Subject Improvement Lead

2 weeks ago


Blackburn, United Kingdom Star Academies Full time

Do you want to join a team of professionals who provide outstanding leadership, strategic direction, and support to some of the best schools in the country? Do you want to play your part in delivering outstanding learning and teaching to young people in disadvantaged communities? If so, joining our team as a Subject Improvement Lead for Modern Foreign Languages may just be the best career move you ever make.

**About Star Central**

Star Central, which is based at our head office in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Institute and our schools.

The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.

**Who we’re looking for**

We are looking for an outstanding individual to improve the quality of teaching, learning, curriculum and intervention in MFL across the Trust’s secondary schools, through embedding best practice and building capacity in line with the Trust’s policies and frameworks.

As MFL Improvement Lead, you would be deployed across our schools located in five key regions: Lancashire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, and London.

**You will have**:

- A modern foreign language degree along with Qualified Teacher Status.
- A National Professional Qualification (NPQ) in middle or senior leadership.
- An in depth knowledge of the exam specifications in Modern Foreign Languages.
- Experience of developing and delivering high impact intervention programmes.
- An ability to analyse assessment data and use it effectively to identify and close gaps in learning.
- Successfully delivered training and coaching for MFL teachers.
- A passion for securing life-changing outcomes for young people in disadvantaged communities.

**About Star Academies**

**Star Academies** is a high-performing multi-academy trust that runs more than 30 primary and secondary schools. We are a values-based organisation that works to improve the life chances of young people in areas of social and economic deprivation to help them succeed at the highest levels of education, employment and the professions. Every single day you’ll be rewarded with the opportunity to shape a young person’s future - our **STAR values** embody what we believe is needed to succeed.

Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we continually invest in our employees through our learning and development centre, **Star Institute**. With a wealth of training, mentoring and progression opportunities across a growing group of academies, joining our team of leading education experts could propel your career to the next level.

We can also offer you a range of **rewards and benefits**, including competitive salaries and pension schemes, generous holiday entitlements and healthcare cash plans.

**Find out more**

Please download the job description and person specification below for further information about the role. For an informal and confidential discussion about the role please contact Star Central by calling 0330 313 9800.

**Key Dates**

**Closing Date**: Sunday, 10 December 2023 at midnight.

**Interview Date**:Week commencing 18 December 2023.

**Proposed Start Date**:September 2024.

**Application Process**

**Our Commitment**
- We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination._



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