Head of MFL

Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0TP

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  22 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,872.00 - £56,154.00 Annually (FTE) TLR for a suitably qualified candidate

Head of MFL job summary

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious full-time Head of MFL to teach across all key stages, delivering engaging and challenging lessons that inspire students and enable them to achieve their full potential. Our students follow the AQA syllabus at both GCSE and A Level.

All classes are taught in mixed-ability groups from Year 7 upwards.
The Modern Foreign Languages Department achieves outstanding results across all key stages.

The successful candidate will provide strong leadership across the MFL department and contribute to its continued development and success. This is an exciting opportunity to join an outstanding, friendly and well-established department, working within an ambitious and supportive team in a high-achieving school committed to the holistic formation and academic success of all students.

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.

Skilled Worker visas can 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

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 Questionnaire
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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Trinity Catholic High School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1598 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Trinity Catholic High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/trinity-catholic-high-school

Trinity Catholic High School is large Catholic comprehensive school situated in the London Borough of Redbridge and within the Diocese of Brentwood. Ofsted have ranked us as ‘outstanding’ on 5 consecutive occasions and we have a reputation for excellence in all aspects of our service to the children in our school and the wider community. Our school’s inspection reports can be viewed on this link: www.tchs.org.uk/about-us/inspections. The highest standards relating to Teaching and Learning are a feature of daily life at Trinity and these significantly and positively impact student progress and attainment. Trinity’s Section 48 report (January 2020) states that “Trinity Catholic High School is an outstanding school and a beacon of high-quality Catholic education. It has an excellent reputation in the local community and beyond and it is rightly seen as a flagship school for the Diocese of Brentwood”. The report also emphasises that “Catholic life at Trinity Catholic High School is outstanding and is of the highest quality” and “Every aspect of Collective Worship at the school is outstanding".

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