Subject Improvement Lead (MFL)

Aureus School, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 6FF

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  9 October 2025

• Closing date

  22 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 October 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: L11 - L15

Subject Improvement Lead (MFL) job summary

PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE IS A TRUST WIDE ROLE AT GLF SCHOOLS AND IS NOT SOLELY FOR AUREUS SCHOOL

Your Opportunity

Are you an experienced and passionate MFL educator ready to make a Trust-wide impact? GLF Schools is seeking a dynamic Secondary MFL Improvement Lead to drive excellence across our eight secondary schools. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of MFL education, working collaboratively with senior leaders and subject specialists to raise standards, enhance curriculum design, and support professional development.

As part of our School Support Team, you will lead the strategic development of MFL, ensuring ambitious outcomes for all students. You’ll have the chance to influence curriculum coherence, assessment strategies, and teaching quality, while building capacity through coaching, mentoring, and network leadership. This role offers a blend of autonomy, collaboration, and innovation—perfect for someone ready to take the next step in system leadership.

Please note that this role will be remote, with frequent travel to the secondary schools within GLF (Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire). 

What we are looking for

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated MFL professional who:

• Holds Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in Secondary MFL and is a fluent speaker of French or Spanish
• Has a proven track record of securing excellent outcomes for students across Key Stages 3–5
• Demonstrates deep subject knowledge, strong pedagogical understanding, and the ability to lead curriculum development
• Is confident in using data to inform planning and drive improvement
• Has experience in coaching and mentoring colleagues to improve classroom practice
• Is proactive, reflective, and solution-focused, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Can work independently and collaboratively, influencing and inspiring others
• Experience in system leadership or school-to-school support is desirable, as is an understanding of MFL developments at Key Stage 2.

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification attached before applying

Join the GLF Schools Community

As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our central team.

• A growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 16,000 pupils
• Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
• 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
• We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
• Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education

GLF Schools Employment Offer

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish

• Access to our highly competitive Pension Scheme
• Flexible working options
• Generous holiday allowance
• Work life and family friendly policies
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Access to a staff benefits portal
• Community and collaboration working model

The Details

Start Date: 1st January 2026 (or sooner)

Salary: L11-L15

Contract type: Full time and permanent

Close date: 22nd October 9am

Interview date: 24th October

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

GLF Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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 Aureus School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 485 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Aureus School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aureus-school

Aureus School is a state of the art 11-16 co-educational comprehensive school that opened in Didcot in 2017. As a purpose built school, Aureus has new classrooms using the latest equipment such as SMART TV boards in every classroom and visualisers enabling teachers to bring learning to life and engage our learners. We are committed to providing an enhancing education where all students achieve academic success. Our inspirational and challenging curriculum allows all abilities to flourish with self-confidence to thrive. We promote inclusion of all students and recognise students’ entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum whilst meeting their individual needs. We recognise that some students may require more support than others and we aim to plan accordingly. Every individual is valued, learning is enjoyed, success is celebrated and responsibility is shared enabling our students to grow into responsible, questioning citizens who play a full and active role in society. We are excited to collaborate with local stakeholders to shape our offer as a STEAM specialist mixed school to create choice for the wider community in southern Oxfordshire. Aureus School is a highly ambitious secondary school with a rigorous approach to academic standards. We are ambitious for educational success for all our learners. We collaborate with local stakeholders, such as Oxford University, Culham Science Centre and the Harwell Innovation Centre to shape our offer as a STEAM specialist mixed school to create choice for the wider community in Southern Oxfordshire.

Our mission is simple: We will instill courage, ambition and resilience in every student to empower them to achieve greatness as a global citizen through a combined drive for excellence. Our core values will underpin all of our decisions: Diversity, Equality, Wellbeing, Responsibility, Respect, Kindness, Love, Empathy, Courage, Confidence, Integrity and Resilience.

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