National Lead for MFL
Astrea Academy Trust, Sheffield, S9 4WG23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £64,184.00 - £87,443.00 Annually (FTE)
National Lead for MFL job summary
Join Astrea Academy Trust as the National Lead for MFL!
The National Lead for MFL will drive improvement in curricula and outcomes, in standards of teaching, and in assessment in Secondary MFL across the Trust. The National Lead will assist Heads of Department in finding intellectual coherence across curricula, teaching and assessment, ensuing that sound curricular theorising and research drives review and improvement.
The National Lead for MFL will help position the Trust as a national leader in education, particularly for curriculum development, enhancing the Trust’s reputation for CPD, teaching and standards, and cultivating strong influencing relationships with relevant societies, public and private sector partners, testing and examination consortia and national policy makers.
About Us:
Astrea Academy Trust is an ambitious, forward thinking and dynamic Trust on a mission to tackle historic educational disadvantage and raise standards of education and opportunity across all our schools. We strive for excellence, ensuring every child in our 26 academies gets a brilliant education, free from barriers. We champion a scholarly culture, a knowledge-rich curriculum, and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour, and culture, fostering an environment where children can learn, thrive and lead successful lives.
Our academies are based across South Yorkshire (One all-through, three secondaries and seventeen primaries) and Cambridgeshire (four secondaries and one special school), predominantly in geographical areas or at schools which have experienced generationally poor educational opportunities. Our mission is to change that. We have grown rapidly since being founded in 2015 and now educate around 14,000 students across four local authorities.
In return, we can offer you:
- Generous Annual Leave entitlement
- Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Flexible working opportunities from your first day
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Continued professional development and training opportunities
- Free on-site parking
Interested in applying?
Please see the attached Applicant Brief for more information, and don't hesitate to get in touch to arrange a visit to the school or to find out more.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early - please apply as soon as you can to avoid disappointment.
The Astrea Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required.
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS check.
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Astrea Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Astrea is a trust that is coming of age and moving beyond its foundational years into a mature phase of development, our aim is that every child gets a brilliant education. Our work starts and ends with a universal belief in high standards and expectations for every child, no matter what barriers they face.
Underpinning our vision is a commitment that knowledge and scholarship will be celebrated, we want our children to become resilient in the face of challenge and we commit to providing all Astrea children with rich opportunities and to supporting them every step of the way. I am incredibly proud of what the Astrea family has achieved and as the trust matures, we are in a strong position to embark upon this next exciting phase, where all of our energy will be focused on providing a brilliant education which helps children to learn, thrive and lead successful lives.
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