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Salary: Up to £120,000 commensurate with experience
Contract: Permanent / Full Time
Closing date: 12.00 pm on 29 January 2026
Interview date: Wednesday 11 February – Friday 13 February 2026
Purpose:
As a member of the Trust Executive Leadership Team, you will lead the educational strategy for the primary phase, guided by the Directors of Education. You will be responsible for driving high standards across the phase, enabling excellent outcomes for pupils in schools and supporting colleagues to deliver outstanding education across the Trust.
You will be responsible for reporting to Trust governance on the quality of education and the impact of school improvement activities across the phase. This role is pivotal in ensuring consistency, collaboration and excellence across Trust schools, while retaining each school’s individuality
Duties (further details in the attached appointment brief):
1. Develop and implement a comprehensive primary education strategy in collaboration with the Directors of Education, ensuring alignment with the Trust’s five-year strategic plan and core values.
2. Serve as an active member of the Trust Executive Leadership Team, providing detailed reports to the CEO, Board and governance committees on the quality of education and impact of improvement activities.
3. Lead the Trust-wide approach to closing the attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils and those in receipt of Pupil Premium to ensure equitable outcomes across all primary settings.
4. Oversee the quality of education across all primary schools, identifying institutional strengths and risks while ensuring all settings are prepared for and supported during Ofsted inspections.
5. Conduct regular, robust performance reviews at each school using data analysis, site visits and stakeholder feedback to monitor leadership and pupil progress.
6. Broker targeted support and interventions through Education Directors and School Improvement Leads to ensure continuous improvement in schools requiring rapid progress.
7. Manage the educational due diligence process for new schools joining the Trust and lead their successful integration into the primary phase.
8. Build leadership capacity and professional growth through the line management of Headteachers, focusing on coaching, talent management and succession planning.
9. Ensure consistent application of statutory and regulatory compliance across all schools, including safeguarding, health and safety, and financial budgetary controls.
10. Drive consistency and collaboration across the primary phase while actively protecting and celebrating the unique individuality and community context of each school.
11. Lead community engagement initiatives and strategic partnerships that strengthen the Trust’s role in regional social and educational regeneration.
12. Maintain high-level expertise in national educational developments to contribute to research, publications and the development of evidence-informed Trust policies.
We offer:
13. This role is eligible for the Teaching Pension Scheme
14. Enhanced CPD, including access to professional networks across the Trust
15. Paid induction and training suited to the role
16. Confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme
17. Use of the Cycle Scheme
18. Paid completion of a DBS check
19. Flu vaccination vouchers
20. Free eye tests (where the employee is desk-based)
21. Honouring of continuous service earned in the Local Authority
Safeguarding Statement
Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.