Director of Primary Education
The Active Learning Trust Limited, Chatteris, PE16 6UU5 days remaining to apply
Closing date
10 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
- £104,040.00 - £120,524.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership scale, L31-L37
Director of Primary Education job summary
THIS IS AN INTERNAL POSITION FOR THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST EMPLOYEES ONLY.
Director of Primary Education
Salary: Leadership Scale L31-37 (£104,040 - £120,524)
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Trust Wide
Are you an experienced and dynamic leader ready to drive excellence across multiple primary academies? We are seeking to internally appoint a passionate Director of Primary Education to play a key strategic role in raising educational standards and improving outcomes across our primary schools.
About the Role
As Director of Primary Education, you will be the lead executive for primary education across the Trust, working closely with Headteachers and Academy Improvement Leads to ensure outstanding teaching, learning, and leadership. You will be responsible for implementing robust improvement strategies, ensuring high-quality education, and securing strong outcomes in areas such as achievement, attendance, behaviour, and safeguarding.
You will also play a pivotal role in curriculum development, staff professional development, and school-to-school collaboration, helping to create a culture of aspiration, inclusion, and excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage primary education across the Trust, ensuring high standards in teaching, learning, and assessment.
- Support and develop Headteachers and senior leaders to achieve measurable school improvement.
- Oversee the implementation of Trust-wide policies on curriculum, assessment, and behaviour.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to drive collaboration and innovation.
- Ensure effective safeguarding, finance, and operational leadership across primary academies.
- Monitor and evaluate performance, reporting to the Trust Executive and governing bodies.
About You
We are looking for an outstanding and inspirational leader with:
✅ Proven experience as a Headteacher or executive leader in education with a track record of school improvement.
✅ Extensive knowledge of curriculum design and school leadership.
✅ Strong understanding of Ofsted frameworks, safeguarding, and national education policies.
✅ Ability to manage budgets, people, and resources effectively.
✅ Experience in coaching, mentoring, and leading change within a multi-academy trust.
If you are ready to take on this exciting leadership role and drive excellence in primary education, we want to hear from you!
For more information please contact Duncan Low, Director of Education on duncan.low@activelearningtrust.org.
The Active Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.
The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 6 months’ probation period at the start of their employment. This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Flexible working will be considered for all roles deemed suitable.
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 The Active Learning Trust Limited
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- Multi-academy trust
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