Education Director (Primary)
Greenwood Academies Trust, Nottingham, NG4 2JY70 days remaining to apply
Closing date
22 September 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 July 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
- Salary Negotiable
Education Director (Primary) job summary
With 38 academies and over 18,000 pupils, Greenwood Academies Trust is a large Multi Academy Trust. We are improving rapidly and have an opportunity for outstanding education leaders with successful primary school improvement experience to join our excellent team.
We are excited to be looking for an exceptional professional to join our Primary Education Team. Our 26 primary academies are ‘good’, mostly located in clusters on the East Coast, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicester City.
The role is a combination of academy improvement, executive governance and strategic system leadership. It will involve working with a portfolio of academy principals, leaders and other practitioners to effectively self-evaluate and deliver high quality education provision, through robust and ambitious improvement work. It will also include a Trust-wide strategic leadership responsibility where you will get the opportunity to develop and lead work on a common improvement priority, aligned to the successful candidate’s interests, skills and experience; examples could include a focus on disadvantaged pupils, curriculum development, subject specific improvements or improving the quality of teaching. You will also be contributing to our significant professional development offer for colleagues that underpins our Primary Framework and improvement strategies.
The role would suit individuals with detailed and up to date knowledge of primary education and school/academy improvement through successful leadership experience as a Principal/Headteacher or comparable adviser/improvement partner (e.g. HMI, Local Authority adviser, Systems Leader). Ideally, you will have experience across a range of school contexts, including those serving the most disadvantaged communities.
For further information or an initial discussion about the role please contact Andrew Clarke, Senior Education Director (andrew.clarke@greenwoodacademies.org)
In return we have multiple benefits for our talented and highly valued people:
Alongside nationally agreed terms and conditions, we offer a generous benefits package. Here's a selection of what's on offer to our people in recognition of the huge difference they make to our children, their families and the communities we serve.
- A free, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - confidential & compassionate support when you need it
- Train & qualify as a Mental Health First Aider. We aim to have a qualified Mental Health First Aider in each academy
- Eye tests & Spectacles Discount
- Generous public sector pension schemes for everyone
- Family friendly policies and time off for dependants
- Dedicated ECT support programme
- Access to exclusive offers and discounts of up to 20% across Dell systems and electronics
- Access to savings in childcare costs
- Supporting professional development through CPD, Apprenticeships, Upskilling and Professional Review
- Generous annual leave allocation
- Automatic pay progression
- Free parking on all sites
- Principles on workload & directed time for teaching staff
- Professional Supervision for Academy Leaders
If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education”.
The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Further information about the job
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.
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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 Greenwood Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
The Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT) currently has 37 open academies educating approximately 18,000 pupils across seven local authority areas including Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Leicester City, Northamptonshire, Peterborough and Lincolnshire. GAT is a ‘not for profit’ organisation and was formed in 2009.
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