Senior School Improvement Partner: SEND & Leadership Impact

Coast and Vale Learning Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS Pension Scheme (16.6% employer)

Job summary

Esteem Multi Academy Trust is seeking a School Improvement Partner to work across a central education team and affiliated academies. You will drive improvements in leadership, teaching, learning, and resource management, with a focus on SEND and alternative provision, across multiple schools.

You will lead professional development, influence curriculum design, and contribute to strategic planning in a fast-changing Trust environment to raise outcomes for vulnerable pupils.

Qualifications

• Substantial leadership experience (minimum 3 years) at Headship/ Head of School level in multiple Special School settings.
• Extensive expertise to support school improvement strategy for schools in challenging environments/ situations, supporting the most vulnerable children in society and those with complex health needs.
• First-hand knowledge and experience of current educational legislation and initiatives, including SEND Code of Practice, and organisational arrangements/ procedures surrounding special school placement planning and commissioning.
• A successful track record of improving teaching and learning, curriculum design, pedagogy, assessment, and leading CPD in specialist provisions.
• The ability to build trust, inspire confidence, and support others to grow.

Responsibilities

• Have the ability to work flexibly and adapt to working in different schools with a particular specialism and extensive first-hand experience of Special School environments.
• Support school leaders to deliver ambitious, inclusive, and evidence-informed classroom practice.
• Have a good track record of impactful professional development and improvement projects.
• Contribute to trust-wide research and innovation in pedagogy and curriculum design to meet the complex needs of students attending alternative provision.
• Help prepare and support schools with a specialism of SEND and Alternative Provision through OFSTED inspections and performance reviews.
• Play an active part in the Esteem Central Education Team, driving continuous improvement and collaboration across the Trust.

Skills

Leadership

SEND expertise

Curriculum design

CPD leadership

Job description

Esteem Multi Academy Trust is seeking a School Improvement Partner to work across a central education team and affiliated academies. You will drive improvements in leadership, teaching, learning, and resource management, with a focus on SEND and alternative provision, across multiple schools.

You will lead professional development, influence curriculum design, and contribute to strategic planning in a fast-changing Trust environment to raise outcomes for vulnerable pupils.