Regional Director for School Improvement - North West

Transforming Lives Through Exceptional Educational Leadership

As a growing specialist multi-academy trust, The Youth Engagement Schools (YES) Trust brings together a diverse family of alternative provision and specialist schools, united by a shared commitment to transforming the lives of children and young people. Our schools are built on child-centrededucation, authentic relationships and an unwavering belief in every learner’spotential. Across the Trust, highly skilled professionals bring deep expertise in trauma-informed practice, relational approaches, SEND, inclusion and personalised learning.

As we continue to expand our national footprint, we arestrengthening our regional hub model, bringing together schools through sharedexpertise, strong local partnerships and collective leadership. Aligned to theDfE’s regional structure, our hubs combine local identity with the consistency,quality and collaboration that define the YES Trust.

To support this exciting next phase of our journey, we are seeking an exceptional educational leader to join us as Regional Director for School Improvement.

This is a rare opportunity to shape educational excellence across a region within an ambitious and growing national Trust. As one of our Regional Directors, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening leadership,driving sustainable school improvement and ensuring every child benefits fromthe highest quality education.

This role is not about imposing change or applyingstandardised solutions. Our schools already benefit from strong leadership,committed staff and established cultures of improvement. Instead, it is an opportunity to deepen leadership capacity across the Trust, building on existing strengths through strategic oversight, thoughtful challenge and evidence-informed support.

Reporting to the Director of Education, you will act as the Trust’s strategic school improvement partner across your region. Working alongside Executive Headteachers and Headteachers, you will evaluate effectiveness, identify priorities, facilitate the right support and provideconstructive challenge to secure meaningful and sustainable improvement.

Through rigorous quality assurance, evidence-informed evaluation and arelentless focus on holistic outcomes, you will help every school continue togrow and thrive.

What makes the YES Trust distinctive is our recognition thatspecialist education is deeply contextual. While our schools are united byshared values and high expectations, we know that communities, cohorts and individual learners are different. We trust our leaders to respond to thesedifferences while remaining aligned to the Trust’s vision. This role requires someone who can recognise excellence in different forms, exercise soundprofessional judgement and work collaboratively across a wide range of specialistsettings.

We are looking for an accomplished educational leader with aproven track record of securing school improvement and improving outcomes for children and young people. You may be an experienced Headteacher, Executive Headteacher, senior Trust leader, serving Ofsted Inspector, or an experiencedsystem leader seeking the opportunity to influence educational excellence atgreater scale. You will bring substantial expertise in school improvement,curriculum leadership and educational evaluation, together with the credibility to work alongside senior leaders across Alternative Provision, SEMH and specialist education.

Above all, you will combine strategic thinking,professional curiosity and sound judgement with an unwavering commitment to improving the life chances of vulnerable children and young people.

Joining the YES Trust means becoming part of a values-ledorganisation with a clear moral purpose and bold ambitions for the future. Aswe continue to grow nationally, this role offers a unique opportunity to shapeleadership across the Trust, influence educational excellence beyond a singleschool and help build a legacy that will benefit children, families and communities for years to come.

Salary:
Leadership scale L26 - L32 (September pay award pending)

Holiday: 35 days + bank holidays

Location:

Working across The YES Trust North…