School Improvement Adviser
The Diocese Of Canterbury Academies Trust, Canterbury, CT1 1NQ11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
12 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
1 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £62,557.00 - £72,664.00 Annually (Actual)
School Improvement Adviser job summary
Are you an outstanding primary school leader who has a proven track record of improving outcomes for children and developing the practice of others?
Are you ready to use your experience beyond your own school to make a difference across a wider family of schools?
We are looking for an exceptional School Improvement Adviser to join our team and work alongside primary schools to secure sustained improvement, develop leadership capacity and ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive.
We are looking for someone who:
Has a proven and demonstrable record of school improvement in a primary setting.
Has successfully supported improvement beyond their own school, with clear evidence of the impact this has had on pupils, staff and school performance.
Has a strong interest in mathematics, with a secure understanding of effective maths teaching, curriculum and assessment.
Is an excellent practitioner who can translate evidence and expertise into practical support that makes a difference in classrooms.
Is confident working alongside headteachers and senior leaders, providing both challenge and support and holding leaders to account for agreed improvement priorities.
Builds strong, trusting relationships with staff while being prepared to have the difficult conversations when they are needed.
Is a committed team player, able to collaborate with colleagues and contribute to a shared approach to school improvement.
Has the credibility, confidence and interpersonal skills to work effectively with leaders at all levels.
Is reflective, curious and committed to continuous improvement - of themselves, others and the schools they support.
The role:
As a School Improvement Adviser, you will work across our primary schools, providing high-quality challenge, support and professional expertise.
You will:
Work with headteachers and senior leaders to identify priorities and secure sustainable improvement.
Provide focused support to schools where improvement is needed, while also helping strong schools to continue to develop.
Use data, evidence and first-hand knowledge of schools to identify priorities and evaluate impact.
Support the development of teaching and leadership, with a particular contribution to mathematics.
Work alongside school leaders and staff in classrooms, providing practical coaching, modelling and professional development.
Challenge leaders appropriately and hold them to account for the impact of their actions.
Share effective practice across schools and help build a strong culture of collaboration.
Contribute to trust-wide school improvement priorities, training and professional learning.
Ensure that improvement activity results in measurable and sustainable improvements for children.
What matters to us:
We are looking for someone who combines high expectations with genuine warmth.
Someone who can walk into a school, quickly understand its context, build credibility with its people and then work alongside them to make things better.
Someone who is confident enough to challenge a headteacher, but humble enough to listen.
Someone who can support a teacher in a classroom, work strategically with a leadership team and contribute positively to a wider school improvement team.
Most importantly, we want someone who is passionate about improving the life chances of children and who wants to share their expertise to make a difference across a wider group of schools.
If you have the experience, credibility and ambition to make a significant contribution to school improvement across our primary schools, we would love to hear from you.
We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust 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 keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment are 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Diocese Of Canterbury Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust is an established and highly successful Multi-Academy Trust currently consisting of primary schools and expecting to grow over the coming years.
The Trust offers:
• outstanding mentoring and coaching
• full induction programme for all new staff
• excellent professional development opportunities
• an enviable track record of career progression
• collaborative working in a supportive team environment
We are committed to ensuring our academies work together, sharing their strengths, to provide a great education for every pupil. We believe learning must be engaging and relevant and develop the whole child. Our academies design their coverage of the curriculum to provide challenging and exciting learning experiences in a caring and nurturing environment which is based on our strong values. Our academies value every individual and celebrate differences through their culture of mutual trust and shared values.
We want to deliver and develop best practice through learning together and engaging with action research with Canterbury Christ Church University. We want our academies to serve their local communities through links with churches, each other and to develop wider networks enabling staff and pupils to flourish. Through developing leadership at all levels we want the pupils in our academies to become happy, successful, well rounded individuals who develop into lifelong learners.
We have an English Hub, Behaviour Hub and Associate Research School within our MAT and Aquila is a lead MAT for behaviour.
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