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Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Hartshill Academy

Warwickshire

  • New
Salary:
United Learning Pay scale (£35,000.00-£51,000.00) plus TLR
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Summer/Autumn Term 2025
Apply by:
25 November 2024

Job overview

We are happy to welcome visitors to our academy at any time so you can have a tour of our impressive facilities and meet our friendly pupils and staff.  This can be during the school day or evenings by appointment.  Please contact our Principal's PA, Zeenat Sparg, on 02476 392237 or email Zeenat.Sparg@hartshillacademy.org.uk to arrange an appointment.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 28th November.


Job Purpose:

  • Ensure high quality teaching and learning, achievement and progress of pupils in the subject area.
  • Strategically lead and co-ordinate curriculum development.
  • Ensure a clear shared vision for the development of outstanding teaching and learning and a culture of high expectations within relevant subject.
  • Raising standards across the relevant subject area.
  • Monitoring and evaluating the performance of the relevant subject area.
  • All academic provision and support to pupils within relevant subject area.
  • Ensuring consistency of school policies within relevant subject area.


We will offer you: 

  • A workplace that promotes a friendly atmosphere and offers support to its employees.
  • On-going professional development opportunities.
  • Active and supportive Senior Leadership Team.
  • Employee benefits such as Perkbox and Health Assured Care Support.
  • Onsite parking.


United Learning:

United Learning is an exciting organisation to work for; there is a real focus on developing people and empowering innovation where staff are appreciated and celebrated. A key benefit of being part of United Learning is to have the support of colleagues across the wider group and ample opportunities to network; we recognize the powerful impact that collaboration and partnership have on colleagues. The Group’s aim is to ensure that the technology, finance, HR, and data support is provided more effectively and efficiently than would otherwise be possible, so that leaders can focus on educational leadership.

United Learning is an inclusive employer and is committed to creating and sustaining a more ethnically diverse workforce. Therefore, we would very much welcome applications from professionals of all backgrounds who share our commitment but especially those of minority ethnic origin. We do hope you will get in touch with any questions you may have ahead of submitting your application.

Please note – We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible.

Hartshill Academy is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education across England. As a group, we achieve more by sharing than any single Academy could could.

Hartshill Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

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About Hartshill Academy

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+44 24 76392237

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Hartshill Academy

Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Type: Mainstream School

Phase: Secondary

Funding status: State - Academy

Gender: Mixed

Age range: 11 - 16 years

About Hartshill Academy

Hartshill Academy is a secondary academy in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, for pupils aged 11-16.

Hartshill Academy is set in extensive grounds and the catchment covers very diverse urban and rural areas. This is a very exciting time for Hartshill Academy as we prepare for the move to our new building in September 2023. We are very fortunate to be one of the 50 schools chosen nationally as part of this project and we are all looking forward to the new opportunities this will bring.

Values and vision

At Hartshill Academy we have high expectations of ourselves. We practice kindness and gratitude every day. Our school HART values of Heart, Ambition, Respect and Tenacity underpin everything we do. We take time to reflect on our HART values and how we can develop each day. We want to ensure we are always challenging ourselves to be even better today than yesterday. We strive to practice perfect in everything we do. We know that our daily practices become our habits, our habits become our character and our character is who we are.

We have an aspirational knowledge rich curriculum for all pupils. Our staff work collaboratively to innovate and plan inspiring learning, enabling our pupils to leave Hartshill Academy with a lifelong love of learning. We ensure there is high challenge and high support for all pupils to ensure they can access and make excellent progress in all lessons. We work hard to ensure all pupils reach their full potential and leave Hartshill Academy with the skills and knowledge to make informed decisions about their next steps. We have an excellent pastoral team who work closely with our families to ensure all pupils are supported so they can arrive to lessons ready to learn and make the most of the opportunities available to them each day.

Ofsted report

“Leaders have high aspirations for pupils at Hartshill Academy. They want all pupils to ‘be kind, work hard, and achieve’. Although leaders’ ambitions have not been fully achieved, pupils say that there is an increasingly positive environment in which to learn. Pupils welcome the clarity of the ‘HART’ values of Heart, Ambition, Respect and Tenacity. They say these values help them to focus on how to develop positively as young people. Pupils are well supported to gain insight into a broad range of work and employment opportunities.”

View Hartshill School’s latest Ofsted report


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