Executive Director of Educational Excellence

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Avanti Full time
Role Overview

We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our team as Executive Director of Educational Excellence. This role is central to advancing educational excellence, character formation, and spiritual insight across our schools.

As a visionary leader, you will shape the educational experience for all children and young people, with a focus on supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils, while inspiring and empowering school teams to achieve remarkable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ethos and Culture: Promote Avanti virtues and spiritual ethos across schools, ensuring cultural alignment and positioning AST as a leader in educational excellence and innovation.
  • Safeguarding: Oversee and evolve safeguarding practices, providing guidance to school leaders to ensure compliance and a strong safeguarding culture.
  • Educational Quality: Support leaders in delivering a relationship-based, inclusive education with ambitious curricula, aiming for top-tier school performance by 2029.
Leadership and Development
  • Standards and Performance: Lead rigorous appraisal and support processes to drive improvement, analyse school data, and build leadership capacity within the trust.
  • Team Development: Foster a supportive, ethical work environment, manage staff effectively, and champion professional development, CPD, and high-quality leadership.
Operational Management
  • Finance and Governance: Collaborate on budget setting, report to Trustees, and ensure transparent, impact-focused use of resources, strengthening accountability in trust operations.
  • System Leadership: Act as an ambassador for Avanti, creating networks and partnerships to enhance the trust's educational, social, and community impact.
Benefits and Salary

The estimated salary for this role is £80,000 - £100,000 per annum, depending on experience. Additionally, you will be offered a range of benefits including a teacher pension scheme (subject to eligibility), flexible working opportunities, and access to well-being programs.

Requirements
  • Qualified teacher status
  • Evidence of young person-centred thinking and practice with an attitude that every young person has the capability to progress and achieve
  • Detailed research-informed knowledge of key strategies for raising young people's achievement and advancing effective teaching and learning
  • An excellent understanding of the schools' sector and education more broadly
  • Confidence and knowledge of child-safeguarding issues

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