Trust Lead - Secondary School Performance and Transformation

St Gabriel The Archangel Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Cheadle, ST10 1LH

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026 (or sooner)

• Closing date

  7 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  13 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £95,735.00 - £110,892.00 Annually (FTE) Salary L26-L32

Trust Lead - Secondary School Performance and Transformation job summary

This is a Trust-wide senior leadership role with the opportunity to influence the education and life chances of over 12,000 young people, by working alongside school leaders and staff.

At St Gabriel the Archangel, our mission is clear:

To form Christ-centred pilgrims of hope with kind hearts, questioning minds, a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for justice.

As Trust Lead, you will work shoulder-to-shoulder with principals, teachers, staff and leaders in our schools, alongside the CEO, Catholic Senior Executive Leaders and the wider Executive Team, to design, lead and embed transformation programmes.

You will:

• Collaborate with school leaders and experts across our ten secondary schools and sixth forms to codify, co-design and embed the very best practice, ensuring that innovative approaches are shared and scaled across the Trust

• Coach and mentor practitioners, strengthening leadership capacity across the Trust

• Work directly in schools, supporting curriculum, teaching, assessment, inclusion, behaviour and culture

• Lead improvement initiatives that raise standards rapidly, while building communities of hope and respecting the uniqueness of every school community

• Champion equity and inclusion, ensuring every decision reflects our hunger for justice

• Develop and sustain school-wide cultures where kind hearts and high expectations go hand in hand

This role is ideal for an experienced Principal or Trust leader with a proven track record of transforming schools through hands-on leadership, visible presence and deep collaboration.

If you are passionate about working in schools to help young people grow in faith, knowledge, character and justice, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal conversation, please contact HR via hr@sgacmat.co.uk.

All applications to be completed via My New Term.

Closing date:Tuesday 7th April 2026. Interviews: week beginning 13th April 2026.

St Gabriel the Archangel CMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and pre-employment medical clearance. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), online searches will also be carried out for shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About St Gabriel The Archangel Catholic Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-painsley-catholic-academy

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