Trust Executive Headteacher

Osborne Cooperative Academy Trust, Stanford-le-Hope; Essex; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Osborne Cooperative Academy Trust is seeking an inspiring Executive Headteacher to lead St Clere's School and drive educational excellence across multiple schools. This role entails strategic leadership, collaboration with other school leaders, and a commitment to inclusive education within a supportive and values-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of successful headship and school improvement.
• Ability to motivate and empower others.

Responsibilities

• Lead St Clere's school with integrity and a focus on excellence.
• Oversee school improvement strategies and operational leadership.
• Collaborate with school leaders to drive improvement and share best practices.

Skills

Inspirational leadership

Strategic thinking

Change management

Commitment to inclusive education

Job description

Position Start Date: 01/01/2026

Contract Type: Full-time

Contract Term: Permanent

Application Close: 07/07/2025 Midnight

Date of Interviews: Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th July 2025

Are you an inspiring and visionary leader ready to shape the future of education across multiple schools? At the Osborne Cooperative Academy Trust, we are seeking an exceptional Executive Headteacher to take on the substantive headship of St Clere's School whilst also working directly with the Assistant CEO to play a pivotal role in the strategic leadership and development of exemplary practice in both this school and across our trust.

This role offers the unique experience to shape the educational experience of all students in our trust schools, all of which are rated as GOOD. Our trust is built upon the co-operative values and ethical principles; we are proud to be an inclusive and aspirational environment in which our students and staff flourish.

About the Role:

As Executive Headteacher, you will:

• Lead St Clere's school with passion, integrity, and a relentless focus on excellence. Build on the recent GOOD Ofsted and embed the continued strategies of accelerated school improvement to achieve the trust aspirations. Support the Head of School to lead on the day-to-day operations of a large complex school on a continued journey of school improvement.
• Oversee the exciting DfE approved new build and remodelling of the existing St Clere's School site following RAAC.
• Work collaboratively with other school leaders to drive improvement, share best practices, and foster a culture of high expectations across all our schools.
• Chair the secondary headteachers group, ensuring consistency in standards, curriculum innovation, and pupil outcomes through collaboration and sharing of good practice.
• Lead on the trust school improvement model of embedded peer to peer review through the School Partnership Programme.
• Contribute to the strategic direction of the wider trust, influencing policy, pedagogy, and professional development.

We Are Looking For:

• A proven track record of successful headship and school improvement.
• Inspirational leadership with the ability to motivate and empower others.
• Strategic thinking and the ability to manage change effectively.
• A commitment to inclusive education and the highest standards of safeguarding and wellbeing.

If you share our commitment to educational excellence and values-driven leadership, we would be delighted to receive your application. We recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Information about the School

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is a multi-academy trust (MAT) incorporated around the principles and values of the international co-operative movement. These are Equality, Equity, Democracy, Self-help, Self-Responsibility and Solidarity, along with the ethical values of openness, honesty, social responsibility and caring for others. These values and principles underpin all our actions.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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