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  • Start date details

    1st September 2026

  • Closing date

    6 March 2026 at 8am

  • Date listed

    5 February 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Other leadership roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£88,951.00 - £98,106.00 Annually (Actual) L23 - L27

Director of Primary job summary

Thank you for your interest in the position of Director of Primary across University of Lincoln Academy Trust (UoLAT). I am delighted that you are considering joining the wider family of schools and I hope that this pack that is attached gives you a clear sense of who we are, the values that guide us, and the exciting opportunities ahead.

Our family of schools currently stands at seven: one special school; four primary schools; and two secondary schools. We serve over 3100 pupils and more than 550 staff. We also are unique in that we educate more than 132 apprentices and are our own apprenticeship provider. This provision is also based and operates from University Academy Holbeach (UAH), a secondary school where the trust offices are also based.

We believe that this is a unique opportunity to serve a local community who value and hold our schools and our trust in high regard for the work that it does. The work of our schools is critical to helping lift aspirations in the local area but by also creating opportunities for our young people to flourish. Above all you will be committed to our three values of Ambition, Inclusion and Integrity, demonstrating these in your work throughout. As the Director of Primary, you will also be part of the UoLAT Executive Team for the trust and will play a critical part in the strategic direction of the trust and all of its schools, helping to drive change and have genuine influence at scale.

There are lots of great staff to support the journey for improvement. The successful candidate will bring a strong understanding of assurance mechanisms and a desire to help accelerate outcomes further by supporting staff development across all levels. This is what our staff and our pupils deserve.

The successful candidate will be able to lead teams and develop wider relationships too. We hope that we will be able to grow in the primary sector as we move forward. This person will play a critical part in that development, by demonstrating that our schools are doing well and that we have developed the capacity of our teams, and their skills, to help support others in a meaningful way as part of that system leadership.

There is also great variety to the type of school within this position. Each school is unique, though all of course play important roles in their communities. This role will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work across schools, school types and phases to deliver improvement. You will help identify further talent and strength in schools and harness this to help others grow and improve from it.

Please see our Director of Primary job pack for full information regarding the post.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested, prior to interview, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service

(DBS) check, medical check, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

We will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

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About University Of Lincoln Academy Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust
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