Regional Education Director - Lift Schools

Bath & North East Somerset Council; Bath; Vor Ort; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

£100k Professional Development Account

Executive coaching

Access to national network resources

Zusammenfassung

Lift Schools is seeking a Regional Education Director to lead our South West region, guiding performance across fifteen schools and developing exceptional principals. You will translate trust priorities into actionable plans while balancing autonomy with support, driving sustained improvement and collaboration across schools.

The role offers significant scale and influence within a growing national network, with dedicated professional development and executive coaching to support your leadership

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrated track record of driving school improvement.
• Ability to set priorities and deliver impact across multiple schools.
• Proven leadership of principals with accountability for results.

Aufgaben

• Lead the performance and improvement of fifteen schools in the South West region.
• Create conditions for principals to thrive with clear expectations and balance of autonomy and support.
• Translate shared priorities into actionable trust-wide initiatives with school input.
• Provide strategic judgement to identify priorities and make difficult, high-impact decisions.
• Shape thinking and contribute to wider trust decisions across the network.

Kenntnisse

Educational credibility

Strategic judgement

Leadership through others

Collaborative leadership

Support and challenge

Organisational influence

Jobbeschreibung

Please note this is not a Bath & North East Somerset Council Vacancy.

Lead and influence at scale. Shape the future of education.

Are you ready to make an even bigger difference? We're looking for an exceptional leader, who truly understands excellence, to join us as our regional education director for the South West.

We are a national network of local schools, and you will lead the South West region, helping shape its identity, drawing on all the resources that a national network brings.

With fifteen schools from Cheltenham and Chepstow down to Andover, Torquay, and Ryde, this is a brilliant opportunity to step up and help shape the education of 7,067 of children within the region.

At Lift, we believe in an excellent education for every child, in every classroom, every day. And your role will be to help develop our principals in the South West so that vision becomes a reality.

We also believe that talent drives performance, and we're serious about investing in our leaders' growth. As a regional education director, you will benefit from a £100,000 Individual Development Account to support your own growth and development with us.

The opportunity:

As Regional Education Director, you will be accountable for the performance and improvement of fifteen schools in our south-west region. You will deliver impact through effective leadership that fosters collaboration, develops exceptional principals and contributes to the strategic direction of our trust.

You’ll create the conditions in which principals can thrive, setting clear expectations, developing leadership capacity and providing the right balance of professional autonomy, support, challenge and intervention.

You’ll also be a vital connection between our schools and the wider trust, translating our shared priorities into meaningful action while ensuring that the experiences and insights of schools contribute meaningfully to shape our future direction.

Success in this role isn't about being involved in everything; it's about judgement and knowing where your leadership will make the greatest difference.

You’ll bring the strategic judgement to identify what matters most, the confidence to make difficult decisions and the determination to secure sustained improvement.

What we're looking for:

We're seeking a highly credible education leader with a proven track record of school improvement, exceptional judgement and the ability to inspire and develop others.

You’ll bring:

• Educational credibility: A deep understanding of what drives sustained school improvement.


• Strategic judgement: The ability to identify priorities, make sound decisions and focus on impact.


• Leadership through others: The confidence to empower principals while holding them accountable.


• Collaborative leadership: The ability to unite and inspire a team of principals, fostering shared responsibility, collective learning and improvement across schools.


• Support and challenge: The ability to build trusted relationships and intervene decisively when needed.


• Organisational influence: The ability to shape thinking, challenge assumptions and contribute to wider decisions.

Above all, you’ll believe that exceptional education is achieved through exceptional leadership!

Why Lift Schools?

We’re a growing national network of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, united by an ambition to transform the lives of children through education.

As a RED, you’ll have the opportunity to lead at a significant scale while remaining closely connected to schools, their leaders and communities.

You’ll benefit from:

• A highly competitive salary, bonus and Local Government Pension Scheme.


• £100k investment in your professional development through our Individual Development Account offer.


• Executive coaching, professional development and networking opportunities.


• The expertise and resources of an established national organisation.


• The opportunity to influence trust-wide decisions and make a lasting difference to thousands of children.

This is a leadership opportunity with genuine scale, influence and purpose.

Whether you’re looking to broaden your system leadership experience or make your next significant contribution to education, we’d love to hear from you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates.

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Closing date:

9:00am, Wednesday 25th November 2026.

Assessment and interview dates:

Wednesday 2nd December 2026 and Friday 4th December 2026.

Start date:

As soon as possible.