Lead Practitioner - MFL (Spanish)
Leigh Stationers' Academy, London, SE9 2PT7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
17 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Languages, Spanish
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership scale commensurate with experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Leigh Stationers' Academy has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Practitioner - MFL (Spanish) to join our established and successful team in September 2025.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of effectively engaging with students, staff, and parents.
- Proven ability to implement strategic initiatives and manage change effectively.
- A deep understanding of the challenges faced by students in urban educational environments.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and a passion for educational excellence.
This is a permanent opportunity offering leadership scale commensurate with experience.
What the school offers its staff
The Modern Foreign Languages curriculum at LeighStationers' Academy aims to ensure that all pupils develop a strong knowledge and understanding of the role and importance of languages in the modern world, while fostering intercultural awareness, linguistic proficiency, and effective communication skills. Our goal is to inspire students to pursue languages beyond school and open pathways to international careers.
The successful candidate will receive:
- A salary commensurate with the profile of the post;
- Bespoke CPD with mentoring and coaching opportunities;
Further details about the role
Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Leigh Stationers' Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1643 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Leigh Stationers' Academy website
- Email address
- joinus@latrust.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Leigh Stationers' Academy
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