School Improvement Lead - Mathematics & Numeracy

Pleckgate High School, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 8QA

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st May 2026 (or sooner)

• Closing date

  4 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 69,596.00 - 76,772.00

School Improvement Lead - Mathematics & Numeracy job summary

The Job:

We are pleased to invite applications for the role of School Improvement Lead (Mathematics & Numeracy). This is an exciting opportunity to join our diverse and growing Trust, where we are united by a commitment to raising achievement for every pupil.  As our Trust continues to expand, we are investing in our school improvement capacity by creating this new position. Our goal is to ensure that every school within our Trust delivers the highest standards of education and provides the best possible outcomes for all students.

You will be a driving force in raising standards and transforming outcomes for pupils across all Trust schools. Through inspirational leadership and deep expertise in literacy, the postholder will enhance the quality of teaching, learning, curriculum design, assessment, and targeted intervention. Working in close partnership with school leaders, the role will shape and deliver ambitious improvement priorities, providing both strategic vision and practical support to secure sustained excellence. The School Improvement Lead will rigorously evaluate impact, strengthen self-evaluation, and model outstanding practice, including teaching across Trust schools where appropriate, to directly influence improvement and embed a culture of high expectations and continuous growth.

To arrange an informal discussion about the role, prior to application, please contact Helen Appleby - HR@ept-uk.com. 

The Job:

• To raise standards across all Trust schools by improving the quality of teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, and interventions in Mathematics and Numeracy.
• To lead on school improvement in Mathematics and Numeracy across Trust’s schools, working with leaders to identify improvement priorities and support improvement.
• To evaluate progress, accuracy of self-evaluation and provide strategic and operational support.
• To teach across Trust schools dependent on school and Trust identified priorities.

 

What are the job requirements?

• Current Ofsted Inspector or willingness to train to become an inspector
• Graduate with Qualified Teacher Status
• Evidence of recent professional development such as NPQSL (or above)/master’s level qualification
• A minimum of 3 years of senior leadership experience in a mainstream secondary setting
• Proven record of school improvement and raising standards as a leader.
• The skills and knowledge to design effective professional development programmes and materials, including coaching and mentoring colleagues
• Up to date subject knowledge of a core subject including national policy, pedagogy, and curriculum

At the Education Partnership Trust, our vision is to create outstanding schools which transform learning, lives and communities. We are united by our three key values:

High Expectations of ourselves, our pupils and our school community

Commitment we are dedicated to raising standards and improving opportunities

Ambition we constantly strive to improve by setting ourselves challenging goals

All of the schools within the Education Partnership Trust are united by a drive to improve opportunities and outcomes for children, young people and professionals in the education sector.

Our schools all have access to the central services and support provided by the trust. Where schools are not good or outstanding, the EPT will facilitate a high quality and bespoke package of support. For our good and outstanding schools we encourage and facilitate continued development. There is an expectation that they will engage in delivering school to school support for their own benefit and the benefit of other schools in the trust.

For more information about the Trust and our schools, please visit:

Our Schools – Education Partnership Trust

Our extensive range of rewards and benefits include:

• Healthcare cash back plan provided free by the trust includes optical, dental, physio, diagnostics, health assessment, NHS prescription charges, hospital cover, discounted gym memberships plus lots more.
• 6 sessions of free counselling including CBT, wellbeing and bereavement.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Access to government pension schemes.
• Free parking.
• Training, mentoring and progression opportunities including our Emerging Leaders programmes.
• Trust wide intranet to share knowledge and resources. 

Please be advised, as part of due diligence checks, online searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Education Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

Education Partnership Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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 Pleckgate High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1354 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Pleckgate High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pleckgate-high-school

Pleckgate High School is thriving multi-cultural community that places the best interests of young people at the heart of everything we do. All students are challenged and supported to Aspire and Believe, Act and Succeed. We are a large secondary that is part of the Education Partnership Trust (EPT), situated on the northern outskirts of Blackburn with Darwen. Our school community has 1150 students and 180 staff, with state of the art facilities that benefit both the school and local community.

In January 2019, the school was judged as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted. Inspectors found our school to have a “great sense of industry and endeavour” and described the school as “harmonious” with a “common goal to excel”.

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