Deputy Director of Education Norwich, England
Job description
Academy: Trust Central
Category: Central Education/Teaching Hub
Start Date: January 2024
Closing Date: Wed, Sep 20, 2023
Job Weeks: All Year Round
Hours: 32.5 hours per week
Type: Permanent, Full Time
Job Reference: SEP20237023
Salary: Leadership Group Pay Range Spinal Points 18 to 22 (£67,350 - £74,282)
Starting: January 2024 (or earlier by negotiation)
About us
We believe that every child deserves an excellent education. Our family of schools collaborate, support and innovate to give every child the best start in life. We’re proudly committed to improving the standards of education in the East of England. We support a family of 17 academies, train more than 40 teachers a year and offer continuing professional development courses to teachers across the region. We also spearhead the Inspiration Teaching School Hub and Angles Maths Hub. We teach powerful knowledge so that our children can understand, access and influence our society, and we are passionate about inclusion. We invest in our leaders and teachers as they are the people that can make a difference to our young people’s lives.
The role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the leadership of the Central Education Team at Inspiration Trust. The Central Education Team spearheads our nationally recognised work on curriculum and teacher development. It comprises a wide range of cross-phase subject specialists who lead the ongoing development of our shared curriculum, coordinate subject communities and work directly with schools to strengthen subject knowledge and pedagogy.
The role of Deputy Director of Education will be stimulating and wide-ranging. You will be responsible for the line management and professional development of subject specialists from our Central Education Team, ensuring their work has a positive impact across our schools. You will be contributing to the development and improvement of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment at a whole-trust level. You will be part of a team that delivers initial teacher training and continuous professional development as part of our Teaching School Hub. You will have opportunities to lead or contribute to exciting projects in collaboration with both national and local partners.
We are looking for a Deputy Director of Education who is passionate and knowledgeable about curriculum and teacher development, and with the experience and interpersonal skills to work with colleagues across schools, subjects and phases. The role is suitable for either a primary or a secondary specialist from any subject background, however senior leadership experience and/or evidence of work across institutions would be an advantage.
If you are interested in being part of our growing Central Education team and would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact our Director of Education, Dan Carter ([email protected]).
To apply, please click the button on this page and complete the online application form.
Closing date for applications is: 12pm on Wednesday 20th September 2023
Interview date: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.
