Teaching Improvement Lead

2 weeks ago


West Midlands, United Kingdom Star Academies Full time

Are you an experienced and successful secondary senior leader with a commitment to using evidence-informed approaches to secure quality teaching and outstanding outcomes for all pupils? Are you ready to play a key role to ensure excellent practice in a high-performing multi-academy trust?

About Star Central

Star Central, which is based at our head office in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Institute and our schools.

The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for an experienced secondary school senior leader with the ability to drive improvement in teaching across a designated cluster of schools (Eden Girls’ School, Coventry, Eden Boys’ School, Birmingham, Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Birmingham East, and Starbank Secondary School). 

You will play a crucial role in the trust-wide strategy to secure gains in pupil outcomes, developing leaders and securing systems to ensure we maximise the achievements of all of our young people.

The position requires an individual who can work both strategically and operationally, modelling best practice and embedding an instructional coaching approach. You will have a track record of supporting colleagues to improve their teaching practice and you will be proficient in providing actionable developmental feedback.

You will have:

Credibility as an experienced and successful secondary school senior leader with a demonstrable track record of success, particularly with improving teaching. The ability to develop teachers’ practice through instructional coaching. The ability to work with school senior leaders and central leaders to develop pedagogy sustainably.  A comprehensive knowledge of pedagogical techniques and evidence-informed practice. The ability to plan and deliver high-quality CPD. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Full commitment to our vision and values.

About Star Academies

is a high-performing multi-academy trust that runs more than 30 primary and secondary schools. We are a values-based organisation that works to improve the life chances of young people in areas of social and economic deprivation to help them succeed at the highest levels of education, employment and the professions. Every single day you’ll be rewarded with the opportunity to shape a young person’s future - our embody what we believe is needed to succeed.

Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we continually invest in our employees through our learning and development centre, . With a wealth of training, mentoring and progression opportunities across a growing group of academies, joining our team of leading education experts could propel your career to the next level. 



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