Nova Education Trust
Nottingham
£71,330 - £78,702 per year
Salary:
L14 to L18
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
2 October 2025
Job overview
Are you a dynamic and inspirational curriculum leader with a proven track record of driving exceptional outcomes in English? Do you thrive on challenge, collaboration, and innovation? Nova Education Trust is seeking a visionary Director of English to lead transformational improvement across our family of secondary academies.
In this high-impact role, you will be accountable for subject outcomes across multiple schools, working closely with senior leaders to shape and deliver high-quality teaching and strategic intervention. You'll mentor curriculum leaders, model outstanding practice, and lead Trust-wide initiatives that raise standards and inspire success. A key focus of the role will be designing intervention curricula that meet the needs of all learners-ensuring equity, ambition, and progress for every student.
We're looking for someone with deep subject expertise, strategic insight, and the ability to lead with integrity, empathy, and ambition. If you're ready to take your leadership to the next level and help reinvent education in a forward-thinking, values-driven Trust, we'd love to hear from you.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All colleagues will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with DfE requirements.
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About Nova Education Trust
Nova Education Trust
The Sir Colin Campbell Buildin, University of Nottingham Innov, Triumph Road, Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG7 2TU
United Kingdom
The Nova Education Trust (NET) is a dynamic and growing Multi Academy Trust Group based in the East Midlands. Our Trust Group is committed to providing high quality education to all of our students, regardless of their backgrounds.
With a range of schools in the trust serving a variety of different communities, opportunities for career progression and wider professional experiences are extensive. We have outstanding CPD provision across our schools, supported by our Teaching School Alliance, which links 23 schools together, sharing effective practice and developing new models for staff development. We also have a unique programme designed to provide middle and senior leaders with all the skills required to develop their careers.
As an employer we offer an enhanced benefit package to all staff that includes help with healthcare and a fully-funded MA programme for all teaching staff. We can also offer help with relocation in certain circumstances. The Trust also has a policy of wider engagement for main-scale, middle and senior staff. In recent years, employees have visited schools in America, Canada, Finland, Singapore and South Africa as part of their professional development.
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