WMAT Deputy Headteacher for Quality of Education
Wembley Multi Academy Trust, Wembley, HA0 3NT5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
17 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
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- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive Salary
Additional allowances
Competitive Salary
WMAT Deputy Headteacher for Quality of Education job summary
Job overview:
The Board of Trustees of Wembley Multi-Academy Trust (WMAT) is seeking to appoint an outstanding and ambitious Deputy Headteacher with responsibility for Quality of Education.
As an expanding Multi-Academy Trust, we are committed to strengthening leadership capacity across our schools. We are therefore looking for an exceptional leader with a proven track record of securing outstanding academic outcomes, leading curriculum development, and driving excellence in teaching and learning at whole-school level.
The successful candidate will be an expert in curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, with a relentless focus on securing exceptional progress for all groups of students. They will have experience of leading school improvement at scale and of developing middle and senior leaders to deliver consistently high standards.
WMAT is an established beacon of excellence, with two outstanding schools among the highest performing in the country. The successful candidate will be deeply committed to improving life chances and ensuring that every student, regardless of background, achieves academic excellence.
They will be highly analytical, intellectually rigorous and strategically astute. They will understand both the macro-level vision of curriculum design and the micro-level detail of classroom practice. They will be committed to developing others and to embedding our Trust’s mission of “Achievement for All” through exceptional quality of education.
Specific Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership of Curriculum and Academic Standards
- To lead the strategic vision for Quality of Education across the College, ensuring a coherent, ambitious and knowledge-rich curriculum for all students.
- To ensure that curriculum intent, implementation and impact are sharply defined, rigorously monitored and demonstrably strong across all subjects and key stages.
- To secure consistently outstanding academic outcomes at KS3, KS4 and KS5, including for disadvantaged students and students with SEND.
- To ensure curriculum sequencing enables students to know more, remember more and apply their learning with fluency and confidence.
- To oversee assessment strategy, ensuring it is purposeful, proportionate and used precisely to identify misconceptions and secure improvement.
- To lead strategies that ensure students are exceptionally well prepared for examinations, further study and top university destinations
Teaching, Learning and Professional Development
- To secure consistently high-quality teaching across the College through rigorous quality assurance, coaching and instructional leadership.
- To develop and embed a shared understanding of effective pedagogy, rooted in evidence-informed practice.
- To design and lead a high-impact programme of professional development that strengthens subject expertise, curriculum delivery and classroom practice.
- To line manage Curriculum Leaders and Assistant Headteachers within the Quality of Education team, holding them to account for standards, outcomes and improvement.
- To identify underperformance swiftly and implement precise and effective intervention strategies.
Outcomes, Data and Standards
- To lead whole-school analysis of progress and attainment data, ensuring forensic evaluation of trends and swift action where needed.
- To ensure robust systems are in place to track the progress of all groups and close gaps rapidly.
- To oversee reporting systems that provide clarity to staff, students and parents about progress and next steps.
- To ensure examination entry strategies, early entry decisions and curriculum pathways are strategically planned to maximise achievement and aspiration.
- To lead on the timetabling process using our in-house tools such as Nova T6.
- To oversee the internal and external assessment and examination process.
Academic Culture and Student Scholarship
- To cultivate a strong academic culture where scholarship, intellectual curiosity and high expectations are visible and celebrated.
- To ensure students are explicitly taught how to revise, retrieve knowledge and develop independent study habits.
- To embed high standards of academic conduct, ensuring classrooms are purposeful, calm and ambitious environments for learning.
- To oversee enrichment, academic extension and super-curricular opportunities that support students in securing places at top universities and competitive destinations.
Strategy, Policy and Quality Assurance
- To provide inspiring and purposeful leadership across all aspects of academic provision.
- To implement, monitor and evaluate strategic priorities relating to curriculum, teaching and outcomes.
- To ensure that policies and practices align with the College’s vision, values and statutory requirements.
- To lead preparation for inspection and external review relating to Quality of Education.
- To work as part of the Senior Leadership Team to secure sustained excellence across the Academy and Trust.
Qualifications & Experience
We are looking for a leader with a successful track record of school improvement. You will have:
- Qualified Teacher Status, Degree, further relevant professional studies.
- A willingness to undertake an NPQ or relevant/equivalent training.
- Values that align with WMAT.
- An understanding of what it takes to work with others and help lead one of the highest achieving schools in the country.
- A track record of securing tangible success and outstanding outcomes.
- The technical ability and behavioural traits that secure the confidence of all stakeholders.
- Experience of developing a culture of learning and continuous improvement of staff and students.
- Strong monitoring and evaluation skills.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of current developments and the latest educational research (such as curriculum development and how pupils learn).
- An ability to set up systems and processes to ensure departmental improvement.
- An ability to understand people’s individual strengths, harness and develop them.
- A commitment to learning and leading with humility.
Next Steps
If you wish to discuss this opportunity after applying, please email CBean@whtc.co.uk. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 24th March 2026.
Wembley Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be offered subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from across the community.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Wembley Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applicants.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Wembley Multi Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Wembley Multi-Academy Trust was formed in 2016 and has established itself as one of the most successful in the country over the last few years. The Trust is comprised of three schools:
1. Wembley High Technology College (‘Outstanding’)
2. East Lane Primary School (‘Outstanding’)
3. North Brent School (on Wembley High premises whilst the new building is completed)
4. Teaching School Hub (status awarded in 2021).
All schools in our Trust are, first and foremost, outstanding learning communities where academic excellence sits alongside the breadth of education. We believe in providing a structured and disciplined working environment in which all pupils can achieve their full potential. There is a very high standard of teaching across all schools which, coupled with the
strong work ethic, allows our pupils to flourish. Our broad, balanced and innovative curriculum is designed to stretch and challenge pupils to reach their potential, and there is a particular focus on English, maths and the sciences.
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