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Primary Specialist Director (Mainstream Primary / Primary AP & SEND)

Esteem Multi Academy Trust, Nottingham, NG15 0DT

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• Start date details

  April 2025

• Closing date

  15 January 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
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• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £73,819.00 - £81,441.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Pay Scale Points L17 - L21 (£73, 819 - £81, 441) per annum

Primary Specialist Director (Mainstream Primary / Primary AP & SEND) job summary

Job Title: Primary Specialist Director (Mainstream Primary / Primary AP & SEND)

Location: Esteem Multi-Academy Trust (Central Offices are based at Lake View Drive, Sherwood Park, NG15 0DT. This role will require regular visits to all our school sites across the East Midlands and West Midlands region.)

Grade/Scale: Leadership Pay Scale

Contract: 37 hours per week, all year round

Are you ready to step into a transformational school improvement role that spans mainstream primary schools, alternative provisions, and special schools? Esteem Multi-Academy Trust (EMAT) is searching for a passionate and experienced mainstream primary leader to join our ambitious and innovative central education team.

If you can answer ‘yes’ to the following, we want to hear from you:

• Do you have recent Headship experience in a mainstream infant, junior, or primary school, and ideally have prior experience as a SENDCo?
• Have you led rapid school improvement and successfully navigated an Ofsted inspection?
• Are you skilled at designing and delivering a high-quality primary curriculum for all pupils, including those with SEND?
• Have you provided expert quality assurance through roles such as SLE, Ofsted Inspector, SIAMs Inspector, or equivalent?
• Are you ready to step into a trust-wide role, supporting leaders across mainstream primary schools, alternative provisions, and special schools?

About Esteem Multi-Academy Trust

Esteem Multi-Academy Trust supports 14 academies across the East and West Midlands, including special schools, alternative provisions, and mainstream schools.

Our work is guided by our core values:

• Being Brave: We embrace challenges, innovate boldly, and lead with courage to ensure the best outcomes for every child.
• Enjoying Learning: We foster curiosity, creativity, and a lifelong love of learning for both students and staff.
• Working Together: Collaboration is at the heart of what we do—empowering communities to achieve excellence.
• Celebrating Difference: We champion diversity, inclusivity, and individuality, creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.

As a trust, we aim to become the Midlands' leading hub for inclusion, SEND, and alternative provision, ensuring every child receives the best possible opportunities to succeed.

The Role

In this pivotal position, you’ll play a crucial part in driving school improvement and ensuring high standards of education across all EMAT schools. This includes:

• Mainstream Primary Schools: Supporting our existing primary school to maintain excellence for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Alternative Provisions (APs): Ensuring that pupils in our AP settings receive high-quality education to prepare them for reintegration into mainstream schools.
• Special Schools: Delivering an ambitious, well-adapted curriculum tailored to meet individual needs in our special schools.
• Training & Guidance: Providing expert training and guidance on primary education, including early reading and early maths.

You’ll report to a nominated Director of Education and collaborate with our Chief Education Officer,as part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team of educational experts.

As a fast-growing trust, we are looking for someone with the vision and drive to lead the development of a mainstream primary ‘cluster/hub’ of schools, as part of our growth strategy. This is your chance to shape the future of inclusive education and leave a lasting impact across the Midlands and surrounding areas.

Benefits Include:

- Teacher's Pension Scheme / LGPS Pension Scheme (16.6% employer contributions)

- Mileage allowance paid at 45p per mile.

- Generous holiday entitlement

- Access to Westfield Health membership scheme including cashback schemes for health and retail benefits, discounted gym memberships, and free confidential advice.

- Access to National College CPD platform and an exceptional range of CPD opportunities.

Please see the attached Application pack including a Welcome from The CEO and more information about Esteem Multi-Academy Trust.

Please review the attached Job Description to learn more about the role and what we are looking for in the successful candidate.

Apply Today!

If you’re ready to lead, innovate, and inspire while embracing our core values of being brave, enjoying learning, working together, and celebrating difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Join us and be a part of something extraordinary.

To arrange an informal discussion about the role with Clive Lawrence, OBE (Chief Education Officer), then please email your contact details to HR@esteemmat.co.uk.

Please also contact the HR Team if you wish to arrange a visit to some of our academies such as Elmsleigh Infants and Nursery School.

We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates upon application and may close the application process prior to this date

Esteem Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status.

Commitment to safeguarding

Esteem Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.

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About Esteem Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Esteem Multi Academy Trust website (opens in new tab)
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Esteem MAT was formed in 2018 and now consists of 14 academies from the East and West Midlands. Many of our pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities or are disadvantaged. Therefore, inclusion is our watchword, and our vision is for Esteem to be a learning community of excellence for SEND and alternative provision in the Midlands. However, we want more mainstream schools to join us too as they have many pupils with SEND or who are disadvantaged. We want all our pupils to achieve their full potential whatever type of school they attend.

Our vision is to be a Trust that:

• Leads and supports our academies to provide the highest standards of education and development for all our pupils

• Enables academies with a shared sense of purpose to benefit from alignment whilst maintaining individuality

• Provides a strong, collective voice for our academies at a local and national level

• Delivers support and SEND expertise to our academies and other schools and local authorities

Our vision will be delivered via our three core strategic aims. Everything we do should be ultimately focused on doing these three things well:

• We will provide an ambitious, inspirational, bespoke education, setting the foundation for the future and ensuring our young people are ready for the world.

• We will deliver high standards and value for money from our support services, resources, estate and technology.

• We will invest in and support our people, exploiting opportunities for collaborative, continual professional development, sharing of expertise and best practice

• Our people are our most valuable resource. We invest in them by providing high-quality specialist training, and opportunities to collaborate and develop their careers within Esteem.

We greatly value each school's unique identity, which reflects the diverse needs of the pupils. It is also important to us that our pupils feel they belong to their school community. This is why we believe that our schools need strong leaders and governors who understand their local context. Being part of a family of schools in a trust brings the added benefits of support and collaboration. We know that sharing ideas and working together are the best ways for our schools to continue to improve for the benefit of all our pupils.

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