Advert Description – Deputy Head based in Welwyn. The address below is our HR base. James Marks Academy Trust, Roman Fields, Boxmoor House, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP3 0DF, Tel: 01442 256915 Website: www.jamesmarks.herts.sch.uk Pay : L14 – L18 Start Date : Either September 2025 or January 2026 dependent on availability. Our priority is securing the right calibre of applicants. Deputy Head with the opportunity to develop within the James Marks Academy Trust A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen to join the James Marks Academy Trust as a Deputy 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 staffed with new employees and those who originally worked at Roman Fields Academy. It therefore has a mixed team of fairly long established and committed Trust senior staff working with an exceptional body of relatively new colleagues. 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 on one or both sites, on occasion; this will be discussed further at interview. Both schools will meet the needs of learners that have EHCP and diverse needs, which has led to high anxiety and, prior to entry, resulted in school refusal. 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/Company Secretary: 01442 256915 or email mandy.crow@jmatherts.co.uk, or alternatively on our website www.jamesmarks.herts.sch.uk, where the application pack can be downloaded. Closing date for applications is close of business on Friday 11th July 2025. 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 covering letter of interest and application to: HR@jmatherts.co.uk Applications Close: Friday 11th July 2025 Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 14th July 2025