Trust Lead- MFL - Full-time

Wrotham School, Sevenoaks

• Ref:KCC886-5409-495T
• Posted:11/05/2026
• Pay:Lead Practitioner Scale-Dependent on experience
• Start Date:1st September 2026
• App Close Date:17/05/2026 at 08:00
• Interviews:As Arranged

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Trust Lead – Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
Character Education Trust
Based across Wrotham School (4 days per week) and Aylesford School (1 day per week)
Start Date: 1 September
Salary: Lead Practitioner Scale

Closing date 17th May 2026

Character Education Trust is seeking to appoint an ambitious, inspirational and highly skilled Trust Lead for Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) to drive excellence in language education across our schools.

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional practitioner and leader who is passionate about raising standards, developing innovative curriculum practice and ensuring all students experience high-quality language learning. The successful candidate will work predominantly at Wrotham School, with one day each week based at Aylesford School, supporting collaboration, curriculum development and outstanding teaching across the Trust.

The Trust Lead for MFL will play a key strategic role in shaping the vision for languages education, supporting colleagues, improving outcomes and fostering a love of languages among students of all abilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the MFL curriculum across the Trust
• Support and coach teaching staff to deliver exceptional classroom practice
• Drive improvement in student progress and attainment in MFL
• Promote innovative and engaging approaches to language learning
• Develop assessment, teaching resources and curriculum consistency
• Contribute to wider Trust improvement priorities and professional development
• Build strong relationships across departments and schools within the Trust

We Are Looking For Someone Who:

• Is an outstanding classroom practitioner with a strong track record in MFL
• Has the ability to inspire both students and colleagues
• Demonstrates strong leadership and communication skills
• Has experience of curriculum development and raising achievement
• Is committed to collaboration and continuous improvement
• Shares the values and ethos of Character Education Trust

We Offer:

• A supportive and ambitious Trust environment
• Opportunities for leadership development and career progression
• Collaborative working across schools
• Enthusiastic students and dedicated staff
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and professional learning

This role would suit an experienced middle or senior leader ready to make a wider impact across a Trust, or an exceptional practitioner seeking a strategic leadership opportunity in MFL.

To apply, please contact Character Education Trust for further details and an application pack.

Character Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to satisfactory safeguarding and pre-employment checks.

Information about the school

Wrotham School forms part of the Character Education Trust, a 2 Academy Trust that aims to provide students with high quality academic and ‘Character Education’.

Our vision is to support and encourage the students within our Trust to develop good character; to be confident and kind; to have integrity; to respect difference and to make a positive contribution to the community around them. A link to our website for more information can be found here https://www.charactereducationtrust.org/

The school has been recognised for its excellent work on Character Education by being awarded the prestigious School of Character Kitemark - a formal acknowledgement of the work the school has done to promote and develop good character in the school community.

We are a progressive and innovative school that provides a positive and productive place to work for teachers of all experience levels.

Why Work at Wrotham School?

-A trusting and caring workplace that looks after its staff. -A school that respects and values its staff team. -A high performing school that rewards good teaching. -Great students and families that give back in support and appreciation for good teaching.

An incredible provision of staff benefits from day one including:

• Flexible working arrangements that ensure every member of staff has an “offsite” flexible working period of 75 minutes+ at the start or end of at least 1 day per week. • Strict and well established out of hours communication restrictions that protect evenings, weekends and holiday periods. • Free lunch for all staff – every day. • No directed or preferred teaching style or method other than sharing and learning from good practice. • Access to short term/ emergency staff counselling by qualified psychotherapists – on site. • Free breakfast cereal for all staff and students – everyday. • Excellent transport links via motorway/ nearby train station. • Regular staff welfare surveys with clear outcomes and actions. • Bespoke and personalised CPD programme • An innovative “target free” teacher appraisal system that is exclusively based on continuous development of teaching and learning. • An excellent ECT and trainee programme of support and development. • Aspirant leadership courses (in house) and access to NPQ qualification at all levels. • A supportive behaviour and sanction system that relieves burden on teaching staff.
• A culture of trust of staff to manage working hours with no expectation to work on site when not required. • A regular and supportive check in and on boarding system.
• Access to excellent Teacher and LA pension schemes. • 3 days paid leave per rolling year for care of dependents. • Clear and transparent directed time

Wrotham is a small village in the heart of Kent, surrounded by a scenic rural landscape and beautiful countryside with excellent (5 minute) access from the A20/M20 and close proximity to the A2/M2/M25/M26. Journey by road from nearby Bromley/ Dartford/ Bexley/ Orpington varies from 15-30 minutes. The local mainline station is a 10 minute walk from the school and is on the direct commuter line to Victoria Station in central London; this line includes stops at Bromley South.

For further information visit our website www.wrothamschool.com

Job Contact Information

• Name:Ben Sanchez
• Address:Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
• Telephone: 01732 905860
• Email: BSanchez@wrotham.kent.sch.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Trust Lead- Job Description
• Application Form