Senior Trust Lead for Modern Foreign Languages

The Two Counties Trust, Kirby In Ashfield, NG17 8HP

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  5 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £62,139.00 - £68,564.00 Annually (FTE) L8 – L12 (£62,139- £68,564 per annum)

Senior Trust Lead for Modern Foreign Languages job summary

Grade and Salary: L8 - L12 (£62,139- £68,564 per annum)

Working pattern: 1FTE

Contract term: Permanent

The Two Counties Trust:

This is an exciting time to be joining our Multi Academy Trust. We operate from a Head Office in Ashfield with 10 schools in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire along the M1 corridor. We have experienced a period of rapid growth over the last few years and as part of our ongoing development plans, we are now ready to appoint to this new role.

The successful candidate will be welcomed into a team of collaborative, forward thinking Trust Senior Leaders who are all experts in their field. This is a school-based role for part of the week, teaching in your specialist field of Modern Foreign Languages. For the remainder of the week this is a Trust based leadership role with a focus on developing best practice and leading on improving Modern Foreign Languages teaching in collaboration with a team of professionals across our schools. This post holder exemplifies a model of excellent practice, maintaining a clear focus on outstanding delivery to learners and facilitating best practice.

The post holder will take a lead role, working closely with subject / senior leaders across Trust schools and other leading practitioners, in developing, implementing and evaluating policies and practices that lead to improvements in Modern Foreign Languages teaching across the Trust with a focus on Spanish.

We are looking for an experienced senior leader of MFL with a proven track record who is ready for the next step in their career. You will need to possess the ability to confidently lead positive changes within our MFL faculties, taking pride in high standards and personal practice. This role will be based at Heritage High School. The successful candidate will hold a Spanish Specialism.

I hope that you find the information in this candidate pack of interest. If you would like an informal discussion about this role with our Curriculum Director, please contact our HR team via hr@ttct.co.uk.

Teaching roles: Applicants must be able to attend the school in person if selected for interview.

Recruitment event

If you would like to find out more about the Trust and this role, please contact us to register your attendance at our recruitment event which is being held at Heritage High School at 16:00 on Tuesday 03 February 2026. To register please contact hr@ttct.co.uk .

Applications must arrive by: Midday on Thursday 05 February 2026

Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 11 February 2026

Why join us?

There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.

We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.

We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.

We offer:

Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.

We do not operate appraisal or appraisal related pay progression. All employees participate in our Professional Learning Scheme which supports colleagues to develop their expertise and benefit from valuable professional learning.

An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts.

Entry to a career average pension scheme.

Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.

A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.

Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.

We takethe wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.

In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment.

We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Two Counties Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-two-counties-trust

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