We are seeking an Executive Director of Education (Primary) to work alongside the Executive Team. As a key member of our Executive Team, you'll be responsible for improving the quality of provision across the Trust, ensuring that all academies are delivering the highest possible educational provision and achieving excellent outcomes for students.
The role of Executive Director of Education (Primary) is critical and never more as we enter the next phase of our development. The postholder will be a “shoulder partner” to our headteachers, senior leaders and staff teams across our family of schools. They will work closely with our Director of Education (Secondary). They will, therefore, need to understand what school improvement looks like and have a passion for teaching and learning. Personally, you need to be collaborative, strategic, have emotional intelligence, a sense of humour and be able to effectively coach, mentor, challenge and support.
In addition to our schools, Lydiate Learning Trust has a thriving and large initial teaching training centre (SCITT), and this plays a very important role in the supply of next generation of teachers within the Trust and beyond. The postholder will be asked to liaise with the leaders of AMP SCITT and co-plan although not directly part of the team. Many of our staff are members of the Chartered College and we deliver national professional qualifications in partnership with the Best Practice Network. We also frequently engage in school improvement work beyond the Trust where our work is recognised by others, including the DfE. We would ask the postholder to contribute to this as and when it was appropriate.
This post will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and be reportable to the Board of Trustees, holding overall responsibility for standards and outcomes in our Secondary schools.
We are a small Trust that currently works across the Liverpool City Region, but our intention is to expand, and we have the approval to do so. Currently we have two large Secondary schools and two Primary Schools. The secondary schools are Deyes High School, (Sefton) and Childwall Sports and Science Academy (Liverpool) and the primaries are The Grange, (Sefton) and Knotty Ash Primary, (Liverpool). We know from qualitative evidence and external reviews this year that our schools are improving. If you share the drive and ambition we have for our students, their families and the community, then we would like to hear from you.
Lydiate Learning Trust has a very strong Board of Trustees who are exceptionally committed, giving long hours and offering challenge and support in equal measure. Their skills and professional background are diverse, and they work well together as a team. They have a clear vision, values and strategic direction. Please read more about them on the Lydiate Learning Trust website. Ultimately, it is correct to say that the Trustees share our vision that children only get one chance and deserve the very best start in life.
Lydiate Learning Trust is financially stable and can provide services to all of our schools inhouse.
As CEO, I am supported by a very strong Executive team. The postholder will join this team alongside the Director of Education (Secondary), Director of People and Culture, Director of Finance and Operations, Director of Strategic Partnerships and the Executive PA/Project Manager. The postholder will line manage the school improvement team (Primary) and work to drive teams further to benefit everyone within the Trust.
I hope this introduction to Lydiate Learning Trust answers any questions you may have and leaves you excited to work with us. If you do, however, have more questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me via our Executive PA, Rachel Turner at r.turner@lydiatelearning.org
We do hope you are that special person we are looking for and we look forward to hearing from you.
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* Why you are interested in the post and your experience so far.
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