Deputy Director of Primary Education

Wymondham College, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9SZ

20 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  17 August 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  28 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £78,702-£88,891 FTE

Deputy Director of Primary Education job summary

Tel: 01953 609012

Email:  ea@setrust.co.uk.

Website:  https://www.se-trust.org

• Salary – Competitive (L18-23 £78,702-£88,891 FTE)
• Permanent
• Full Time

Sapientia Education Trust is a successful and ambitious Multi-Academy Trust serving schools across Norfolk and Suffolk. Established in 2016, the Trust has grown to 22 schools, educating almost 9,000 pupils across primary, secondary and sixth form provision. With further schools expected to join the Trust in the coming years, we are entering an exciting new phase of growth, development and opportunity.

Our central teams provide expert support across education, finance, HR, ICT, health and safety, governance and estates. Together, we work in partnership with school leaders to remove barriers, drive improvement and ensure our schools have the resources they need to succeed.

THE ROLE

To help lead primary education across a growing Multi-Academy Trust and drive exceptional outcomes for children and young people.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious and highly effective primary school leader to join one of East Anglia's most successful and rapidly expanding Multi-Academy Trusts.

As Deputy Director of Primary Education, you will play a key role within the Trust's Central Education Team, supporting the Deputy CEO and Director of Education in delivering the Trust's vision for primary education. Working across a portfolio of primary schools, you will provide strategic leadership, support and challenge to headteachers, helping to secure strong standards, effective leadership and sustained school improvement.

Reporting directly to the Deputy CEO/Director of Education, you will oversee school performance, line manage headteachers and contribute to Trust-wide quality assurance, leadership development and improvement activity. You will work closely with school leaders to identify priorities, strengthen leadership capacity and ensure that all pupils benefit from a high-quality education, regardless of background or circumstance.

This role offers an exceptional platform for an experienced primary headteacher or education leader who is passionate about school improvement and developing others. Whether through supporting successful schools to become exceptional, leading rapid improvement in more challenging contexts or helping shape the strategic direction of the Trust, your work will directly influence the education and life chances of thousands of children across Norfolk and Suffolk.

As part of the Executive Team, you will contribute to wider Trust strategy and play a central role in helping Sapientia Education Trust continue its record of growth, improvement and educational excellence.

Pre-Application Discussion

If you would like to visit the Trust or would like an informal discussion, please contact Briony Ridgwell, Executive Assistant to the CEO, by calling 01953 609012 or emailing - ea@setrust.co.uk.

How to apply

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our website to apply via the online application form along with a supporting letter of no more than 800 words, detailing how your experience equips you for the post and what you would bring to us.

Applications are considered on receipt; therefore, early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview before the application closing date, should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Closing date:    17 August 2025, 12 noon

Interview date:    w/c  24 August 2026

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All applicants will be required to undergo appropriate safeguarding and pre-employment checks. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, references will be sought for shortlisted candidates prior to interview.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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

The post-holder will be required to comply with the Wymondham College Code of Conduct for Staff and Volunteers. Wymondham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

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 Wymondham College

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1427 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wymondham College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wymondham-college

Wymondham College is a member of the Sapientia Education Trust (SET). SET is an expanding multi-academy trust with 10 primary and 7 secondary schools. Wymondham College has over 400 staff dedicated to supporting World Class education. The College currently is one of the top State Schools in the Country and is recognised as one of the highest performing State Schools in the East of England, this is backed up by its most recent Ofsted review which rated the College as outstanding in both Education and Boarding inspections.

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