School Improvement Advisor (Special Schools)

Sand Academies Trust, Gloucester, GL2 9EU

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  24 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £49,761.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale L10-L14: 0.8 FTE

School Improvement Advisor (Special Schools) job summary

We are a mixed multi-academy Trust with seven schools (five special and two mainstream primary schools) based in Gloucestershire.

About you

As a School Improvement Advisor for Special Schools, you will play a key role in supporting and enhancing the quality of education across the Trust’s special schools. You will provide expert advice, guidance, and support to school leaders, ensuring the continuous improvement of teaching, learning, and leadership. Your role will contribute to raising standards and improving outcomes for all pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

The Role

You will be responsible for leading and driving school improvement initiatives, working closely with school leaders to implement strategies that enhance educational standards. Your work will focus on evaluating school performance, identifying areas for development, and supporting the implementation of effective interventions. You will also collaborate with senior leadership teams to embed best practices and ensure compliance with statutory requirements, including SEND legislation.

A strong background in school improvement, leadership, and teaching within a special education setting is essential for this role. You will have significant experience in school leadership, either as a Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, or within a school advisory role. A thorough understanding of national education policies, curriculum development, Ofsted frameworks, and SEND best practices is essential.

The Trust

We are passionate that every child deserves the very best education. As a partnership we will: improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for children and young people, offer more / wider support for their families and share and develop staff expertise.

Our Benefits

By joining our team, we can offer you, generous annual leave allowance, generous pension scheme (TPS), Employee Assistance Program & Counselling, Occupational Health Service, Continuing Professional Development and Staff Get Staff Referral Scheme. Applications for flexible working or job share will be considered on an individual basis.

Additional Information

SAND Academies Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. As part of our Safe Recruitment Practice, we will need a completed application form before any offers, and all staff will require safeguarding/pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS, satisfactory health clearance and evidence of Right to Work in the UK. Please ensure that you have read and understood the information within the Candidate Information pack and understood our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders which can be found on our careers page.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Sand Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
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