52 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    TBC

  • Closing date

    6 February 2026 at 11am

  • Date listed

    16 December 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

£57,137.00 Annually (FTE) Starting Salary from Leadership group pay range L5 ( negotiable, depending on experience)

Future Leaders – Trust-Wide Strategic Leadership. job summary

Are you ready for your next challenge?

Are you highly skilled in ensuring all young people have the best educational opportunities?

Do you actively seek engagement with children, colleagues, home and families?

We are delighted to announce a significant new opportunity to join Open Thinking Partnership (OTP) in the role of Future Leaders - Trust-Wide Strategic Leadership.

This is a pivotal, non-school-specific role for an exceptional and inspirational practitioner ready to act as a key agent of change across our MAT of specialist schools currently in Leicestershire.

This role will be what you make it.

The successful candidate will drive systemic excellence and positive outcomes by focusing strategically on one of three critical areas:

  • Pupil Experience

  • Parental and Local Stakeholder Engagement

  • Staff Development

We are seeking a QTS-qualified leader with proven experience in supporting students with diverse needs and successfully leading complex, cross-school development projects. The role requires a strong focus on research-informed decision-making and accountability.

Key Dates:

  • Closing Date: Friday, 6th February 2026 (12:00 pm)

  • Interviews: Week commencing 23rd February 2026

Essential Next Step: Visits to the Trust are required.

Please contact HRadmin@openthinkingpartnership.co.uk to book your visit.

We encourage you to share this opportunity with your networks. Full application details and the Recruitment Pack are available on My New Term.

We look forward to welcoming the next Future Leader to our team.

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

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.

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About Open Thinking Partnership

Type
Multi-academy trust
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