National Director of Primary Standards

Oasis Community Learning, London, SE1 7HS

28 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  8 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 September 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: SP 93-97 : (£136,486 - £147,818 National)

National Director of Primary Standards job summary

Oasis Community Learning (OCL) leads Oasis’ distinctive community- and character-led education offer, operating our 54 Academies in 40 communities.

So why might you consider us?

As founding members of the NIOT and with a commitment to personal development for all, we appreciate the importance of progression and continued growth within the Trust. With multiple facets to our family of charitable enterprises we are able to offer a unique range of career options and pathways to help fulfil your ambitions and potential.

Our network of professional educators is proactive, always available and well set up to provide support and guidance as new employees find their way in an organisation that seeks to disrupt the way we educate and release the potential in all our young people.

And with a comprehensive range of benefits and family friendly policies designed around wellbeing and work-life balance we are truly an organisation that puts its people first.

As part of our Oasis vision to transform education we are looking for an experienced, inspirational, and forward-thinking National Director of Primary Standards to become immersed in delivering an education strategy that continues to grow, strengthen, and deepen the impact of our primary education work. Work that influences and changes the lives of every child and young person we engage so they can flourish and reach their ultimate potential.

The National Director of Primary Standards will work closely with the Chief Education Officer to continue the development of our Primary academies and to raise standards though the implementation of holistic education. The successful candidate will lead a team of Regional Directors to realise the vision of exceptional education at the heart of the community.

The responsibilities, stakeholder relationships and scope of influence associated with this key role demand a highly resilient individual who naturally reflects and represents the Oasis 9 habits in all behaviours, actions and contacts.

With high aspirations and a commitment to excellence, the experience sought includes a proven or demonstrable track record in developing educational strategies across multiple schools to deliver sustained progress and achievement. This will be supported by a clear ability to lead highly effective teams and of developing/embedding an organisational culture across multiple schools.

We know leading schools is challenging, and with the Oasis commitment to delivery within disadvantaged communities, the requirement for a collaborative team effort led by inspirational leadership is paramount. We are proud of the support we provide all employees to unify behind our vision to drive teaching and learning excellence.

If your ambition matches ours – we would be delighted to hear from you. Interviews for successful candidates will be scheduled for Early October 2025.

You can read the full job description attached.

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.

About Oasis Community Learning

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Oasis Community Learning website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oasis-community-learning

The overall vision for every part of the Oasis trust is for community. A place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their God-given potential. As well as delivering first-class, innovative education, we seek to build a ‘Hub’ in each of the areas where we work; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide integrated and diverse services to benefit the whole person and whole community.

Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community
We understand the complex responsibilities of education, through a lens of character, competence and community. These principles, along with the Oasis 9 Habits and ethos, are intentionally developed and embedded throughout all of our academies day-to-day.

We have a commitment to inclusion, social integration and closing the disadvantage gap; we want to give advantage to the disadvantaged. Through a fostering of character and relationships, our students and teachers can form meaningful relationships built on a shared determination to learn and develop together as one community; one family.

Together, Oasis staff aspire to:

Create safe, stimulating learning environments
Increase progress and attainment above national averages
Provide high quality teaching which secures good and accelerated progress for all students

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