Primary Education Director

Primary Education Director

Location: Home Based with significant travel and overnight stays

Pay range: Competitive, reflecting experience

We think big: lead the way in Opening Minds, Opening Doors! 

An opportunity exists for an exceptional individual to join our team of National Primary Education Directors. The focus of the role is to lead the delivery of outstanding education and school performance across the academies you are responsible for and deliver these improvements at scale.

The Role:

The purpose of this role is to lead the delivery of exceptional education across several primary academies within the trust, ensuring exceptional pupil outcomes and whole academy improvement. The role involves line managing a group of primary academy headteachers across E-ACT, holding them accountable for high standards in safeguarding, pupil wellbeing, and educational outcomes, while contributing to broader trust initiatives and strategic development.

You will be part of a high performing education director team who are performance and impact driven, reporting directly into the National Director - Primary and working closely with the Deputy National Director for Primary

Flexibility is key, as you’ll adapt to shifting priorities and align your efforts with the most critical requirements across both the academies under your care and the broader Trust. The role will involve significant travel and overnight stays. We are looking for a leader who can bring further pace and ambition to E-ACT.

Some of the key responsibilities are: (please refer to the JD and Application pack)

• Drive the development and implementation of Academy Improvement Plans (AIPs) and Self-Evaluation, ensuring that each plan accurately reflects the academy’s strengths and areas for growth.
• Lead and deliver trust-wide projects through assurance boards (PAB, LAB, CAB) and other initiatives required to meet the needs of the Trust, ensuring that strategic priorities are implemented effectively.
• Lead curriculum development across multiple academies, including primary and special academies, ensuring a cohesive and inclusive educational experience for all pupils.
• Line manage a group of headteachers, driving improvement in educational standards and ensuring successful achievement of performance objectives.
• Actively participate in E-ACT-led assurance and governance activities, including serving on an Interim Executive Board (IEB) when required, providing input on academy performance, scrutiny, and support standards and ensuring the successful achievement of performance objectives
• Work collaboratively with headteachers to ensure effective implementation of SEND provision and inclusion strategies, ensuring all pupils’ needs are met.
• Develop leadership capacity within headteachers and senior leaders, providing tailored support and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high expectations.
• Work in collaboration with the Finance Business Partner (FBP) and HR Business Partner (HRBP) to ensure balanced budgets and align financial and staffing strategies with educational priorities.
• Partner with headteachers to implement the People Strategy, fostering a people-first culture that prioritises engagement, impact and learning and development.
• Promote a culture of safety and wellbeing within academies, adhering to best practices in safeguarding and behaviour management.
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Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience of being a high performing primary headteacher including leadership in challenging educational contexts.
• Extensive experience of Trust wide leadership including working with external stakeholders’ regulatory bodies and special schools
• Experience an OI or HMI
• Proven successful mentoring / coaching of colleagues
• Knowledge of curriculum development across multiple schools, including primary and special schools

Skills:

• Ability to support headteachers in delivering consistent high standards
• Strong leadership skills and ability to empower, motivate and create a positive working environment
• Ability to see the big picture as well as focus on what needs to be done
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to inform planning, target setting and academy performance.
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances and challenges
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to build effective relationships across multiple teams and stakeholders

For further information on the role please see attached Primary Education Director recruitment pack and JD.

About E-ACT: 

Join a trust that is going places! 

Having recently won TES Team of Year 2024 and MAT of the Year 2023 at both the MAT Excellence Awards and National School Awards, this is a very exciting time to join us! Why do we feel we have been recognised as a strong MAT? It is down to our dedicated, talented staff that are committed in delivering nothing but excellence for all of our children and young people.  

We all pride ourselves in fostering a people-first culture, which extends to all our pupils, staff, and stakeholders. We are proud to lead a community of 38 academies, educating of over 25,000 pupils across our five core hubs. Our staff satisfaction is above national benchmarks and we run a range of projects and programmes to address key topics such as workload and wellbeing. 

Our Opening Minds, Opening Doors strategy is at the forefront of everything we do, we don’t just prepare our pupils for the world; we equip them to thrive and succeed within it. Through our collaborative approach to education, we aim to open doors to a world of opportunities, where every child can pursue their dreams.

Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more at www.e-act.org.uk 

Benefits: 

• Generous Pension
• Teachers pay and conditions
• Cycle to Work
• Support System of 38 Academies
• Electric Car Scheme: 

How to apply: 

Please click on apply to submit your application. For a discussion about this post please contact: Sian John, Head of Recruitment and Talent: sian.john@e-act.org.uk and Connect with us via LinkedIn.