Executive Director of Education (Secondary)

Oak Learning Partnership, Bury, BL9 8LY

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  22 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday - Friday 37 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L36 to L40

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the Role

Oak Learning Partnership Trust is seeking an exceptional Executive Director of Education (Secondary) to provide strategic leadership across all of our schools but with a core focus on secondary provision. Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a pivotal role at the heart of our mission: delivering excellence through inclusion at the heart of the Trust.

The Executive Director of Education (Secondary) will:

• Provide oversight of strategic leadership, defining and delivering the vision and objectives of our Trust.
• Lead Trust-wide educational improvements across all secondary schools while line-managing a cluster of schools.
• Develop strong alignment across our family of schools, while creating space for creativity and the sharing of best practice.
• Ensure each school has a robust school improvement plan, with appropriate support and evaluation in place.
• Create and sustain a collaborative, aspirational and innovative culture of learning across our Trust.
• Lead systems of monitoring and intervention that enable students to thrive and staff to flourish.
• Embed collaboration and joint working so leadership at all levels contributes directly to school improvement, student outcomes and effective business operations.
• Set high educational standards, shaping the curriculum and broader pupil experience, while sharing expertise and building capacity across schools.
• Contribute to work with external school improvement and support the growth of our trust.

This is a rare opportunity for an ambitious and inclusive leader to shape the future of education across our Trust.

About You

We are seeking a leader who has:

• A proven track record of successful headship or senior executive leadership in secondary education.
• Deep expertise in school improvement, curriculum and pedagogy, with a passion for inclusive practice and a relentless focus on improving outcomes.
• The ability to inspire, influence and support leaders and teams to create cultures where every pupil thrives.
• Strategic vision, resilience, and a relentless commitment to equity and excellence.

About Oak Learning Partnership Trust

At Oak Learning Partnership Trust, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to serve diverse communities and are committed to ensuring every child has access to an exceptional education. We are values-driven, ambitious for our young people, and believe in the power of collaboration to achieve excellence together.

• Closing date: Sunday 22 September 2025
• Interviews: Thursday 25 and Friday 26 September 2025

If you are interested in the role, we would strongly recommend an informal discussion with James Franklin-Smith CEO. Please contact gee.j@oaklp.co.uk to make arrangements.

Oak Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment.

To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.

What the school offers its staff

Flexible working

Health and Wellbeing benefits

Professional Development

Pension Scheme

Generous occupational sick pay

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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

Director of Education - JD PS.pdf - 350 KB (opens in new tab)

Recruitment Pack - Oak Central.pdf - 664 KB (opens in new tab)

About Oak Learning Partnership

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Oak Learning Partnership website
• Email address: hr@oaklp.co.uk
• Phone number: 01615530030
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oak-learning-partnership

Arranging a visit to Oak Learning Partnership

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@oaklp.co.uk.

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