Head of French – Principal Welcome

At The Stockwood Park Academy we are seeking a dynamic Lead, responsible for French. Make no mistake – this is a genuinely exciting opportunity for the right candidate. The key responsibility is to lead and manage staff to construct and deliver an ambitious curriculum that supports all students to achieve exceptional outcomes.

Our Academy vision is “Striving for excellence and contributing to society” - underpinned by our core values of Excellence, Responsibility and Respect. We are a values driven organisation, with our students at the centre of our decision making processes. The culture of our school is warm and welcoming. Leaders work closely with staff, pupils and families to build a culture of belonging and mutual respect. We are proud of the enhanced work our school does to support our community as well as how we celebrate difference and diversity. We are relentless in our approach to school improvement, unapologetically ambitious for our staff and students, and, have high aspirations to be a Top 1% organisation.

Our core focus, and at the heart of everyone’s responsibility, is Quality First Teaching. We are ambitious for our pupils and we understand that this is underpinned by the high-quality lessons that are delivered, day in, day out. We make no exceptions and no deals in our approach to Teaching, because we know that it is right for our context. Staff and students of TSPA are aligned to our Playbook approach and are reaping the benefits. Any new applicants will receive an enhanced on-boarding & induction process to support staff in implementing our core teaching routines. Our CPD programme is tailored and bespoke to the needs of staff and students; it is focused on Playbook implementation, Evidence informed research codified to support implementation in the classroom. We grow our own.

Complementing our classrooms is high presence from Senior, Middle Leaders and Pastoral staff. The school is calm and orderly and well-managed by a wide range of staff. Lessons are purposeful and rarely disrupted. Teachers are able to teach, students are able to learn. High-quality pastoral support helps students to regulate, learn from their mistakes, and become you citizens. Clear classroom routines, expectations, and centralised processes, including detentions, are in place to support staff and maximise every minute on learning.

At TSPA we are passionate about supporting the Personal and Cultural Development of students. We want our students to leave TSPA with exceptional outcomes, but we also want students to leave as well round individuals that have real life experiences within the wider and extra-curricular programmes. We are proud of the work that our staff and students take part in to support all aspects of our multi-cultural community. The highlight of the Stockwood Park calendar is our annual Culture Day.

As part of the Advantage Schools trust, we are a unique family of schools, sharing our practice and beliefs to enable young people to achieve the very highest standards. At Advantage Schools, we provide exceptional opportunities for all to be knowledgeable with experiences that broaden horizons. We ensure our children, students and adults cultivate a strong self-belief so that they can flourish and develop into successful, well- rounded, self-respecting people.  Our commitment to this vision can be demonstrated by our values Integrity, Ambition, Excellence.

Mr Humayun 

Job Specifics

Start Date: 1^st September 2026

Salary: AST 1-12 £33,026-£51,526 plus Head of Department allowance £5,873

Job role: Permanent, Full time

Key Duties

·         Lead the development of the French curriculum, providing specific expertise and guidance and lead on the delivery of mastery programmes and the curriculum.

·         Be accountable for the learning and achievement of all students studying French.

·         To liaise with subject colleagues at The Stockwood Park Academy to support strategic development, share good practice and plan collaborative activities.

·         To ensure that The Stockwood Park Academy is represented positively locally, regionally and nationally within any educational context.

The successful candidate will

·         Experienced leader and can manage staff

·         Teacher or current leader of French, with experience of KS4 teaching.

·         Proven track record of improvement

·         Master’s Degree desirable

·         Ability to teach across the age range 11-18

·         Promote the educational success and outstanding outcomes of all our students through strong leadership

·         Have excellent communication skills and enthuse staff and implement ideas

·         Experience of a large multicultural school

·         To be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.