Chief Executive Officer

Reach Schools, Feltham, TW13 4AB

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  6 March 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  9 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £118,000.00 - £140,000.00 Annually (FTE)

Chief Executive Officer job summary

Leading a trust is the greatest privilege in the world.

As the next Chief Executive Officer of Reach Schools you will be someone who understands what excellence truly looks and feels like. You will be an experienced educational leader who never settles for anything less than magnificent.

All children deserve a life of choice and opportunity.

As the next CEO you will be bold, innovative and deeply humble. You do not think you have all the answers. You seek to share and learn with others constantly.

Your role as CEO of Reach Schools is to support the headteachers, ensure that all of the functional and operational delivery is taken care of by our central Trust colleagues to free your school leaders to focus on outcomes for children, and provide the stability and guiding light that this work requires.

You will likely have worked with complex communities and excel at building trusting relationships. You are a remarkable classroom teacher and can draw on this expertise when guiding educational decisions. You also understand governance, finance, marketing and branding and are, at heart, entrepreneurial.

You rely on data and evidence to make good decisions, but you also recognise that sometimes there is no roadmap for this work.

You have a deep respect for the places our schools are situated in and the people in our community and see your role as one of an ‘unlocker’.

You do this work because you believe in the lasting power of change that education brings.

This is an incredibly exciting role. We are looking for someone to lead Reach Schools for our next remarkable phase.

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.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Reach Schools

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Reach Schools website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/reach-academy-trust

Reach Schools believe in the power of a shared vision. We commit to providing a coherent education led by excellent educators and leaders in a positive school setting. We value the impact of strong relationships between a community of pupils, parents and teachers.

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