Chief Education Director

Northern Star Academies Trust, Skipton, BD23 1QN

5 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
22 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: L32 - L36 £101,067 - £111,470

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for someone with current knowledge of primary and secondary education which has been acquired through successful headship experience. It is likely that your headship experience has been in primary schools, ideally with some school improvement experience in both phases across a range of school contexts, including those serving the most disadvantaged communities.

You will be:

an inspirational and a strategic leader with a successful record of educational improvement
an effective communicator, able to build relationships quickly and effectively with colleagues and academy leaders.
able to accurately identify areas for academy development and ensure improvement plans are robust and will lead to excellence and/or bring about improvement rapidly.
able to effectively monitor standards and use quality assurance processes to accurately inform academy and trust leaders about the quality of educational performance in academies.
able to effectively prepare academies for successful Ofsted inspections.
able to work directly and intensively with targeted academies to bring about improvements in specific areas; for example, curriculum design, pupil absence, disadvantaged outcomes, progress of SEND pupils, quality of teaching, behaviour etc.
interested and up to date with latest education policy developments, debate and practice.
credible and knowledgeable in a wide range of education issues and leadership scenarios
resilient, dynamic, and keen to lead by example.
organised, hardworking and able to cope with demanding workloads.
emotionally intelligent.

What the school offers its staff

This is an exciting new role within our organisation at a pivotal moment for our Trust Partnership. We have recently grown to fifteen schools, doubling in size, serving vibrant and diverse communities across North and West Yorkshire.

Join us and you’ll find a collaborative culture of inclusion, growth, and purpose, supported by aspirational and values-led headteachers, trust leaders and an ambitious board of trustees.

Alongside our commitment to continuous school improvement, as a Trust Partnership we have been trailblazers in environmental sustainability and climate change education. We are looking for someone who shares this passion.

Further details about the role

About the role

The purpose of the role is to ensure that children in NSAT schools get the best opportunities to thrive and be successful. The new Director will combine strategy development and the practical delivery of school improvement to achieve this.

As a key member of the Trust’s Executive Leadership Team, you will to set the strategy for education across our Trust Partnership and share in the responsibility for the performance of the Trust across a range of indicators.

You will lead a highly skilled and committed team of colleagues who support our academies with a combination of school improvement and strategic leadership.

The Director will have oversight of all our schools, prioritising those facing greatest challenge. In the first year, this is likely to involve working closely with a small number of our academies requiring the most support to progress, providing hands-on support, expertise and guidance for the further development of curriculum, assessment, professional development and standards. You will be able to identify priorities for improvement and be confident providing professional challenge and support to leaders to enable change.

You will also be an effective champion for development across the whole Trust, building capacity for innovative approaches to education. You will bring the latest research and thinking from the sector to our Trust, supporting leaders to shape imaginative practice in their schools.

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.