- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1284 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Stoke Damerel Community College website
Senior School Improvement Lead - Behaviour & Culture
More than one location, Greenshaw Learning Trust14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 April 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday, 32.5 hours per week, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership pay scale, points 17 - 22 National: £76,772 - £86,803 Fringe: £78,215 - £88,237 Outer London: £80,884 - £90,906
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for someone who:
- Is an ambitious senior leader with significant experience in rapid school improvement.
- Brings a proven track record of raising standards in behaviour and culture across one or more schools.
- Holds Qualified Teacher Status and experience as an Assistant or Deputy Headteacher.
- Is confident using data to inform target setting and pedagogy.
- Shares our values of collaboration, social justice, and continuous improvement.
What the school offers its staff
Why join Greenshaw Learning Trust?
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi-academy trust providing high-quality, inclusive education across London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, and Plymouth. We are building a family of like-minded schools that collaborate to share good practice while retaining their own distinctive character. We thrive on a culture of sharing ideas and are proud to be ‘Always Learning’.
We offer our central team staff a wide range of benefits:
- Salary: Leadership Payscale 17-22
- Professional development and career progression.
- Generous pension scheme
- Blue Light Card and Gym Discounts.
- Employee Assistance Programme and free eye tests.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- A culture of collaboration and support across the Trust.
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.
Our central Shared Services teams play a vital role in supporting the success of every school within the Greenshaw Learning Trust. We are seeking a dedicated, experienced, and driven Senior School Improvement Lead (Behaviour & Culture) to join our Trust-wide support team and contribute to our mission of delivering excellent, inclusive education.
This role offers the opportunity to work as part of a collaborative and forward-thinking environment, primarily based at our regional hubs in Sutton, Gloucester, or Plymouth, with travel to schools across the Trust.
About the Role
As a Senior School Improvement Lead, you will provide expert support in raising standards, challenging performance, and driving school effectiveness to ensure every pupil achieves their full potential. This role is key to ensuring that our schools are well-equipped to focus on teaching and learning.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Supporting the Director of Education with rapid school improvement across the Trust.
- Leading the development of behaviour and character curricula, supporting leaders to implement and evaluate effectiveness.
- Providing additional in-school leadership, including acting as Head of School or deputising for a Headteacher when required.
- Line managing members of the wider School Improvement Team.
- Leading significant projects, including intensive SEMH interventions and whole-system leadership to improve outcomes for all children.
How to Apply
To get a feel for life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our ‘Why you should work for GLT’ recruitment brochure on our jobs portal. Please download the recruitment pack for further information.
Closing date for applications:27th April 2026.Interviews will be held on:6th May 2026.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Commitment to safeguarding
Greenshaw Learning Trust places the highest importance on its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare and safety of all children in its care.
The Trust believes that safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children by the provision of a safe environment in which children can learn.
All Trust staff and volunteers have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn and should make sure their approach is child-centred.
Applying for the job
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About Greenshaw Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- shall@greenshawlearningtrust.co.uk
The Greenshaw Learning Trust is an academy trust, a charitable company with the sole purpose of maintaining and developing academy schools, to provide comprehensive and inclusive education for the public benefit, funded by the Department for Education (DfE).
The Greenshaw Learning Trust is a DfE approved sponsor of both primary and secondary schools and has approval to open a new secondary ASD school in Sutton. Our schools are located in South London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth.
The Greenshaw Learning Trust provides an effective structure to ensure schools achieve real benefits from school-to-school collaboration and receive the support they need. Our culture of trust and openness fosters mutual support and continual improvement.
Each school in the Trust is led by its own leadership team and governing body, who have the support of the wider Trust to help them achieve their objectives for their school.
School Details
Stoke Damerel Community College
Gloucester Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 936 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Gloucester Academy website
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