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This job expired on 12 May 2025

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    12 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    25 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher or lecturer

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Languages

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

TLR 2B

What skills and experience we're looking for

The ideal candidate will:

  • be a driven, proactive, and positive individual with an unwavering commitment to continuously improving their own standards of teaching and learning.
  • fully 'buy in' to using IRIS and regular drop-in feedback as a mechanism to improving their day-to-day performance as a teacher.
  • have the ability and desire to deliver exceptional teaching and learning.
  • be a dynamic leader with a relentless desire to drive up educational standards and deliver exceptional outcomes for all cohorts of pupils.
  • have excellent subject knowledge and be able to teach Languages (predominantly French) effectively across the KS3 – KS5, age and ability ranges.
  • have a track record of delivering clear impact with their own classes.
  • Be a team player and work closely with other leaders and professionals to develop and implement effective strategies and processes of departmental improvement.
  • have a true growth mindset, exceptional work ethic and a sense of humour.
  • have the knowledge and experience of the context in which Sir Thomas Wharton Academy operates.

What the school offers its staff

In return we offer:

  • modern, purpose-built learning spaces, which inspire exceptional teaching and learning.
  • excellent career development opportunities and access to a comprehensive and continuous programme of personalised ‘Professional Learning and Development’ (PLD)
  • an excellent induction programme with dynamic, driven, and supportive staff.
  • An opportunity to shape strategy within an already successful department.

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.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Subject Leader of Modern Foreign Languages who will lead and support the department to achieve excellent outcomes for our students. We are looking for the right candidate who will possess the key knowledge, attributes and skills to deliver engaging and informative lessons that motivate and enthuse the students at Sir Thomas Wharton Academy to invest in their learning.

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Person Specification - Subject Leader MFL.pdf - 97.6 KB (opens in new tab)
Role Description - Subject Leader MFL.pdf - 99 KB (opens in new tab)

About Sir Thomas Wharton Academy

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
1226 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Website
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy website
Email address
n.winder@stwacademy.com
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sir-thomas-wharton-academy

Sir Thomas Wharton Academy is a growing and ambitious secondary school that serves over 1,000 students from the community of Edlington and surrounding areas. 

As part of Place Partnership - A Multi-Academy Trust, we have secured significant improvements, having most recently been judged as a ‘Good’ school in our September 2021 OFSTED inspection. Maltby Learning Trust is an organisation driven entirely by the desire to provide an exceptional education; as part of this aspiration, STWA strives to become a leading educational establishment in the country.                           

Arranging a visit to Sir Thomas Wharton Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email n.winder@stwacademy.com.

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