Director of Education
St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust, Luton, LU4 0PF3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2025
Closing date
15 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £87,651.00 - £101,533.00 Annually (Actual) L24-L30
Director of Education job summary
The Directors of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust are seeking to appoint a Director of Education to secure excellence in support for school improvement. The Trust is at an exciting point in its development. Over the last five years we have successfully brought together 17 schools and have delivered significant improvement to schools over time. Thanks to our work and the brilliant work of colleagues in schools, our schools are very successful with outcomes well above national averages. Now we have completed the main part of our growth journey, now those schools are together in one family, they have the potential to go on to become extraordinary. We are looking for a leader who will have the ambition, knowledge and skill to join us on that journey to extraordinary.
We are incredibly proud of our schools and the way our Catholic tradition serves the children in our care. We have a simple sense that the children in our schools should be loved and taught very well. Our commitment to service shaped by our faith tradition informs so much of what we do and it is important that candidates applying to this post demonstrate and awareness and a commitment to the values of our Trust and the faith that underpins all that we do. It is important to stress that you do not need to be a Catholic to apply for this role. We are incredibly proud of the rich and diverse communities that serve our schools from many different / no particular faith background. Our staff tell us they feel they belong to our community of schools. That is our aim, that you would know that you are cherished and you belong.
Working with the newly appointed CEO, Mark McLaughlin, the Director of Education will play a pivotal role in the organisation as we seek to align and grow best practice across our family of schools. While we have seen great success for our schools with outcomes well above national averages, we know that the children we serve only get one chance to get a great education. We want their futures to be bright and their memories of their time in school something they will always cherish. For that to happen we need to bring the best curriculum, the best pedagogy, and the best practice together in a way that is inspirational to both the children and the staff we serve across our schools. It is our sincere hope that you might be that person.
Should you wish to have a conversation with our incoming CEO about this role or if you would like to visit some of our schools, please contact mgilmartin@stcat.co.uk and we would be delighted to speak to you.
(This position has been posted on several of our MyNewTerm pages - there is only one post so you need only apply once. )
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 are not accepted.
About St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
The directors of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust (STCAT), are seeking a new Chief Executive Officer (Strategic Executive Leader) to build upon the excellent foundations already in place.
STCAT was formed with eight schools in 2020, and the planned expectation is that three more Diocesan schools in Luton and Slough will join in the near future to form a Trust of twenty schools.
Our new CEO (SEL) will have a strong track record and demonstrable leadership skills, as well as the drive and passion to take on this exceptional opportunity to lead STCAT and its schools in the next stage of the journey.
We hope you find the attached candidate information pack useful in understanding our Trust and the position of CEO (SEL), and encourages you to get in touch to find out more.
To have a confidential conversation about the position please contact our retained consultant Ross Laird at Academicis on 07901 585959 or via email at rlaird@academicis.co.uk.
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