Head of MFL

Job title: Head of MFL

Salary: M 1- UPS + R1

(Before Sept ‘25 uplift £31,650 (M1) - £43,607 (M6) or £45,646 (UPS1) - £49,084 (UPS3) + £3,387 (R1)

Contractual Hours: Full time

Basis: Permanent

About Us

Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) is a family of schools committed to inspiring learning both in and beyond the classroom. With a strong focus on music and the creative arts, we support every student and staff member in reaching their full potential. If you’re looking for a Trust that values creativity, growth, and meaningful learning, CST could be the perfect place for you.

We invite you to join our team at Trinity Academy. Trinity is a highly oversubscribed free school that opened in 2019. We are a values based community that focuses on the learning of all students and staff, that cares deeply for our young people and each other and that is committed to co-curricular enrichment. Our stated goal is to be a +1 school for progress and as such, we are looking for an exceptional leader and teacher to join us in our mission.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an inspiring Head of MFL to lead our outstanding MFL department, teaching Spanish and French, from September 2025.

If you join us, you will benefit from:

• Trinity is a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ leadership and management and ‘Outstanding‘ Personal Development’ (Ofsted Jan 2024)

“This is an ambitious school that wants the very best for its pupils, both academically and pastorally”.

“The school’s curriculum is highly ambitious for all pupils”

“Lessons are not disrupted by poor behaviour. The school is calm and orderly because pupils understand the rules and routines in place.”

• The progress of our students is significantly above the national average (P8 +0.53)
• We believe in our leaders - we do not micro manage
• We develop our people
• Hardworking staff and students who want to do well
• Consistent behaviour and expectations allow you to focus on the craft and science of teaching
• Weekly coaching for all staff and weekly department co-planning
• Exceptionally visible and supportive senior leadership team
• Hardworking staff and students who want to do well
• Schemes of work fully resourced and ready

About You

You are likely to have gained exceptional teaching and strong leadership skills through your career or personal experience. You will be able to bring to us a passion for paedagogy and a vision for a highly effective department. You will have QTS.

More information about the Trust, School and Role

• To find out more about this role, please read the job description and person specification.
• To find out more about Cathedral Schools Trust and Trinity Academy please read the attached Recruitment packs or visit Trinity Academy website, or the Cathedral Schools Trust website. 
• Informal enquiries can be made via email. Please 
• School visits are welcomed and can be arranged via email to Alice Thornton-Parr, HR and recruitment officer.

We can offer you

• Continuing Professional and Leadership development
• Employee assistance programme, offering counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas
• Discounted gym membership, Cycle-to-work scheme, Eyesight test vouchers
• Onsite parking or easy access via public transport or onsite parking.
• Flexible working fully supported and enhanced family friendly policies
• All new staff are automatically enrolled in the Teacher’s Pension or LGPS Avon Pension Fund.

How to apply

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the requirements on the job description and/or person specification, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.

• Please complete our application form by Midnight on Sunday 18th May 2025
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview on Thursday 22nd May at Trinity Academy
• All candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application following the closing date
• We reserve the right to appoint before the deadline for an exceptional candidate.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

• Ability to ensure and deliver effective safeguarding
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.