Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Cleeve School, Cheltenham

Head of Modern Foreign Languages

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Cleeve School, Cheltenham

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 day ago, 2 May | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

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.

Main Scale - UPS and TLR 2.3 (£8,216.00)

Permanent

Cleeve School

Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Teacher Main Scale or UPS with TLR 2.3 (£8, 216)

Full time from September 2026

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/head-of-modern-foreign-languages-126785173