Executive, Education ​/ Teaching, Education Administration

About the role

Following the promotion of one of our existing team to the role of Deputy CEO, we are seeking a values-led leader to join our passionate and skilled Academy Improvement Team (AIT) as a Regional Director of Education (RDE) working with our Wiltshire schools. You will play a pivotal role in leading school improvement, predominantly across a group of schools based in Wiltshire but also in others within the Trust.

Working closely with the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Headteachers, you will provide both challenge and support to ensure high standards of teaching, inclusion, leadership and pupil outcomes.

• Raise standards across schools:
  Lead improvement across a group of academies, securing rapid and sustained movement through the Trust Improvement Model.
• Champion evidence-informed practice:
  Ensure that school improvement is research-driven and rooted in strong evidence, supporting leaders to translate best practice into consistent, high-quality classroom experiences for every pupil.
• Develop confident and capable leaders:
  Provide high support and high challenge to Headteachers, enabling accurate self evaluation, strategic clarity and the capacity to lead lasting improvement within and beyond their settings.
• Lead and shape professional learning:
  Design, deliver and champion high-quality Collaborative Professional Learning (CPL), building expertise, nurturing talent and strengthening leadership at all levels.
• Secure rigorous accountability and insight:
  Use sharp monitoring, evaluation and intelligent use of data to identify priorities, intervene early and ensure all schools are on a clear trajectory of improvement.
• Strengthen collaboration across the Trust:
  Work as part of the Academy Improvement Team to share best practice, build collective efficacy and facilitate Hub and Trust collaboration.
• Champion flourishing through our Christian ethos:
  Model and uphold the Trust's distinctive Christian vision, ensuring that every school's culture enables children and adults to learn, grow and flourish.

You are a highly effective school improvement leader with successful headship or significant senior leadership experience and a strong track record of securing sustained improvement, ideally across more than one school. You are skilled at providing both challenge and support-holding leaders to account while coaching them to succeed. You understand Ofsted and SIAMS frameworks (inspection experience welcome but not essential) and bring resilience, strong professional judgement and integrity.

Above all, you lead with moral purpose and optimism, empowering others and modelling our values. A strong personal alignment with the Christian ethos of our Trust is essential.

You do need to be prepared to travel between schools and our office, across Wiltshire and sometimes further afield.

• Opportunities for ongoing professional growth and learning (CPL)
• Staff wellbeing and benefits package
• A dedicated, caring and enthusiastic team
• A varied working environment
• A competitive salary

You are encouraged to seek an informal discussion about the role with either our Deputy CEO-designate, or our CEO, please contact Nicki Summerill on or who will make arrangements for this.

The Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.