Head of Modern Foreign Languages
Bournemouth School for Girls, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9UJ10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
4 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- French, German, Spanish
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 1.1 (£9.782)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an academically driven and inspirational Head of MFL to lead our high-achieving department. All three languages are taught through to A Level with high achievement at both GCSE and A Level and we are looking for a passionate linguist who can maintain and build on our success. Our dynamic department thrives on collaboration, with teachers bringing their own expertise and enthusiasm to their subjects. We value innovative teaching, the sharing of ideas and a commitment to fostering a love of languages in our students. To this end, a core principle of the department is to deliver lessons in the target language and pupils are encouraged to use the target language themselves in class. As Head of MFL, you will lead a well-established team that works closely together, ensuring excellence in teaching and learning through all the key stages.
Linguistic competitions, theatre trips and summer study programmes are ways in which we enhance and develop the experience of language learning for our students. We also have two long standing trips abroad: a residential trip for year 8 to Normandy and a German exchange for year 10 with a school just outside Frankfurt. Both of these trips are very popular and over-subscribed.
We have French, German and Spanish MLAs to assist with developing spontaneous conversation skills with our GCSE and A Level students.
This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational practitioner dedicated leader who is committed to academic excellence and keen to inspire the next generation of linguists. If you have the vision and expertise to drive our department forward, we would love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
• Friendly staff and commitment from staffing body and SLTto promoting and supporting staff wellbeing
• Able, motivated and polite students who are a privilege toteach
• Extensive CPD programme (for ECTs and experiencedstaff) to support individual professional development
• Provision of a teaching base/own classroom, wherepossible, if full time
• Teacher pension scheme
• 14% PPA time (FTE) compared to national minimum of10% for all staff. (ECTs would still receive their PPAallocation on top of this)
• Access to wellbeing resources, discounts and otherspecial offers for services
• Access to salary sacrifice benefits such as cycle to work,gym, technology, mobile phones, car leasing andworkplace nursery
• Opportunity to work with other colleagues and students indelivering extra-curricular activities (lunch provided if youdo)
• Student data targets are not part of appraisal/performancemanagement
• Well-resourced departments
• Free use of a new and highly equipped gym (conditionsapply)
• Free parking on site, including bays for electric carcharging
Commitment to safeguarding
Bournemouth School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to lmckenzie@bsg.bournemouth.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bournemouth School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1209 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Bournemouth School for Girls website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lmckenzie@bsg.bournemouth.sch.uk
Bournemouth School for Girls is an 11-18 selective girls’ grammar school and Sixth Form in the heart of Bournemouth. BSG currently has around 1200 pupils on roll which includes those in our Sixth Form.
The school is academically successful and is 8th highest in England’s Southwest region according to the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Survey. The school was inspected by Ofsted in May 2024 and judged to be outstanding in all areas. The inspectors summarised the ethos and atmosphere of the school as follows; “Bournemouth School for Girls is a joyous place. Pupils flourish academically and socially. They are passionate about their learning and embrace the multitude of wider development opportunities that the school provides.”
The school's vision is: The Best For Our Students, The Best From Our Students and the curriculum in place ensures that students are provided with the best opportunities to prepare them for their future.
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