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Required for September 2024

Full Time Director of Languages and EAL

Leadership Pay Scale: L3 – L7

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding leader to the role of Director of Languages and EAL Faculty

As a Director of Languages and EAL, the successful candidate will

further strengthen an already thriving faculty consisting of 4 French teachers

and 2 EAL support staff.

The role includes leading on curriculum design at KS3 and 4 and

enhancing teaching development. They will have a proven track record of

excellent outcomes and a passion to create a love of culture, language learning

and enrichment opportunities.

Applications are invited from inspirational, ambitious and talented

classroom practitioners and current leaders who are dedicated to driving and

supporting their team to become the very best innovative and engaging languages

teachers who can secure the best outcomes that allow students to achieve their

full potential.

For the EAL aspect of the role the successful candidate will lead the

EAL teaching and learning  strategy and manage the EAL support staff.

The use of specialist technology and bespoke teaching and intervention supports

EAL students to remove language barriers in order to promote effective

participation and engagement in lessons, raise aspirations and to ensure these

learners achieve their full potential. They will track the data and progress of

EAL learners and provide effective intervention, communication with parents and

CPD. This whole school aspect the role is ideal for aspirant Senior Leaders as

the role includes working and support the middle leadership team to promote the

development, implementation and evaluation of teaching and learning strategies

to ensure the best outcomes for EAL students.

Ormiston Meridian Academy is a thriving secondary academy in the south

of the city, serving 11-16 year old students. Our ambition statement is

‘Shaping Lives, Building Ambition and Igniting Futures’ and every decision we

make and action we take is to ensure our students excel as young adults.

Alongside our lessons, we provide a rich and diverse co-curricular programme

that develops character and inspires our students. We all work together to

instil a strong sense of belonging for all, which enables students to succeed

and become active members of the community as they move into adulthood.

Our Languages faculty is well resourced and very successful with plenty

of experience and expertise, making it an ideal faculty for an incoming leader

to take to the next level. The MFL team work collaboratively and support one

another brilliantly. Leaders provide a clear and strategic approach to the

curriculum, teaching and assessment approaches and the Director of Faculty will

be expected to prioritise the further development of Schemes of Learning and

lesson resources to ensure they are to a Gold Standard and ready to embrace the

imminent changes to GCSE requirements. The successful candidate will

demonstrate a commitment to enrichment opportunities, language clubs, Jet Set

HAL and support visits overseas.

To find out more about working at Ormiston Meridian Academy, please

visit our website www.ormistonmeridianacademy.co.uk or contact Miss D Lovell (PA to the Principal) at [email protected] to arrange a phone call or visit

Closing date for applications: 12 noon Thursday 14th March 2024.

Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 18th March 2024.

To apply

for the position please complete the online application form following the link

below:

https://mynewterm.com/jobs/142186/EDV-2024-OMA-08182

Ormiston Meridian Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the

wellbeing of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and

volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to enhanced

DBS clearance.