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Director of Secondary Standards
Wymondham College, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9SZ13 days remaining to apply
Closing date
17 March 2026 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
4 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Highly competitive
Director of Secondary Standards job summary
Location: Based at Sapientia HQ at Wymondham College with travel across all SET schools
Tel: 01953 609012
- Salary - Highly Competitive
- Permanent
- Full Time
- All Year Round
We are seeking to appoint a Director of Secondary Standards to join our trust executive team. You will work to ensure high standards across our secondary schools, line lead our secondary headteachers, lead QA processes across our secondary schools, deliver a whole trust work strand and play a full role in the strategic and operational running of a large, 22 school trust.
You will help to inspire teams across our schools, driving improvement and working with senior school-based staff and Headteachers to further improve their schools.
Do you have the skills to:
- Drive secondary school standards and further improve outcomes
- Support effective leadership at senior levels, including mentoring where appropriate and evaluating and improving further the impact of leadership
- Work with school leaders to ensure that schools are highly effective in all key areas
- Plan and deliver staff training, CPD and INSET, including leading conferences and trust INSET days
- Be committed to the Sapientia ethos of high expectations and our commitment to extended learning
- Be willing to work cross-phase, as required, alongside our Primary lead professionals
- Fully contribute to the development of our trust, as a key Executive leader
- Work with our Director of Education to ensure effective and impactful use of central team staff and resources
If you are a professional with integrity, strong attention to detail, with strong communication and analytical skills with the ability to handle sensitive situations with empathy and discretion, we would love to hear from you.
What We Offer:
Strong commitment to professional development with strong commitment to developing your future career aspirations.
- Sodexo benefits account and Blue Light Card with discounts from major retailers.
- 24/7 access to our employee wellbeing platform and resources.
Join a Trust that values your professionalism, supports your growth, and recognises the difference your work makes every day.
For more information and if you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Briony Ridgewell on 01953 609012.
How to apply
A job description and Recruitment Pack are available from ‘Attachments’.
For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our Trust’s website to apply via our online application form. Please note this is limited to 800 words. Please focus on what you would do in role, rather than what you have already done to date.
Closing date: 17 March 2026
Interview date: 23 March 2026
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education September 2021, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The post-holder will be required to comply with the Wymondham College Code of Conduct for Staff and Volunteers. Wymondham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Wymondham College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1441 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wymondham College website
Wymondham College is a member of the Sapientia Education Trust (SET). SET is an expanding multi-academy trust with 10 primary and 7 secondary schools. Wymondham College has over 400 staff dedicated to supporting World Class education. The College currently is one of the top State Schools in the Country and is recognised as one of the highest performing State Schools in the East of England, this is backed up by its most recent Ofsted review which rated the College as outstanding in both Education and Boarding inspections.
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