Primary School Improvement Leader
Northern Lights Learning Trust, Sunderland, SR3 2RE7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 October 2026 at 8am
Date listed
12 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £78,702 - £86,803
Pay scale
- L18 - L22
What skills and experience we're looking for
Permanent position required as soon as possible
L18-L22 £78,702 - £86,803 per annum
Teachers’ Pay and Conditions
We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and inspirational School Improvement Leader for
Northern Lights Learning Trust, to work across our primary schools. This role involves working as part of the Central Education Team, working closely with the Heads and Senior staff to ensure all nine schools provide high-quality education for the children they serve and enable everyone to flourish.
Do you have:
A drive for school improvement?
Experience in developing primary schools/colleagues in their quality of education and wider provision?
A relational collaborative approach, but with high expectations and vision?
Expertise in primary education?
A desire to work across multiple primary schools, as part of a central education team?
A commitment to the creative aspirational vision of what our Northern Lights’ schools will be?
If this is you, we would really welcome your application!
What the school offers its staff
In return you will receive:
- A supportive working environment that puts people at the heart of the organisation
- The opportunity to work as part of a growing Trust and shape this role
- Continuous professional development
- A range of Trust initiatives that improve wellbeing. Current initiatives include an annual wellbeing day
- National Terms and Conditions of Employment
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme/ Local Government Pension Scheme
Employee welfare package through Education Mutual including:
- 24-hour GP access
- Nurse support service
- Mental health services, including stress management, mental health first aid training and bereavement support
- Free Flu vaccinations
- Counselling Services
- Physiotherapy
- Financial wellbeing coaching
- Maternity and Paternity support
- Menopause support
- Access to useful wellbeing resources
Employee benefits package through Vivup including:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Lifestyle savings including discounts on shops, food and drink and days out
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Northern Lights Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- recruitment@nllt.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 594 7033
Head office location
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