Astrea Academy Trust is looking for an exceptional, experienced secondary leader to join the secondary central team as a Regional Director (Secondary). You must have proven experience as a Principal/Executive Principal, with an excellent track record.

The Regional Director will oversee our four secondary academies in South Yorkshire, line managing the Principals/Executive Principals. The Regional Director will also have responsibility for leading a key function across all the secondary academies e.g. Standards and Achievement, Teaching and Learning, Behaviour and Attitudes.

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our scholars, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all our scholars have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative. We are not going to reduce expectations because of a child’s background or home life, or because they are new to English or have a special education need. In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish.

We are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture, influenced by Lemov’s Teach Like A Champion and Tom Bennett.

We believe that schools must teach powerful knowledge, ’the best that has been thought and said’ and an ‘entitlement curriculum’ for all. We believe in explicit instruction and have been greatly influenced by Lemov’s ‘Teach Like A Champion’, Rosenshine and recent developments in cognitive science. We believe that the creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful, where there is ‘purpose not power’, ensuring impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning, underpins everything.

The position is a great match for someone who shares the Trust’s vision for educational excellence and has the focus to continue the drive towards providing scholars with an exceptional provision.

There is flexibility on when this post starts with options for both September 2026 or January 2027.

Astrea Academy Trust will support the Regional Director with the expertise of a National Director of Secondary, as well as a highly effective team of national subject leads and central Support for Finance, HR, Estates and other functions.

If you are aligned to our mission and values, have a strong track record of improving young people’s education and a drive to do more, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

We would encourage you to arrange a conversation with the National Director of Secondary, Richard Tutt, ahead of the interview date in May. To arrange a telephone or Teams call, please contact richard.tutt@astreaacademytrust.org

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to enhanced DBS and additional pre-employment checks.