Academy Improvement Lead (Primary)
The Active Learning Trust Limited, March, PE15 9PX5 days remaining to apply
Closing date
2 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £87,651.00 - £101,533.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership 24 - 30
Academy Improvement Lead (Primary) job summary
Think you can spot great teaching at 50 paces? Get irrationally excited about marginal gains, curriculum coherence, and a beautifully constructed line management meeting? This might just be your dream job.
Due to the expansion of our central education team, we now have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Academy Improvement Lead. We’re on the lookout for someone who can roll up their sleeves and get stuck in – not with a clipboard and a checklist, but with curiosity, creativity, and a knack for making people feel both supported and challenged (ideally at the same time, with good coffee).
In this role, you’ll work across our schools with senior leaders and teachers to drive improvement, share what works, and help build thriving cultures where everyone keeps getting better – including you.
You don’t need to have "Trust-wide strategic leadership" tattooed on your CV. You do need:
- A rock-solid track record of making real improvements in your own school(s)
- Emotional intelligence, credibility, and the ability to build trust fast
- Enough flexibility to go with the flow, and enough backbone to steer the ship
- A love of strategy and people (if you’re all systems and no soul, it’s not for you)
- A willingness to try, reflect, refine, and try again – without losing your sense of humour
You’ll help shape what great looks like across the Trust – and you’ll do it as part of a values-led, down-to-earth, ambitious team that takes its work seriously but never takes itself too seriously
This is a rare chance to make your mark in an organisation where values aren't wallpaper — they're the walls.
We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all. Whether you’re currently in a school-based role or already working across a Trust, we’re looking for the right person and the right fit. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
📩 Get in touch today. Let’s talk about the future you could help shape!
For an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity, please contact Rae Aldous, Director of Primary Education (rae.aldous@activelearningtrust.org ).
The Active Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.
The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 6 months’ probation period at the start of their employment (except for Early Career Teachers who are subject to a Statutory Induction Period). This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Flexible working will be considered for all roles deemed suitable.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Active Learning Trust Limited
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- Multi-academy trust
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