Head of Spanish with EAL
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQ6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS with excellent £10,000 allowance - Experience dependant
Head of Spanish with EAL job summary
The Great Schools Trust are seeking a passionate Head of Spanish with oversight of EAL at the King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes. This is a fantastic opportunity for an excellent leader and classroom practitioner who thrives on student success, is willing to go the extra mile, and wants to be part of a supportive, ambitious team.
King’s Hawthornes is part of the Great Schools Trust, ranked No. 2 nationally for most improved multi-academy trust in 2025. Our schools don’t just deliver academic excellence – they transform lives. We are relentless in our focus on people and wellbeing, ensuring that staff are supported, developed and valued. With dedicated weekly CPD time, access to leading leadership programmes and a trust-wide commitment to work-life balance, this is a place where both students and teachers thrive.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the MFL and Spanish curriculum, working with a dynamic team dedicated to academic excellence and character development. This is also an exciting opportunity to support students with EAL. Our ASPIRE Values – Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Endeavour – underpin everything we do.
Why Join Us?
At King’s Hawthornes, we are proud of our culture. According to our latest anonymous Edurio Staff Survey. Our staff don’t just work here—they believe in what we do. One colleague praised the “amazing, supportive staff who truly act with integrity and have the best interests of the school at heart.” From the camaraderie of departments to the “open door, kind culture”, the strength of our team is consistently highlighted. Staff appreciate being part of a trust that is “at the cutting edge of research,” and speak highly of the leadership: “I can go to my line manager with any problems, and she always offers immediate advice.”
- Reduce workload with our AI-powered assessment platform, freeing up time for impactful teaching
- Comprehensive CPD with weekly professional development and leadership link meetings
- Career growth opportunities within a thriving multi-academy trust
- Excellent benefits, including a competitive salary, pension scheme, BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, and flexible working options
Who We Are Looking For
We want an inspirational Head of Spanish with EAL with:
- Strong subject knowledge and a passion for learning.
- The ability to engage and motivate students.
- High expectations for academic achievement and personal development.
The department currently boasts excellent results, above the national average, delivering Spanish at KS3 and KS4. The current Head of Department is seeking retirement and is keen to fully support the successful candidate. Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
If you would like to visit our wonderful academy, please contact Phoebe Prenderville, details below.
Safeguarding Commitment
King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Join us and help ignite creativity, confidence, and a lifelong love for the MFL at King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes!
Commitment to safeguarding
The Great Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including an enhanced DBS check. Please note you must have the right to work in the UK.
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 King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 636 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes website
King’s Hawthornes is situated in Bootle, several miles from Liverpool city centre. The school is part of The Great Schools Trust, an expanding multi-academy trust based in the North West.
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes is a growing school of committed, friendly staff and a cohort of students who are polite, enthusiastic and keen to learn right across the curriculum. We are a school centred in our Aspire Values – Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Endeavour. It is these values that drive our behaviours and relationships, a lingua franca that helps to bind our community together. An inspector captured the mission of the school when he observed that we were ‘building better people,’ something we are proud of.
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