Executive Director of Education (Secondary)
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bury, Not recorded, BL9 8LY |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 55dea42b-1996-4142-b77b-a583dab72d7e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
About the Role
Oak Learning Partnership Trust is seeking an exceptional Executive Director of Education (Secondary) to provide strategic leadership across all of our schools but with a core focus on secondary provision. Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a pivotal role at the heart of our mission: delivering excellence through inclusion at the heart of the Trust.
The Executive Director of Education (Secondary) will:
• Provide oversight of strategic leadership, defining and delivering the vision and objectives of our Trust.
• Lead Trust-wide educational improvements across all secondary schools while line-managing a cluster of schools.
• Develop strong alignment across our family of schools, while creating space for creativity and the sharing of best practice.
• Ensure each school has a robust school improvement plan, with appropriate support and evaluation in place.
• Create and sustain a collaborative, aspirational and innovative culture of learning across our Trust.
• Lead systems of monitoring and intervention that enable students to thrive and staff to flourish.
• Embed collaboration and joint working so leadership at all levels contributes directly to school improvement, student outcomes and effective business operations.
• Set high educational standards, shaping the curriculum and broader pupil experience, while sharing expertise and building capacity across schools.
• Contribute to work with external school improvement and support the growth of our trust.
This is a rare opportunity for an ambitious and inclusive leader to shape the future of education across our Trust.
About You
We are seeking a leader who has:
• A proven track record of successful headship or senior executive leadership in secondary education.
• Deep expertise in school improvement, curriculum and pedagogy, with a passion for inclusive practice and a relentless focus on improving outcomes.
• The ability to inspire, influence and support leaders and teams to create cultures where every pupil thrives.
• Strategic vision, resilience, and a relentless commitment to equity and excellence.
About Oak Learning Partnership Trust
At Oak Learning Partnership Trust, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to serve diverse communities and are committed to ensuring every child has access to an exceptional education. We are values-driven, ambitious for our young people, and believe in the power of collaboration to achieve excellence together.
• Closing date: Sunday 22 September 2025
• Interviews: Thursday 25 and Friday 26 September 2025
If you are interested in the role, we would strongly recommend an informal discussion with James Franklin-Smith CEO. Please contact gee.j@oaklp.co.uk to make arrangements.
Oak Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment.
To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.
What the school offers its staff
Flexible working
Health and Wellbeing benefits
Professional Development
Pension Scheme
Generous occupational sick pay
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.
About the Role
Oak Learning Partnership Trust is seeking an exceptional Executive Director of Education (Secondary) to provide strategic leadership across all of our schools but with a core focus on secondary provision. Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a pivotal role at the heart of our mission: delivering excellence through inclusion at the heart of the Trust.
The Executive Director of Education (Secondary) will:
• Provide oversight of strategic leadership, defining and delivering the vision and objectives of our Trust.
• Lead Trust-wide educational improvements across all secondary schools while line-managing a cluster of schools.
• Develop strong alignment across our family of schools, while creating space for creativity and the sharing of best practice.
• Ensure each school has a robust school improvement plan, with appropriate support and evaluation in place.
• Create and sustain a collaborative, aspirational and innovative culture of learning across our Trust.
• Lead systems of monitoring and intervention that enable students to thrive and staff to flourish.
• Embed collaboration and joint working so leadership at all levels contributes directly to school improvement, student outcomes and effective business operations.
• Set high educational standards, shaping the curriculum and broader pupil experience, while sharing expertise and building capacity across schools.
• Contribute to work with external school improvement and support the growth of our trust.
This is a rare opportunity for an ambitious and inclusive leader to shape the future of education across our Trust.
About You
We are seeking a leader who has:
• A proven track record of successful headship or senior executive leadership in secondary education.
• Deep expertise in school improvement, curriculum and pedagogy, with a passion for inclusive practice and a relentless focus on improving outcomes.
• The ability to inspire, influence and support leaders and teams to create cultures where every pupil thrives.
• Strategic vision, resilience, and a relentless commitment to equity and excellence.
About Oak Learning Partnership Trust
At Oak Learning Partnership Trust, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to serve diverse communities and are committed to ensuring every child has access to an exceptional education. We are values-driven, ambitious for our young people, and believe in the power of collaboration to achieve excellence together.
• Closing date: Sunday 22 September 2025
• Interviews: Thursday 25 and Friday 26 September 2025
If you are interested in the role, we would strongly recommend an informal discussion with James Franklin-Smith CEO. Please contact gee.j@oaklp.co.uk to make arrangements.
Oak Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment.
To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.
What the school offers its staff
Flexible working
Health and Wellbeing benefits
Professional Development
Pension Scheme
Generous occupational sick pay
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.