Director of Performance and Standards (Special / Alternative Provision)
Esteem Multi Academy Trust, Nottingham, NG15 0DT18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
23 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 February 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
- £89,830.00 - £99,067.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale 25–29 (£89,830–£99,067 per annum)
Director of Performance and Standards (Special / Alternative Provision) job summary
Job Title: Director of Performance and Standards (Special / Alternative Provision)
Location: Esteem Multi-Academy Trust
Grade/Scale: Leadership Pay Scale - Leadership Scale 25–29 (£89,830–£99,067 per annum)
Contract: 37 hours per week, all year round
Join Us in Transforming Lives Lives Through Education
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)? Do you share our commitment to inclusion, excellence, and innovation?
At Esteem Multi-Academy Trust, we are proud to be "Stronger Together," working collaboratively across our family of 14 primary, special school and alternative provision schools to deliver an ambitious, inspirational, and bespoke education for every pupil. With a clear focus on school improvement and quality assurance, our aim is to empower children and young people to achieve their potential and thrive in their communities and beyond.
As the Director of Performance and Standards, you will play a pivotal role in driving high standards across our schools. Your leadership will ensure that every pupil, regardless of their starting point, experiences a high-quality, inclusive education that prepares them for them for the wider world.
Why Join Esteem MAT?
- Inclusion at Our Core: We are driven by our shared belief in the power of education to transform lives.
- Excellence in Education: Our schools benefit from collaboration, the sharing of expertise, and a collective ambition to achieve outstanding outcomes.
- Investing in People: We are committed to your growth, offering access to high-quality CPD, collaborative opportunities, and career development within our Trust.
About the Role
You will be an experienced Headteacher/Executive Headteacher of a special school or alternative provision. Alternatively, you will have relevant experience of evaluating the performance of special schools or AP’s in a comparable role, such as an HMI, Ofsted inspector or LA/MAT school improvement advisor. You will have a forensic focus on the progress and experiences of every pupil, ensuring that strategies for improvement are evidence-based, innovative, and effectively implemented.
This is a demanding but immensely rewarding opportunity to:
- Deliver the Trust’s Education Development and Improvement Framework (EDIF) with a sharp focus on school improvement and quality assurance.
- Collaborate with a talented central education team and support headteachers to build capacity and drive improvement.
- Represent the Trust at local and national levels, contributing to SEND and AP policy development and innovation.
What We’re Looking For
You will bring:
- A proven track record in headship within SEND education or alternative provision (or other equivalent similar school improvement experience with a MAT or LA )
- Strategic vision and expertise in improving educational outcomes.
- A passion for inclusion and a commitment to the Trust’s values and mission.
Please see the attached Application pack including a Welcome from CEO and more information about Esteem Multi-Academy Trust..
Please review the attached Job Description to learn more about the role and what we are looking for in the successful candidate.
Benefits Include:
- Teacher's Pension Scheme / LGPS Pension Scheme (16.6% employer contributions)
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Access to Westfield Health membership scheme including cashback schemes for health and retail benefits, discounted gym memberships, and free confidential advice.
- Access to National College CPD platform.
Apply Today and Be Part of Our Vision
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Clive Lawrence, OBE (Chief Education Officer) on hr@esteemmat.co.uk
We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates upon application and may close the application process prior to this date
Esteem Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status.
Commitment to safeguarding
Esteem Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
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 Esteem Multi Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Esteem MAT was formed in 2018 and now consists of 14 academies from the East and West Midlands. Many of our pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities or are disadvantaged. Therefore, inclusion is our watchword, and our vision is for Esteem to be a learning community of excellence for SEND and alternative provision in the Midlands. However, we want more mainstream schools to join us too as they have many pupils with SEND or who are disadvantaged. We want all our pupils to achieve their full potential whatever type of school they attend.
Our vision is to be a Trust that:
• Leads and supports our academies to provide the highest standards of education and development for all our pupils
• Enables academies with a shared sense of purpose to benefit from alignment whilst maintaining individuality
• Provides a strong, collective voice for our academies at a local and national level
• Delivers support and SEND expertise to our academies and other schools and local authorities
Our vision will be delivered via our three core strategic aims. Everything we do should be ultimately focused on doing these three things well:
• We will provide an ambitious, inspirational, bespoke education, setting the foundation for the future and ensuring our young people are ready for the world.
• We will deliver high standards and value for money from our support services, resources, estate and technology.
• We will invest in and support our people, exploiting opportunities for collaborative, continual professional development, sharing of expertise and best practice
• Our people are our most valuable resource. We invest in them by providing high-quality specialist training, and opportunities to collaborate and develop their careers within Esteem.
We greatly value each school's unique identity, which reflects the diverse needs of the pupils. It is also important to us that our pupils feel they belong to their school community. This is why we believe that our schools need strong leaders and governors who understand their local context. Being part of a family of schools in a trust brings the added benefits of support and collaboration. We know that sharing ideas and working together are the best ways for our schools to continue to improve for the benefit of all our pupils.
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