’s Academy staff strive to develop an environment in which learners thrive, working to develop trust and mutual respect between everybody within the Academy and beyond.
It is through the school’s new values of Believe, Strive, Care and Achieve, that the Academy will continue to build on the progress it has made. In 2018, the Primary school gained the best KS2 results of any school in the BL2 postcode area and was in the top 3 % nationally for Maths and the top 10% nationally for Writing.
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