Head of Languages

Ark Bolingbroke Academy, London, SW11 6BF

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2027 or September 2027

• Closing date

  23 November 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  4 November 2026

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: £41,328 - £65,000 per year

Head of Languages job summary

We’re proud to share that our school has been recognised as a top-performing secondary school nationally, receiving a Top 10% badge for Employee Line Management in the Spring 2026 census with The Engagement Platform (TEP).

The Role
The Head of Languages will provide strategic and operational leadership of Languages across the academy, developing an ambitious, inclusive and academically rigorous curriculum from KS3 to KS5. The postholder will lead French and Spanish provision alongside the academy's community languages offer, ensuring that all pupils, including multilingual pupils and native speakers, are supported and challenged to achieve highly.
The postholder will lead the Languages team, develop excellent classroom practice, use assessment and performance data intelligently to improve outcomes, and build a culture in which language learning, multilingualism and cultural understanding are highly valued across the academy community.

Reports to: Assistant Principal 
Start date: Easter 2027 or September 2027
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Ark Main Payscale AM1 – AM6, £42,775 - £55,483 with TLR or £62,039 – 67,275 (Ark UPS 1-5), depending on experience   
Closing Date: Monday, 23rd November 2026

If you would like to discuss this opportunity or for any queries, please contact hr@arkbolingbrokeacademy.org.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ark Bolingbroke Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 793 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark Bolingbroke Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-bolingbroke-academy

We are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.

We want all staff to thrive, modelling leadership and determination to the pupils and students within our rich and diverse academy, working together to fulfil our vision of creating a centre of excellence within our local community.

Our talented teaching and support staff insist on high educational standards day-in and day-out resulting in over 80% of our students achieving a top-third university or top 100 apprenticeship including Bloomsburg. Universities include; University of Cambridge, Oxford University, Imperial College London, Royal Veterinary College, Kings College, London School of Economics & Political Science, University of Manchester, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, University of Cardiff and University of York to mention a few.

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