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Director of Estates
Wymondham College, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9SZ25 days remaining to apply
Closing date
17 August 2026 at 1am
Date listed
23 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
- competitive
Director of Estates job summary
Tel: 01953 609012
Email: ea@setrust.co.uk or hr@setrust.co.uk
Website: https://www.se-trust.org
- Salary – competitive
- Permanent
- Full time
- All Year Round
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 lead the strategic development of a multi-site education estate and help shape the future of one of East Anglia's most successful Multi-Academy Trusts.
This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious and forward-thinking estates leader to help shape the future of a highly respected and expanding organisation.
As Director of Estates, you will join the Executive Team at a pivotal point in the Trust's development. With a growing family of schools and significant investment planned across our estate, you will provide the strategic vision, leadership and expertise required to ensure our buildings and facilities continue to support the highest standards of education for years to come.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will lead all aspects of estate management across the Trust's diverse portfolio, from strategic asset planning and major capital projects to compliance, sustainability, health and safety, maintenance and estate development.
This role offers an outstanding platform for an experienced estates professional who is passionate about delivering meaningful impact. Whether through developing innovative estate strategies, securing investment, improving sustainability or delivering transformational capital projects, your work will directly support the education and wellbeing of thousands of children and young people across Norfolk and Suffolk.
Pre application visit
If you would like to visit the Trust or would like an informal discussion, please contact Briony Rigwell – Executive Assistant to the CEO by calling 01953609012 or emailing - ea@setrust.co.uk
How to apply
A Candidate Recruitment Pack 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 2026, 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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)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
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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