Subject Leader Modern Foreign languages
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 1HH8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
17 March 2025 at 9am
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
- French, German
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Post TLR 2B
What skills and experience we're looking for
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy is an exciting school. Our vision of delivering exceptional learning experiences that enable young people to thrive in a competitive world and lead successful and fulfilling lives permeates everything we do. Alongside the highest standards, a golden thread of care, encouragement and enrichment opportunity runs through the school. Our young people are invested, they are unique, resilient and they take responsibility for their own actions. These simple values enable them to fulfil every aspect of their potential. We invite you to visit the school so that you can see for yourself how amazing our school community is and gain a clear picture of our journey and the bright future of Sir Thomas Wharton Academy.
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.
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy already has a strong team of professionals delivering high quality learning in and out of the classroom who work together to achieve our Academy vision. If you feel you would like to be a part of that team and could make a valuable contribution to driving standards and performance to the next level, we would like to hear from you.
A visit to the Academy, so you can meet the Principal and key Middle and Senior Leaders is welcomed, to enable you to discuss the post in more detail.
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.
This post involves working with children and therefore, if successful, you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
For further information please contact: Mrs Nichola Winder, PA to the Principal at n.winder@stwacademy.com.
The 'Application Form', 'Role Description' and 'Person Specification' can be accessed from this link: Maltby Learning Trust - careers.
Closing Date: Monday 17 March 2025 at 9:00 am
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.
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 Sir Thomas Wharton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1101 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sir Thomas Wharton Academy website
- Email address
- n.winder@stwacademy.com
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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