Director of Secondary Education

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust, Smethwick, B66 4ND

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership Scale L30 - L36

What skills and experience we're looking for

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is seeking an exceptional Director of Secondary Education to lead school improvement, standards and educational excellence across our secondary academies. This is a significant executive leadership role at an important moment in the Trust’s development. Building on strong foundations, distinctive curriculum approaches, technology-rich education and a deep commitment to inclusion, the successful candidate will help shape the next phase of secondary improvement across the Trust.

This is a significant executive leadership role at an important moment in the Trust’s development. Building on strong foundations, distinctive curriculum approaches, technology-rich education and a deep commitment to inclusIon, the successful candidate will help shape the next phase of secondary improvement across the Trust.

What the school offers its staff

At Shireland, every individual matters. Our academies have the freedom to flourish, but no school stands alone. If you share our commitment to high standards, innovation, collaboration and improving life chances across the Black Country, we would be delighted to hear from you.

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.

You will work closely with the CEO, Executive Team and secondary Principals to secure strong outcomes, ambitious curricula, excellent teaching, high attendance, positive behaviour and inclusive provision. You will lead a coherent secondary improvement model, strengthen subject and senior leadership, use data intelligently, prepare academies for inspection, and ensure that support is deployed where it will make the greatest difference.

We are looking for a credible and values-driven secondary leader with a successful track record of improving schools and outcomes. You will bring strategic insight, educational authority, emotional intelligence and the courage to combine support with challenge.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Director of Secondary Education Recruitment Pack.pdf - 1.33 MB (opens in new tab)

About Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust website
• Email address: recruitment@shirelandcat.net
• Phone number: 0121 281 1602
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shireland-collegiate-academy-trust

Our education and childcare provision within the Trust caters for children aged 6 weeks to 19 years, based at our nursery, primary and secondary academies throughout the Black Country in the West Midlands.

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