Chief Executive Officer

Learning For Life Education Trust, Wellingborough, NN9 5TX

43 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  3 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: This is a permanent position. Full-time or 0.8 FTE will be considered.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L28 - L33

What skills and experience we're looking for

As CEO, you must be an outstanding leader of people. You will lead highperforming headteachers, committed staff and a highly effective central team. You will build on the existing collaboration and distributed leadership, maximising the synergy of the trust and ensuring that it continues to offer positive staff and pupil wellbeing.

You must have school improvement at the heart of your work and bring knowledge and experience of successfully addressing gaps in achievement, aspiration and attainment. Working with senior leaders, you will seek to further align evidence-based school improvement with CPD and enhance consistency and evaluation of impact.

You will understand the complexity of the education landscape and the importance of trust sustainability. You will be a critical thinker, with a proven record of successful strategic planning that has positively impacted operational practice.

You will act with honesty, professionalism and integrity. You will be a highly motivated individual who can confidently and positively engage with a diverse range of audiences. You will have the creativity and vision to inspire and lead change to ensure successful outcomes.

What the school offers its staff

Our CEO will be supported by:

An experienced and supportive Trust Board and Local Governance Committees

Successful leaders in every school in our trust

An experienced and dedicated central team

Processes and provision focused on economies of scale and efficiencies across schools

A focus on wellbeing at all levels

Commitment to professional development for all staff

Continued collaboration with a range of experienced trusts and CEO

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share in this commitment. This post is subject to safe recruitment practices and all necessary checks will be made prior to employment commencing.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to laura.civil@iflt.org.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Upload additional documents

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

CEO Candidate Pack 2024-25.pdf - 3.91 MB (opens in new tab)

About Learning For Life Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Learning For Life Education Trust website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: laura.civil@iflt.org.uk
• Phone number: 01933 767954
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/learning-for-life-education-trust (opens in new tab)

The Learning for Life Education Trust came into being in the summer of 2018 as we moved from our former name of The Irthlingborough and Finedon Learning Trust. The trust first began in 2015 following several years of close collaboration between the schools of Irthlingborough and Finedon.

We changed our name to Learning for Life to reflect our core educational vision for our children, parents, staff and the wider community. We have grown our Trust by working with schools beyond the geographical boundaries of our founding schools. We want to continue
this growth.

The Trust consists of six schools: Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School, Higham Ferrers Junior School, Finedon Infant School, Finedon Mulso CE Junior School, Irthlingborough Infant School and Irthlingborough Junior School.

We are in an excellent position to fully embrace the opportunities that are available in the current and ever-changing educational landscape. We are focused on improving standards within our schools - building upon existing partnerships and creating new ones.

Our team of teachers, support staff, directors, governors, parents and carers are committed to ensuring that all of our pupils receive the very best educational opportunities and achieve the best outcomes.

Arranging a visit to Learning For Life Education Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email laura.civil@iflt.org.uk.

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