Assistant Headteacher

Mary Webb School and Science College, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 0TG

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L8 (£61,534) - L12 (£67,898)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will display the following qualities and characteristics. They will:

• have a clear understanding of how to ensure students are provided with appropriate levels of support and challenge, in order to develop their independence and resilience
• have the ability to monitor practice, apply accountability and contribute to team thinking
• have demonstrated an ability to lead a team of professional colleagues as a middle or senior leader
• be capable of self-reflection to continually develop leadership
• display initiative and the ability to self-motivate
• display genuine interpersonal skills to motivate, inspire and lead others
• use data to question performance and set challenging targets
• be committed to the academic and personal development of students as individuals

What the school offers its staff

The successful candidate will find an experienced, supportive and very able Senior Leadership Team and will have the wholehearted encouragement, engagement and involvement of a strong and enthusiastic local governing body.

Each member of teaching staff is supplied with a laptop and access to a staff library.

We encourage our colleagues to continue their professional development and provide support for those wishing to complete NPQs appropriate to their role.

Our Trust has an active staff network with calendared opportunities to share best practise.

Flexible working opportunities

Our Trust has a flexible working policy and a special leave policy to support all our staff.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

The Assistant Headteacher (Teaching and Learning) will work closely with the Deputy Head-teacher (Curriculum), the Headteacher and the wider Senior Leadership Team to provide professional leadership and management. The Assistant Headteacher’s main responsibility is for the leadership of teaching and learning throughout the school. The Assistant Headteacher will lead on the development, monitoring and evaluation of all aspects relating to teaching and learning and in doing so, will contribute to the formation of a high performing secondary school catering for all students with a diverse range of needs. In addition, the Assistant Headteacher will also contribute to the broader strategic and operational aspects of the school’s provision. The Assistant Headteacher will have an appropriate teaching commitment.

The key focus of this post is to ensure the highest quality of teaching and learning provision and support the development of good and outstanding teaching by ensuring high quality CPD for all staff, by:

• Developing, leading and managing effective strategies to improve standards of teaching and learning by use of appropriate strategies across the school.
• Supporting the development an effective CPD programme for staff and leading aspects of it. This will be multi-faceted and appropriate to career stage.
• Developing the leadership and management skills of curriculum leaders through a rigorous programme of support and the setting of challenging targets for improvement.
• Accountability for line management of designated curriculum subjects.
• Support access to peer-to-peer and external professional development, including within our Trust.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
An online search will be undertaken as part of due diligence checks during the shortlisting process

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

MWS-CIP-Assistant Headteacher October25.pdf - 5.11 MB (opens in new tab)

About Mary Webb School and Science College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 654 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Mary Webb School and Science College website
• Email address: sarah.lamplugh@marywebbschool.com
• Phone number: 01743792101
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mary-webb-school-and-science-college

Mary Webb School and Science College is situated in a particularly beautiful location in the village of Pontesbury, just a few miles south of Shrewsbury. The site, surrounded by hills and woodland, provides an ideal setting for a school that aims to provide an educational experience firmly rooted in a modern rural context. We seek to open minds and widen horizons by ensuring that all our students are prepared for the challenges of life in the 21st century.
As a relatively small, community secondary school of over 700 students, staff and governors, we feel that the school has a number of distinctive features that makes it a little bit special. We aim to provide an environment in which each and every student can develop and flourish, and where the pursuit of excellence, in terms of personal development and academic achievement, is the aspiration of all. Relatively small class sizes ensures that every student receives personal attention.
The curriculum at Key Stage 4 is based around a core GCSE offer. We believe that this provides students with robust qualifications that support transition to post-16 education, training and employment. GCSE examination results at Mary Webb School and Science College have been good in recent years and are above national averages for attainment and progress across the curriculum.
Our most recent published results saw 65% of our students achieving GCSEs in both English and mathematics at grade 4 or above, with 43.8% achieving GCSEs in English and mathematics at grade 5 or above. The school’s Attainment 8 score was 47.9, which was higher than the Shropshire average for secondary schools, with our Progress 8 score being +0.08. Most importantly, all our students were able to go on to the destinations they planned to in September 2025.
To view our latest Ofsted report from May 2023 please visit our website.

Arranging a visit to Mary Webb School and Science College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sarah.lamplugh@marywebbschool.com.

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