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Head of Modern Foreign Languages
Teacher Main Scale or UPS with TLR 2.3 (£8, 216)
Full time from September 2026
Become our future Director of Languages...
We are recruiting for a Head of Modern Foreign Languages to oversee the Languages team here at Cleeve from September 2026. We are looking for a leader who can demonstrate excellent leadership, management and communication skills, with a powerful vision for the role languages play in education and in fantastic career opportunities.
Within this role you would be supported by our excellent Director of Languages, who is an associate member of the Senior Leadership Team. We would support you with your own development with a view to you moving into the Director of Languages role in the future.
You will have a strong understanding of what effective Teaching & Learning looks like for children of all abilities and will entirely believe that our students can achieve brilliantly, within the right Teaching & Learning environment.
Languages are highly valued at Cleeve and there is a keen interest by the Executive Head and Board of Trustees to continue to increase student uptake and develop international links and events across the curriculum. Outcomes in MFL have significantly improved over the years and the Faculty is moving from strength to strength. We currently have 10 classes of students studying languages at KS4 and teach both French and Spanish to KS5, with our Sixth Form Centre of Excellence recently being recognised as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.
Furthermore, KS4 and KS5 students are supported by experienced Foreign Language Assistants, enhancing our already ambitious curriculum. We are also part of the national ‘Mandarin Excellence Partnership’.
The Department has an extremely well-resourced subject area, with attractive teaching rooms, an excellent range of teaching resources and a great network with local schools, including feeder primary schools with which we run language-specific outreach events.
The school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and therefore expects all staff and volunteers, to share this same commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Please apply using our online application link for this campaign
Closing date for applications is 9am on Thursday 14th May 2026.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the school.
Safeguarding Statement
Cleeve School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.