This is a senior executive role with accountability for standards, quality, school improvement, leadership capacity and educational risk across the primary phase.  Working closely with the CEO and fellow senior executive leaders, the post holder will ensure that educational priorities, operational planning and Trust strategy are aligned and delivered effectively. 

We are looking for a leader who can: 

• Lead and secure high standards of teaching, learning and outcomes across all primary academies 
• Provide line management, professional challenge and support to primary headteachers 
• Be part of a team of senior executive leaders delivering coherent Trust-wide improvement 
• Lead Trust-wide primary school improvement, quality assurance and inspection readiness 

You will be:

• A credible, influential and experienced primary educational leader  
• An effective senior leader with a strong track record of improving standards across schools  
• Confident in holding leaders to account while sustaining positive professional relationships  
• A strategic thinker able to translate Trust priorities into clear and sustainable action  
• Firmly committed to safeguarding, inclusion and high professional standards  
• Supportive of the Trust’s Christian vision, mission and values 

Our Trust, a family of eight academies in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds and in the geographical areas of Leeds and Calderdale, shares a mission to work 

In Partnership to Educate, Nurture and Empower 

We can offer:  

• Friendly, welcoming academies with a strong Christian ethos as well as enthusiastic, well-motivated colleagues 
• A 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme  
• Retail discounts/ offers at high street and online retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships, dental care 
• Free secure onsite parking 
• Membership of an excellent pension scheme