Overview
The Chief Education Officer (Secondary) will provide strategic leadership across the Trust’s secondary phase including Kingsway Park High School and Edgar Wood Academy, ensuring consistently high standards of curriculum, teaching, inclusion and outcomes.
Responsibilities
* Provide strategic oversight of educational performance across our secondary academies
* Line manage and support secondary headteachers
* Lead Trust-wide secondary improvement strategies
* Secure a coherent, knowledge-rich curriculum and high standards of teaching and learning
* Develop leadership capacity and succession planning across the Trust
* Ensure robust systems for quality assurance, self-evaluation and school improvement
This is both a strategic and operational leadership role, requiring the intellectual clarity to define educational excellence and the discipline to deliver improvement at scale.
About You
We are looking for a leader who:
* Has significant successful experience as a headteacher or principal
* Has a strong track record of improving standards and outcomes
* Brings deep understanding of curriculum, teaching and school improvement
* Has experience of working across multiple institutions or within a trust
* Demonstrates integrity, judgement, emotional intelligence and strong moral purpose
You will combine high expectations with professional humility, and share our commitment to ethical leadership and community-rooted education.
What the school offers its staff
At Altus, everything we do is focused on enabling young people to achieve their very best. Our Trust is built on collaboration, shared responsibility and an unwavering commitment to improving lives through education.
This role offers the opportunity to:
* Influence education across a growing and ambitious trust
* Work with a high-performing executive team
* Lead improvement across diverse secondary contexts
* Help shape the next stage of educational excellence across Rochdale
Further details about the role
How to Apply
Please use the link below to apply for this role through MyNewTerm.
More information about the role can be found in the application pack attached. For further information about the trust, please visit our website at Welcome to The Altus Education Partnership.
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact:
* Amanda Thomson (Executive Administrator at AEP) – 01706 769824
* Raymond Kelly (Navigate NDC – Recruitment Partner) – 01625 800862
Application Deadline: 12.00 midday, 31st March 2026
Interviews: 22nd & 23rd April 2026
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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