About the role
Advert Description – Assistant Head Teacher for the JMA in Welwyn.
Pay: L9 – L13 (£72,858 - £79,385)
Start Date: January 2026 dependent on availability.
Assistant Head teacher at the James Marks Academy in Welwyn Garden City
A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the James Marks Academy Trust as an Assistant Head. We are looking for an outstanding leader, with passion and vision for inclusive education. The successful individual will have a key role in ensuring high standards are maintained at the JMA so they are in line with the other successful provisions within the Trust.
As the latest school to join our Trust, the JMA is still expanding. The school is housed in a new state of the art building designed with its intended cohort in mind, in Welwyn. You will support the direction and vision for the Trust from the outset, working collaboratively with other leaders.
The JMAT was established on 1 April, 2021. The founding school in the MAT is Roman Fields which is Ofsted ‘outstanding’ in all areas and holds ‘Advanced’ status from the National Autistic Society. The addition of the James Marks Academy is seeking to replicate, in HCC’s words, ‘the outstanding work Roman Fields has done in the West of the county, in the East’. You may be required to work across the Trust on occasion but this role is based mainly in Welwyn. Both schools meet the needs of learners that have EHCP and diverse needs, who have high anxiety and, prior to entry, refused to attend school. The task therefore is to create a culture that re-ignites a love of learning, sense of worth and confidence, so that the pupils are supported to become successful, economically active, happy adults. A real commitment to providing all children with the opportunity to access excellent educational and wider opportunities is therefore a key facet of the role. The James Marks Academy Trust endeavours to develop this passion for learning in pupils, through encouraging enquiring minds and resilience, so that prior barriers which stem from these vulnerable pupils’ mental health are eradicated.
An application pack and further details are available from Ms. Mandy Crow, CFO: 01442 256915 or email mandy.crow@jmatherts.co.uk, or alternatively on our website www.jamesmarks.co.uk, where the application pack can be downloaded.
Closing date for applications is close of business on Monday 6 October 2025 at 12pm. Candidates are welcome to call and speak to the Head teacher and/or arrange to visit the school site. Please use contact details above to make arrangements.
Please address your application to: mandy.crow@jmatherts.co.uk
Applications Close: Monday 6th October 2025 at 12pm
Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 13th October 2025
For more information and to apply online: www.teachinherts.com
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