Director of School Improvement

St John The Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Norwich, NR1 3PB

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  23 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 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: £83,461.00 - £96,673.00 Annually (Actual) L22 - L28

Director of School Improvement job summary

The Director of School Improvement is an exciting new role of significant importance in supporting us to realise our mission and vision. St John the Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust is a family of eleven Catholic schools committed to providing an exceptional education within a Christian environment, so that all pupils can thrive and embrace all possibilities. The Directors of the St John the Baptist Catholic Multi-Academy Trust are seeking to appoint an exceptional educational leader, who is committed to supporting all our schools (both Primary and Secondary) to achieve the best personal and educational outcomes for every child in every school in our Trust.

This role will involve identifying and building upon the best practice in our schools through our culture of careful implementation, purposeful collaboration and people growth. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in wider school improvement, enhancing educational standards and driving strategic development.

The successful candidate will:

Demonstrate the confidence, vision and skills to lead, inspire and influence positive change across multiple settings;

Be passionate and deeply committed to fostering safe, inclusive and positive learning environments where every child can embrace all possibilities and truly flourish;

Be an outstanding strategic leader, with a visionary approach to school improvement, with the ability to translate ideas into practical outcomes;

Be committed to ensuring the development and progression of staff and leaders of the future;

Demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with diverse stakeholders and promote the Trust’s vision for inclusion;

Be able to work collaboratively within our multi-academy trust, sharing best practices and contributing to the common good;

Play a full part in the life of the Trust, fostering and upholding the distinctive Catholic ethos and values of the schools and the Trust.

We can offer:

The opportunity to work within a forward-thinking multi-academy trust, committed to achieving excellence through careful implementation, purposeful collaboration and people growth;

Belonging to a professional, supportive and dynamic Trust Executive Team;

Flexible working arrangements;

Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme;

An Employee Assistance Programme;

Welcoming, calm and inclusive schools which thrive on mutual respect and care for each other, acknowledged by 8 Ofsted inspections in 2024;

Excellent opportunities for collaboration with our Teaching School Hub, Research School and the Diocese;

Ongoing professional development and a commitment to wellbeing, as set out in our Staff Charter.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St John The Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-the-baptist-catholic-multi-academy-trust

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