Chief Education Officer (Secondary)

Altus Education Partnership, Rochdale, OL16 1AE

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  31 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L38 to L42 (£128,447 - £141-693)

What skills and experience we're looking for

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.

You will:

• 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 information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Application Pack - Chief Education Officer (Secondary) - AEP.pdf - 579 KB (opens in new tab)

About Altus Education Partnership

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Altus Education Partnership website
• Email address: a.uttley@altusep.com
• Phone number: 01706 769999
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/altus-education-partnership

Arranging a visit to Altus Education Partnership

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email a.uttley@altusep.com.

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