Lead Practitioner - MFL

Co-op Academy Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M9 0WQ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  2 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £51,706.00 - £55,633.00

Lead Practitioner - MFL job summary

Do you have a vision for educational excellence? At Co-op Academy Manchester, we invite you to apply for the position of Lead Practitioner of MFL and contribute to our mission to drive innovation and improve student achievement across the academy.

To support the continuous improvement of our MFL department, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an outstanding practitioner to join us. We would be excited to hear from you if:

• you are an experienced middle leader with a proven track record of excellence in your subject specialism seeking a new challenge
• if you have experience leading a Key Stage within your subject area and are looking for a promotional opportunity that offers new challenges, greater responsibility, and the opportunity to have a wider impact on developing others teaching
• you are an exceptional practitioner with a proven track record and are seeking to have a wider influence on other teachers practice.

We are looking for a Lead Practitioner - MFL who is passionate about their subject. The successful candidate will be able to teach Spanish. They will be responsible for the highest quality teaching within their own classroom and support the development of teachers at all stages, across the academy. The post holder will be a role model within the classroom and deliver great lessons. The Lead Practitioner - MFL, will support the development of teaching across the academy by contributing to, and leading on, CPD, lesson visits and instructional coaching.

Why us?

Co-op Academy Manchester, based in Higher Blackley in North Manchester, has over 1,600 students on roll and is part of Co-op Academies Trust.

Co-op Academy Manchester was recently judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted in March 2023. Ofsted said that:

“Leaders, trustees and governors strive for all pupils at Co-op Academy Manchester to be successful. Pupils are encouraged to demonstrate the ‘ways of being Co-op’ in all that they do.”

“Teachers have strong subject knowledge. They use their expertise to help pupils to learn well in lessons. Teachers who are not specialists in a subject receive appropriate and effective subject-specific training. This enables these teachers to deliver the curriculum equally well.”

“Leaders have thought carefully about the curriculum that they want all pupils to learn, including those with SEND. The curriculum is well organised. Subject leaders have thought deeply about the key knowledge that pupils should learn and the order in which this content should be taught.”

All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.

Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.

Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.

Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all of us have equal chances to succeed.

Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.

Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.

Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.

Our Values

Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:

Succeed together

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you! 

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

Benefits include:



Our employee benefits package includes:

• As a developing or experienced leader you will have access to excellent leadership opprtunities and support within the Trust.
• You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores. 
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans

And More! 

For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk

The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.

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
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

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About Co-op Academy Manchester

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1608 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Co-op Academy Manchester website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/co-op-academy-manchester

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