16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    4 December 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    18 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other leadership roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

A competitive, expert-level remuneration package will be offered. 

What skills and experience we're looking for

The opportunity: pioneer a legacy in state education

Dixons Academies Trust is a charity which runs state-funded academies exclusively in areas of significant disadvantage across the North. Our mission is to challenge the educational and social disadvantage.

We are pioneering an initiative we believe to be a first for the state sector: the creation of a strategic head of cricket role. This is unique opportunity to build a world-class cricket programme that provides life-changing opportunities for high-potential cricketers from low-income families, offering them the same pathways as their peers in the private sector.

Your impact

As the founding head of cricket, you will be the architect of our cricketing future. Reporting directly to the chief executive, you will:

  • build from scratch: Create the Dixons Cricket Academy, securing facilities, fundraising and building a team of coaches and partners.
  • drive social mobility: Lead our groundbreaking talent identification programme. This is underpinned by a concrete commitment: protecting 10% of places at three of our secondary schools in Bradford and Leeds for high-potential cricketers from low-income families
  • design the strategy: Create and execute a 5-year plan for cricket across all our academies. The role will work across all our cities but will initially focus on establishing the programme in Bradford and Leeds.
  • elevate performance: Coach our elite trust teams to compete with the best independent schools and manage a high-quality fixture list and tours
  • forge a future: Build powerful partnerships with county boards, clubs, and organisations like the ECB to open professional pathways for our students.

What the school offers its staff

Who we are looking for

We are seeking a visionary leader and elite coach. You are an entrepreneur with a proven track record in talent development, strategy, and inspiring young people. You understand the landscape of school and club cricket and are driven in by a moral purpose to create something transformative.

This role is central to our trust's mission. We are incredibly ambitious for it and will offer a remuneration package to attract the right expert.

Apply now

Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers site at joindixonsat.com or call us on 01274 085526 and speak to Angela Skinner, Business Support Administrator, HR, to discuss the role further.

Closing date will be04 December 2025

Interview will take place on 12 December 2025.

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

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.

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About Dixons Academies Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust
Email address
askinner@dixonsat.com
See more jobs
teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dixons-academies-trust

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