Head of Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
Torquay Girls' Grammar School, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7DYThis job expired on 18 April 2023
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
18 April 2023 at 9am
Date listed
24 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- 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, Languages, Spanish
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full time Full time teacher position. Part time Part time may be considered, to be agreed with the successful candidate.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR2C
What skills and experience we're looking for
A rare opportunity has arisen for a dynamic leader to join a successful and flourishing MFL department. You will be an outstanding classroom practitioner whose passion and subject knowledge promotes students’ enjoyment of languages throughout Key Stage 3 to 5. You will have expertise in teaching across the ability range from Year 7 to Year 13, providing challenge for the most able students as well as ensuring effective support where needed.
Our MFL department currently teaches French and German and we hope to introduce Spanish to the curriculum from September 2023. Our ideal candidate would be a specialist teacher in German and/or Spanish, but other modern languages would be considered. The successful candidate will liaise effectively with the Head of French.
With proven leadership ability, you will lead and manage the MFL team to deliver high quality teaching and learning, maximising student progress.
The MFL Department at Torquay Girls’ Grammar School is a dynamic and collaborative team. We enjoy working together to design and deliver an exciting curriculum that engages our students and promotes enjoyment of the subject.
Learning in the MFL department is active and lively. We encourage students to be independent in their thinking and to communicate their ideas confidently, asking questions, challenging ideas and using modern technology for both research and presentation purposes.
Our aim is to enthuse students through our own passion for languages, nurturing both their critical and creative skills. Across all key stages, we provide opportunities that enhance our students’ experience of MFL.
What the school offers its staff
Although the school previously had a Head of MFL, for several years we have operated with a Head of French and a Head of German. Due to our aspirations for adding a new language to our offer, it is felt that it is the right time to advertise and recruit for a Head of MFL to drive this vision forward. The successful candidate will be focussed on the oversight of German, and hopefully Spanish from September 2023, and liaising effectively with the Head of French.
Commitment to safeguarding
All roles within our school are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and it is an offence to apply to this role is you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. As part of our safer recruitment procedures, references will be taken up for all shortlisted applicants, and online searches will be completed. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including a Child Barred List check, and other relevant employment checks.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Torquay Girls' Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1007 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Torquay Girls' Grammar School website
- Email address
- ahenwood@tggsacademy.org
- Phone number
- 01803613215
Torquay Girls’ Grammar School is a girls’ 11 to 16 selective Single Academy Trust, with a mixed Sixth Form (16 to 18), located in Torquay, Devon.
Our status as a Single Academy Trust means that we have the freedom to implement a curriculum intent which focusses on the whole child: to equip students for a future in which they have the academic qualifications, character skills and self-esteem to make decisions that lead to long, happy and content lives.
Our school is founded on our core values which apply to our whole community: equality, open minded, kindness, collaboration, and well-being.
When Ofsted visited in November 2023, our hard work was recognised by achieving ‘Outstanding’ in every category of the Ofsted Framework. This is no mean feat, and we are incredibly proud of this achievement. Our academic results are consistently high - in the 2025 Sunday Times Schools Guide, we ranked 3rd in Devon and 99th nationally for academic results - which is true testament to the continued dedication from both our students and staff.
Our school is a place where students want to learn and there is a deeply engrained sense of belonging and identity to the school’s history, values and traditions. Staff and pupils fully embrace our House Culture and the opportunities for extra curricular activities and trips.
If you are starting your professional career or are coming with a wealth of experience, you would be joining a school which values every individual within our school community.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we would love to hear from you!
Arranging a visit to Torquay Girls' Grammar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ahenwood@tggsacademy.org.
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