Post 16 Progress Lead

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 6LZ

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  17 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  1 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,903.00 - £30,929.00 Annually (Actual)

Post 16 Progress Lead job summary

We are seeking to appoint a motivated and dedicated Progress Lead to support our excellent existing Post 16 team in further raising standards and improving student outcomes. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving academic progress, particularly through mentoring, targeted interventions and collaboration with staff, parents, and external agencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide academic mentoring and lead targeted intervention programmes
• Analyse student data to identify those students needing additional support
• Prepare students for assessments and develop study skills
• Organise enrichment opportunities, including university visits
• Work with staff, parents, and external agencies to remove barriers to learning
• Support careers guidance, transitions, and extra-curricular activities
• Play an integral role in the UCAS application process

The staff are united in their unwavering commitment to our young people and fostering within them a desire to learn and become the very best versions of themselves that they can be.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, strong emotional intelligence, and a passion for supporting young people to succeed.

The Academy are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all of its employees to share this commitment. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online/social media check in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, September 2025.

Potential candidates are welcome to visit the school by appointment, by contacting Mrs K McGough (Academy Manager) on 01782 883037.

All applications should by made via the MyNewTerm recruitment platform.

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare
of children and young people and expects all of its employees
to share this commitment. This post is subject to the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment
Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission
for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring
Service to check for any previous convictions

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1139 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-margaret-ward-catholic-academy

St Margaret Ward is a happy, popular, oversubscribed 11-18
academy with an impressive record of success, acknowledged in
our inspection in September 2021 (full report on school/Ofsted
website).

We are extremely proud of our enthusiastic and ambitious staff
who are committed to helping our students become the very best
they can be and, as such, the Academy Directors are seeking an ambitious and dedicated individual who can help us in our mission

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