Director of MFL

We are seeking an exceptional and experienced MFL leader to join the Pontefract Academies Trust as Director of Modern Foreign Languages. This unique opportunity will see you leading the MFL departments across two successful secondary schools-Carleton High School and The Kings School. You will be responsible for the strategic development of MFL across the Trust, ensuring high-quality teaching and strong results at both secondary schools.,

• Provide strategic leadership for the MFL departments across Carleton High School and The Kings School.
• Teach Spanish at both schools, demonstrating outstanding classroom practice and a passion for language learning.
• Drive academic excellence, with a proven track record of securing strong individual and departmental outcomes.
• Mentor, coach, and inspire MFL staff across both schools to raise standards and outcomes for all students.
  
  Be an outstanding MFL practitioner, with a focus on Spanish, and a proven record of delivering strong individual student results.
• Have significant experience in leading and managing a high-performing MFL department, with a demonstrated ability to secure strong outcomes at a departmental level.
• Be ready for a step up to a more strategic role, with responsibility for developing MFL across two schools within a Trust.
• Possess excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
  
  As a proud member of Pontefract Academies Trust, The King's School and Carleton High School are renowned for their strong reputation for educational excellence and consistently achieving strong academic results.
The King's School, established in 1139, has stood as a pillar of educational excellence for nearly nine centuries, embodying a rich tradition of learning and achievement. Carleton High School, on the other hand, was recognised as the 'Most Improved Secondary School in the North of England,'! Located just two minutes apart, both schools offer a premier learning environment to the young minds of Pontefract and beyond. Though The King's School is rich in history and Carleton High School has a modern edge with a state-of-the-art new build arriving in 2025, both schools share the same ethos. They are not just educational institutions, but caring, high-performing environments where students grow into their best selves, embracing the core values of respect, determination, excellence, and responsibility. About Pontefract Academies Trust Pontefract Academies Trust is a cross phase Multi-Academy Trust comprising of nine schools: seven primaries and two 11-16 secondary schools. Our mission is running high quality, high achieving schools that give our children and young people the chance in life they deserve. The Trust is renowned for its commitment to excellence and has achieved remarkable success. What can we offer you? We're passionate about employee benefits at Pontefract Academies Trust, offering the following as standard to all


• Exciting career and leadership pathways supported by outstanding CPD opportunities.
• Generous employer pension (Teachers Pension and West Yorkshire Pension Fund).
• Generous annual leave entitlements paid as part of your annual salary (starting from 26 days annual leave, up to a maximum of 33 days dependant on length of service and grade of role - plus 8 statutory bank holidays).
• Fantastic family friendly policies with a focus on employee work/life balance.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Discounted gym membership
• Free eyecare via Specsavers
• Childcare vouchers
• Employee wellbeing programme (including physiotherapy, personal or professional concerns on legal, health, finance, wellbeing, and other matters).
• Discounts at numerous retailers including O2.
• Free flu vaccinations.
Further details about the role Next steps Please visit the Pontefract Academies Trust website where you can find the Trust Strategic Plan for 2025 to 2028.