Trust Director of Inclusion
Cranmer Education Trust, Oldham, OL1 3SQ24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
From 1 January 2027, or earlier by negotiation
Closing date
5 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L24 - L28 (£94,349 - £104,059*) *Subject to negotiation: if the successful applicant is on a higher leadership point, this will be matched
What skills and experience we're looking for
Reporting to: CEO, Director of Standards
Responsibilities for: Inclusion leaders and SENDCOs in trust schools
We want to appoint a knowledgeable, experienced school leader who shares our values and commitment to ambition, excellence and community for all our young people – and staff – to lead and drive the trust’s strategy for inclusion across our (currently) 5 very different secondaries and 5 primaries.
This is an exciting time to join a strong and growing trust committed to ambition for our pupils, excellence in everything we do, and building community and belonging. It’s an opportunity to build something new which will have huge impact.
We are looking for a leader, a thinker, who researches, listens, strategizes, operationalises and delivers – someone with vision that inspires, with the ability to build relationships and systems that ensures that things happen effectively, to challenge, negotiate, find the shared ground and direction that enables everyone to progress. Someone who is agile and adaptable to work with and across schools in different phases and at different stages of development to build credibility.
It is a role which is immensely varied, ethically central, intellectually stimulating, professionally exciting and challenging, in a context where you will be working with dedicated and expert school leaders and a central trust team, in an organisation which has wide experience of setting a vision and building from the ground up – including a highly successful free school and an equally successful Teaching School Hub. Our shared, fierce commitment is to have the best possible schools and provision for all our young people.
Informal confidential discussions can be arranged by contacting Heather Johnson (hr@cranmeredt.org / 0161 785 5082 ext 2295).
Closing date: 05 October 2026 @ 12.00pm
Interviews: w/b 12 October 2026
What the school offers its staff
The Cranmer Education Trust is a successful trust which prides itself on looking after its people, offering a high level of support and access to expertise. This is an excellent time to join the team, as we develop collaborative structures and systems to enhance and support our growing family of schools.
We are a growing schools trust with both primary and secondary schools, across Oldham and Rochdale. The trust also incorporates a teacher training school and the East Manchester Teaching Hub, which support the training and development of new and existing teachers across the North West of England.
Benefits
*Professional development
*Strong communities
*Supportive team and environment
*Career average pension
*Convenient work locations
*Supportive wellbeing frameworks
*Employee assistance programme
Diversity
The Cranmer Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will provide reasonable support to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Cranmer Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. For further information please refer to: The Cranmer Education Trust’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy: Trust Policies | Cranmer Education Trust
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Cranmer Education Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- hr@cranmeredt.org
- Phone number
- 0161 785 5082
The Cranmer Education Trust’s mission is to be a leader of education and a provider of excellent schools which nurture children and young people and enable all to achieve, progress, and experience success, and to become good people, good neighbours and good citizens whom we are proud to know.
We are a Church of England Trust. Therefore, we serve the whole community. We welcome all schools, both faith-designated or community, who want to go on a journey together to build a great future for children and young people.
Our schools embrace the full age range from nursery to 19. We welcome schools from all phases so that we can continuously improve our offer, particularly on transitions between key stages.
Our nationally accredited Initial Teacher Training arm, Manchester Nexus, trains 70+ (and increasing) new teachers per year, both primary and secondary, so that we have a pipeline of energetic, committed and skilled people for our schools. Training and mentoring new teachers enables our staff to develop professionally and progress in their careers. A growing trust provides further opportunities for career progression and helps us retain our people.
The East Manchester Teaching School Hub is our Trust’s school-led centre of excellence for teacher training and development. The hub provides quality professional development for teachers and leaders at all stages of their careers across the region. Through our hub, we are committed to great teaching, great schools and great leadership for children and young people. We do this through openness and dialogue.
Arranging a visit to Cranmer Education Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@cranmeredt.org.
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