Executive Headteacher

Teaching Vacancies; Daventry; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK educational organization is seeking an Executive Head Teacher to lead across multiple schools in the Evolve Church Academy Trust. The role demands a proven track record in leadership, effective management of people and resources, and a commitment to safeguarding and promoting students' welfare. Ideal candidates will have Qualified Teacher Status, significant senior leadership experience, and the ability to inspire staff and cultivate a positive school environment. Join us in shaping the educational futures of our students in a supportive and enriching setting.

Benefits

Wellbeing programme

Beautiful rural settings

Supportive staff environment

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of recent senior leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams and resources effectively.
• Experience working with children with a wide range of special needs.

Responsibilities

• Establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction.
• Lead school improvement strategies and monitor progress.
• Manage financial resources effectively and ensure the safety of pupils.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic Planning

Financial Management

Teaching Skills

Child Development Understanding

Education

Qualified Teacher Status or Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills

National Professional Qualification for Headship

Job description

Executive Head Teacher Position

What skills and experience we’re looking for.

Qualifications

• Executive Head Teacher over 3 schools in Evolve Church Academy Trust.
• Qualified Teacher Status or Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTS or QTLS) (with degree level education or equivalent).
• National Professional Qualification for Headship or evidence of other successful post‑graduate study (e.g. MA in Education).
• At least 4 years of recent senior leadership (Head of School or Headteacher) experience in a relevant sector school.
• Proven excellent and inspirational teaching relevant to sector.
• Relevant experience of working with children with a wide range of special needs.
• Experience and understanding of managing people, budgets and IT in relation to its effective use in the curriculum.

Knowledge and Skills

Leadership and Management

• The ability to establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction in consultation with stakeholders.
• To have an up‑to‑date understanding of national policy, curriculum developments, and statutory and legal frameworks within which schools operate, including the Ofsted Inspection framework and safeguarding practices and procedures.
• The ability to lead, motivate and inspire others and manage people to work as individuals and as part of a team. To provide professional leadership, motivate staff, set standards and engender initiative and a common purpose.
• The ability to initiate and manage change to meet the school’s strategic objectives.
• The ability to lead the development, planning, monitoring and evaluation process.
• The ability to manage and plan strategically the use of financial and other resources to achieve the school’s objectives.
• The ability to plan, prioritise and delegate responsibilities according to both the long term and day‑to‑day needs of the school, monitor their implementation and ensure feedback on their effectiveness.
• The ability to identify and evaluate data critical to the assessment of the school’s performance and take appropriate action.
• The ability to develop positive and respectful relationships across the school community with high expectations of behaviour creating a safe, orderly and inclusive environment.
• The ability to create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life.
• The ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally to a range of audiences.

Management of Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• Demonstrate an evidence‑informed understanding of child development and how children learn.
• Demonstrate a thorough evidence‑informed understanding of teaching, learning and assessment.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the teaching skills required to achieve high standards and experience of raising pupil attainment and ensuring strong pupil progress.
• Demonstrate an ability to monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching, learning and assessment with a demonstrable impact on improving pupils’ outcomes.
• Demonstrate a very good knowledge and understanding of how to provide a broad structured, coherent and accessible curriculum, with ambitious expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND, with a good understanding of how to provide the widest range of opportunities to those with SEND through support and adaptation where appropriate to enable them to achieve their full potential.
• The proven ability to work in partnership with all families to involve them in the education of their children.

What the school offers its staff

Evolve Church Academy Trust offers a wellbeing programme, beautiful rural settings in all of the schools and friendly efficient staff that are warm and welcoming.

Further Details about the Role

Key Requirements and Accountabilities:

• Role Purpose: To establish and sustain the School’s and Trust ethos and strategic direction together with the governing board and through consultation with the school community.
• To work with the CEO to establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the schools can operate effectively.
• To identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the schools’ / Trust’s context.
• To ensure that school improvement strategies are effectively implemented, monitoring progress towards achieving the schools’ / Trust’s aims and objectives.
• To ensure the protection and safety of pupils and staff through effective approaches to safeguarding.
• To prioritise and allocate financial resources appropriately, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and probity in the use of public funds.

Personal Qualities: The Executive Headteacher will: uphold public trust in school leadership, maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct, observe proper boundaries, conduct themselves ethically, build positive relationships across the school community, serve in the best interests of the schools’ / Trust’s pupils, and take responsibility for their own continued professional development.

School Culture and Behaviour: The Executive Headteacher will work with schools’ to develop and sustain a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life, uphold ambitious educational standards, promote positive and respectful relationships, establish high expectations of behaviour and implement consistent, fair and respectful approaches to managing behaviour.

Teaching, Curriculum and Assessment: The Executive Headteacher will work with schools’ to establish and sustain high‑quality, expert teaching across all subjects, ensure effective use of formative assessment, provide a broad, structured and coherent curriculum, develop subject leaders, ensure evidence‑informed teaching approaches, ensure reliable assessment practices, meet SEND statutory duties and work effectively in partnership with parents, carers and professionals.

Managing the school: Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies that enable the schools / Trust to operate effectively and efficiently, use rigorous risk mitigation approaches, manage staff deployment and workload, and prioritise financial resources appropriately.

Managing staff Professional Development: Ensure staff have access to high‑quality, sustained professional development opportunities, prioritise PD, and draw on expert provision from national frameworks and programmes to build capacity and support succession planning.

Governance, Accountability and Working in Partnership: Commit to working successfully with other schools and organisations, build and maintain relationships with public services, uphold governance obligations, ensure staff understand professional responsibilities, and ensure schools operate within regulatory frameworks.

Continuous Improvement: The Executive Headteacher will work with schools’ to use effective evaluation processes, analyse persistent problems, develop evidence‑informed strategies, and ensure careful implementation leading to sustained improvement.

The Executive Headteacher may also be required to undertake other reasonable duties as may be requested by the CEO / Trust Board from time to time.

This job description is subject to the general conditions of service for a Headteacher as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. This job description is based on the Headteachers’ standards 2020.

Please contact our CEO David Rosevear on [e-mail] if you would like to discuss this post further.

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.