Director Of School Improvement

Role: Director of School Improvement

Term: Full time, permanent (periodic evening meetings required)

Base: Liverpool Road Studios, 113 Liverpool Road, Crosby L23 5TD

Salary: Circa £100k (negotiable dependent on experience)

About Mersey View Learning Trust

Chesterfield High School Academy is leading the establishment of the Mersey View Learning Trust with Forefield Infant & Junior School, Forefield Junior School, Rowan Park, Valewood Primary and Waterloo Primary. Together, the Trust aims to provide an inclusive educational pathway for pupils aged 0-19, which will comprise nursery, infant, junior, primary, secondary, special alternative provision schools.

Our schools share the same values and have worked together for a considerable time to build a strong collaboration of curriculum development and innovative leadership at all levels. The formation of a multi-academy trust is the natural next step to deliver a broad and balanced inclusive curriculum and raise outcomes for pupils.

Our Trust partnership will use our existing strong interrelationships and depth of experiences to be able to support each other in becoming even better places for pupils to achieve even greater outcomes academically and in regard to personal growth. Our Trust’s role is to break down the barriers and allow teachers and leaders do the job they were trained to do.

The Trust central team ensures that our business model delivers efficiency, effectiveness and economies of scale so schools have the best opportunities to succeed.

About the role

At this important stage in the Trust’s development, we are seeking an inspirational strategic leader with a proven track record of School Improvement to help us realise our vision. This is a new role and the successful candidate will work closely with our CEO to embed our School Improvement strategy and maximise the performance of all of our schools.

Experience of successfully implementing strategies to rapidly improve and sustain high outcomes and performance is absolutely essential for this role. Combined with this, you will bring credibility, the proven ability to lead transformational change and leadership qualities that motivate and drive forward individuals and teams to be highly successful. Further information can be found in the attached recruitment pack.

About you

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the development of our Trust for an outstanding School Improvement professional. The key qualities and attributes necessary for this role are as follows (more information can be found in the person specification within the attached recruitment pack):

The successful candidate will:

• Embrace and share our Trust vision, aims and values
• Be an outstanding strategic leader who can have a positive impact on the quality of education, the quality of leadership and outcomes across the Trust
• Be a strategic thinker able to produce clear, accurate and precise papers and advice to the CEO and board of directors that enables effective decision-making.
• Be passionate about the learning and development of children and young people
• Have a track record in driving forward School Improvement
• Be a committed team player who will work in partnership with our school leaders and enthusiastic and dedicated staff teams
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to form strong relationships
• Be able to inspire and support colleagues in order to build on the Trust's many strengths.
• Supportive and reassuring of other colleagues, seeing it as a key part of their role to enable others to be successful too.
• An excellent public speaker across a range of audiences.

Does this sound like you?

Further information and an application form is available on the School’s website www.chesterfieldhigh.org.uk

Tel: 0151 924 6454

Email: recruitment@chesterfieldhigh.co.uk

Completed application forms can be emailed to recruitment@chesterfieldhigh.co.uk and will be acknowledged upon receipt during normal school opening times.

Chesterfield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the school to share this commitment.

The school is required under law and guidance to check the criminal background of all employees. Decisions to appoint will be subject to consideration of an enhanced disclosure, including a Barred List check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance on whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website which can be accessed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful applicants will be required to complete a confidential medical questionnaire and may be required to undergo a medical examination

The school may carry out an online search on short-listed candidates as part of our due diligence and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, which we may wish to explore with you at interview.

Applications should be submitted by 9am on Monday, 8 April 2024.

Shortlisting will take place between 9-12 April 2024, with successful applicants being invited for an interview on Friday, 19 April 2024.