Lead Practitioner of Spanish

You will play a leading and highly visible role in the improvement of teaching and learning of the Faculty and academic success of all students, ensuring the highest standards of teaching, learning and achievement and leading in the monitoring, evaluation and review of standards and provision in the subject area.

The general expectations of this role are:

• To collaborate as a member of the Lead Practitioner Team in order to build and realise the shared vision of excellence and high standards for all students.


• To account for students’ performance in line with Academy procedures.


• To provide the Governing Body with relevant and accurate information relating to the Faculty’s performance and development.


• To support and participate in the work of the Harris Federation, including strand or subject groups as appropriate.


• To contribute actively towards the formulation of all Academy policies and procedures, ensuring their consistent implementation.


• To ensure high quality teaching and learning in the Faculty or across the Academy.


• To participate in duties at lunch, break, before, during and after school the Academy day.


• To ensure that the subject knowledge of staff in the Faculty is exemplary.


• To ensure that behaviour in the Faculty is exemplary.


• To ensure that Schemes of Learning and Independent Work books are of a high quality.

The successful candidate will:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree, and, ideally, be able to show evidence of ongoing professional development


• Demonstrate outstanding teaching practice and excellent behaviour management


• Have experience of lesson observations and giving robust feedback


• Have experience of improvement planning and of implementing a range of strategies to raise student achievement, with evidence of success


• Be able to contribute to improving on the quality of learning and teaching and curriculum


• Have a proven track record of excellent results at KS3 and 4, and, ideally, experience of teaching to KS5


• Have experience of high quality pupil tracking and feedback practices


• Ideally, have experience of working with governors and of working in more than one school

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

At Harris Girls Academy Bromley we have built a school community where we hold character and academic excellence in equally high regard.

Progress 8 for the school was in the top 100 in the country last year, and we were the only school from this group with a student body that has above average disadvantage, and below average EAL. Learning, curriculum, and pedagogy is exemplary here. Although we believe that these results lead to a tangible improvement in the opportunities of our young people we are equally proud of the way we see our students conduct themselves in our classrooms and corridors on the day to day. In the commitment they demonstrate in the library and the drama studio, or in the resilience they demonstrate in the sports hall and the textiles room. It is a privilege to teach students at Bromley.

We believe that we have built something special here through a leadership at all levels philosophy of constant improvement, and listening to our students, staff, and wider community. Leadership at HGABR means constantly reviewing and reinventing our approach, as we respond to the new opportunities and challenges of our young people present and seek to improve the education they receive. Leadership at HGABR considers that the academy exists as an important community organisation that has an impact on a significant number of lives, and we believe that stewarding this organisation is a responsibility that requires dedication and excellence from us.