HR Manager - Training & Development

Ascendancy Partnership Trust, Maidenhead, SL6 3EQ

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours a week Monday to Friday, term time plus 2 weeks (11 weeks holiday a year)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 42,887 to 46,979 FTE, (39,315 to 43,006 pro-rata)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We’re looking for someone who is:

• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent)
• Rich in professional experience across HR, Training & Development, or workforce development—ideally within education or a complex multi-site environment
• An exceptional communicator with the confidence to inspire, influence, and support colleagues at all levels across the Trust.

If you’re passionate about unlocking potential, developing people, and creating long-term impact, we’d love to hear from you.

What the school offers its staff

• Local authority pension and life assurance scheme
• 11 weeks holiday a year
• Flexible working hours
• A range of flexible benefits
• Blue Light Card
• Free onsite parking
• On site café
• Family-friendly policies
• Wellbeing support
• Opportunity to work with a team of professionals across the Trust
• Continuous professional development and great learning opportunities

Flexible working opportunities

Flexi-time scheme during term time. Flexible start and finish times. Can accrue additional hours worked and take a flexi-day during term time. This role is term time plus 2 weeks. The 2 weeks are worked during school holiday periods throughout the year in agreement with line manager. This means you get 11 weeks holiday a year during the remaining school holiday periods.

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.

HR Manager – Training & Development

£39,315 to £43,066 per annum (£42,887 - £46,979 FTE) depending on experience

37 hours a week – Term Time plus 2 weeks (11 weeks holiday)

Join Us in Shaping the Future of Professional Growth Across Our Trust!

We’re excited to introduce a brand-new opportunity within our Trust Central Team, primarily based at our offices at Manor Green School near Maidenhead, with travel to our other schools. This is your chance to play a pivotal role in enhancing Training & Development across all our schools.

Reporting to the Director of HR, you’ll work closely with school leaders and the Trust Executive Team to ensure every member of staff—at every level—has access to outstanding learning opportunities. Your work will directly support professional growth, nurture talent, strengthen leadership pipelines, and help deliver even better outcomes for our students.

This is a role with real influence. You’ll help shape the Trust-wide strategy for professional development, collaborate with school leaders and embed a culture of continuous learning and excellence.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent)
• Rich in professional experience across HR, Training & Development, or workforce development—ideally within education or a complex multi-site environment
• An exceptional communicator with the confidence to inspire, influence, and support colleagues at all levels across the Trust.

If you’re passionate about unlocking potential, developing people, and creating long-term impact, we’d love to hear from you.

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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ascendancy Partnership Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: careers@aptmat.co.uk
• Phone number: 01628 562233
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ascendancy-partnership-trust

Ascendancy Partnership Trust is a multi-academy trust with deep community roots across the Berkshire area, composed of a family of SEN schools all specialising in learning difficulties.

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