Leader of Teaching and Learning in Mfl

**Establishment**: Great Park Academy **Location**: Great Park Academy **Salary**: £31,650 - £49,084 (MPS/UPS) + £9,782 (TLR 1A) **Department**: Modern Foreign Languages **Job Type**: Full Time

**Closing Date**: 14/05/2025 09:00 **Interview Date**: Week beginning 19th May 2025 **Start Date**: September 2025

Additional Information

**Contract Type**:Permanent **Contract Term**:TTO - Term time only **Hours per Week**:32.44 **Weeks per Year**:39.000 **Pay Grade**:MPS / UPS and TLR 1A

The Role
- **Please note you will be paid all year round as per STPCD (School Teacher’s Pay and Conditions Document) and not TTO/39 weeks as highlighted above.**

**ABOUT THE ACADEMY**:
We are a new secondary school that opened in September 2021. At Great Park Academy, our principal aim is to provide outstanding education for students from Years 5 to 11. We are a popular academy with a reputation in the local community for providing a safe, positive, caring and nurturing environment where children can thrive as learners. With high expectations and standards of achievement, both academic and personal, we encourage students to make excellent progress and to achieve their goals and aspirations. We offer learning experiences that support personal development and our staff promotes a love of learning which will be with our students throughout their lives. Great Park Academy is one of two new schools within Gosforth Group multi-academy trust. Currently based in well-resourced temporary accommodation in Gosforth, our new school building, located in Great Park, is planned to open in 2025 and will service 1,200 students from Year 5 to Year 11. This is an exciting time to join our team, our growing academy provides great opportunities for professional development and career progression, as well as the chance to support us in shaping the future of Great Park Academy.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
The MFL department is on an exciting journey as it grows considerably over the next couple of years alongside the school’s expansion. This is your chance to build a team of specialists and to shape the vision of the department. We are developing a strong team of practitioners at Great Park Academy who are able to be versatile and are keen to be involved in many and varied aspects of school life; particularly during the coming years while the school is growing. You will be an important part of our growing school and will be a consummate professional, practical and ‘hands-on’; able to enthuse and motivate colleagues and students alike.

This is a unique chance for someone looking to develop as a leader within a highly successful and supportive school and multi academy trust, backed up by excellent resources and facilities.

**WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR**:

- An outstanding practitioner with a passion for MFL
- A proven track record of excellent progress and achievement across KS3 and KS4
- A commitment to fresh and exciting methods of delivering the curriculum
- The ability to develop, lead and inspire a team of staff
- A relentless drive to secure the best possible outcomes for students of all abilities and from all backgrounds
- Excellent communication and ICT skills
- A desire to add to our vibrant extracurricular offer
- An interest and commitment to the whole school community

**WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU**:

- A competitive salary
- Benefits including; excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking
- An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals
- Enthusiastic and motivated students
- An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development
- A school with its community at heart
- An exciting programme of staff wellbeing activities
- Wider career development opportunities to be involved across Gosforth Group

This is an exceptional opportunity to make a difference within a positive and exciting environment. If you share our community’s ethos of progression, diversity and dynamism then we would be delighted to hear from you.

We hope you’ll visit our website to find out more about us.

**CREATE YOUR FUTURE**:
Great North Road
Knightsbridge
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 2JH

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