Trust Lead – Secondary School Performance and Transformation

The Romero Catholic Academy, Coventry, CV2 2AJ

31 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  20 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 (Actual) 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.

As a newly formed Trust which will grow from 29 schools in September 2026 to 67 schools in September 2027, our mission at St. Raphael the Archangel is clear:

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

As Trust Lead for secondary standards, you will work shoulder-to-shoulder with principals, teachers, staff and leaders in our schools, alongside the Trust CEO, MAC CEOs and the wider Executive Team, to design, lead and embed transformation programmes. From the outset, you will have the opportunity to work with secondary colleagues joining St. Raphael the Archangel CMAT in September 2026 and those joining in 2027, enabling you to play a pivotal role in shaping the Trust's approach to secondary school improvement.

You will:

• Collaborate with school leaders and experts across our ten secondary schools and sixth forms across Coventry, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire 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

• Develop a high impact, meaningful self-improving school system across the secondary schools which is rooted in high quality collaboration at all levels.

• 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 secondary principal, vice principal, senior strategic leader or trust leader with a proven track record of transforming secondary schools through hands on leadership, visible presence and deep collaboration.

If you are passionate about working in secondary 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 Head of HR Alex Thomas on 07894939684 or via a.thomas@romeromac.com

All applications to be completed via MyNewTerm.

Closing date:   Monday 20th April 2026 at 9am.

Interviews:     Week beginning Monday 27th April 2026.

St. Raphael 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.

This Romero Catholic Multi Academy is advertising this vacancy on behalf of St Raphael, a future large Catholic MAT.

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 The Romero Catholic Academy

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

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