Leader of Science - Haverfordwest High VC School

Salary: Pay Scale Within: £32,433 - £49,944 + TLR 1B - £12,247

Haverfordwest High VC School is seeking to appoint a Leader of Science with effect from 1st September 2025. The successful candidate will have responsibility for leading learning within the area of Science, and will join us in a school which promotes excellence, inclusion and high expectations.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic individual, ideally with experience in middle leadership, and have the passion to be an inspirational middle leader in our school where the wellbeing and progress of all is our main focus. The person appointed will set high standards in all aspects of school life and be recognised as an excellent classroom practitioner, be able to take a substantive role in developing teaching and learning and performance and standards in their subject area and a contributor to whole school improvement. The ability for the successful candidate to deliver at Key Stage 5, would be an advantage however, this is not an essential requirement.

If you feel you have the desire, determination and skills to join our team and are able to meet the challenges that will come with the post we would love to hear from you. The successful candidate will join a thriving team who work collaboratively to deliver high quality lessons for our pupils. The new school is a fantastic environment in which to work and provides top class facilities for pupils and the community.

We are very proud of the achievements of our pupils at Haverfordwest High VC school and are keen to share information to help you to make a successful application. You can visit our website, school Facebook or Instagram accounts for more information about the school or contact us if you wish to have an informal discussion about the post.

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• Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2023.
• Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.