Chief Executive Officer at Reach Schools

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Job Reference #

EDV/2026/RS/50361

Location

53-55 High Street, Feltham, Greater London, TW13 4AB

Contract Type

Permanent

Contract Term

Full-Time

Salary

£118,000.00 - £140,000.00 Annually (FTE)

Closing Date

12:00pm, 6th Mar 2026

Start Date

September 2026

Positions Available

Positions Available 1

Interview Date(s)

Successful final stage applicants will be required to be available in person on 19th March and 20th March 2026.

Interview Date(s) Successful final stage applicants will be required to be available in person on 19th March and 20th March 2026.

About this Role

Leading a trust is the greatest privilege in the world.

As the next Chief Executive Officer of Reach Schools you will be someone who understands what excellence truly looks and feels like. You will be an experienced educational leader who never settles for anything less than magnificent.

All children deserve a life of choice and opportunity.

As the next CEO you will be bold, innovative and deeply humble. You do not think you have all the answers. You seek to share and learn with others constantly.

Your role as CEO of Reach Schools is to support the headteachers, ensure that all of the functional and operational delivery is taken care of by our central Trust colleagues to free your school leaders to focus on outcomes for children, and provide the stability and guiding light that this work requires.

You will likely have worked with complex communities and excel at building trusting relationships. You are a remarkable classroom teacher and can draw on this expertise when guiding educational decisions. You also understand governance, finance, marketing and branding and are, at heart, entrepreneurial.

You rely on data and evidence to make good decisions, but you also recognise that sometimes there is no roadmap for this work.

You have a deep respect for the places our schools are situated in and the people in our community and see your role as one of an ‘unlocker’.

You do this work because you believe in the lasting power of change that education brings.

This is an incredibly exciting role. We are looking for someone to lead Reach Schools for our next remarkable phase.

Contact Details

Hannah Pope
ceorecruitment@reachacademy.org.uk

Reach Schools would like all candidates to answer specific questions for the personal statement section. For reference, here is a preview of the questions/headings:

We aim to transform the lives of all our pupils by providing them with the skills, attitudes and academic qualifications to flourish in any career and live happy and fulfilled lives. What attracts you to leading this Trust, Reach Schools, at this point in its journey, and what experience, values and leadership approach would you bring to ensure sustained improvement and positive impact across all our schools and the wider sector? (750 word limit)
A key part of the CEO role at Reach Schools is to support the co-headteachers by ensuring that all of the functional and operational delivery is taken care of by our central Trust colleagues in order to free our school leaders to focus on outcomes for children. This includes oversight of finances, estates and capital builds, and communications. Please tell us about your relevant prior experience in these functional areas of delivery and how you would approach this aspect of the role. (750 word limit)