Lead your Languages department with confidence, clarity and vision. This practical and thought-provoking session explores what makes a successful MFL department and how strong leadership can improve teaching, recruitment, staff wellbeing and student outcomes. Combining strategic leadership ideas with practical classroom and departmental realities, this course will help you develop the confidence and systems needed to lead effectively in today’s challenging MFL landscape.

What this workshop will cover:

• What successful Languages departments do differently
• Strategies to improve student recruitment and engagement across KS3–KS5
• Leading outstanding teaching and learning in Languages
• Supporting, motivating and developing departmental staff
• Managing workload, inspections and departmental improvement effectively

You will leave with:

• Practical leadership strategies you can implement immediately
• Ideas to strengthen curriculum, assessment and student outcomes
• Approaches to develop a positive and high-performing department culture
• Greater confidence in leading change and managing people effectively

This session is designed for established or new Heads of Department and prospective Heads of Department looking to strengthen leadership, improve outcomes and build a thriving Languages department.

Presenter Profile

Jonathan Mumford is an experienced teacher, languages consultant and university lecturer, as well as a current GCSE examiner. With 20 years’ experience teaching French and Spanish in mixed comprehensive schools - including eight years as Head of Languages - he brings deep subject expertise and leadership experience to his work.

He is the founder of www.jmumfordteachertraining.com, where he shares a wide range of teaching resources and provides further information about his teacher training programmes. Jonathan has a strong track record of strong leadership in MFL and securing excellent GCSE and A Level outcomes. He is widely recognised for delivering high-quality professional development that raises standards across language departments.

Working with language teachers across the UK and internationally, Jonathan delivers engaging, research-informed CPD on key themes such as student engagement, leadership, formative assessment, behaviour and creativity. His work is focused on improving outcomes and enriching the language learning experience for both teachers and students.

He also leads the Language Links network, a global community that offers support and CPD to language teachers worldwide.

Feedback from Jonathan's courses

“Many thanks for coming along and being so inspirational - you had to see the buzz in the office after your CPD session!”
Kingsbury High School, London

“Jonathan is an extremely knowledgeable and engaging deliverer of CPD. He combines his humour with this wealth of experience in the MFL classroom. His CPD sessions are evidenced-based, practical and easily transferable to a classroom scenario, and most importantly enjoyable.”

National Modern Languages SCITT

“We were all really appreciative of your energy and all your amazing ideas - I left inspired to enact some straightaway!”

Chiswick School, London

Cost: £95 per delegate

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