Deputy CEO - Education
Overview
Deputy CEO - Education
This is a significant appointment at an important point in the Trust’s development. Working in close partnership with the Chief Executive Officer, the postholder will provide executive leadership of educational quality and standards across the Trust, lead through a strong team of senior educational professionals and help shape the next phase of sustainable growth.
The Trust serves communities where disadvantage, vulnerability and additional barriers to learning are often significant. We are ambitious for every child and believe that background or circumstance should never determine a child’s opportunities or life chances.
The opportunity
- Be a key strategic partner to the CEO and a full contributor to the executive leadership of the Trust.
- Provide strategic oversight and accountability for educational quality and school improvement across ten primary schools.
- Lead and develop the senior educational team, ensuring operational delivery is delegated effectively and improvement capacity is deployed where it has greatest impact.
- Help identify, evaluate and integrate new schools as the Trust grows.
- Build influential partnerships and represent Leading Learners across the regional and national education landscape. Leading Learners Multi-Academy Trust is seeking an exceptional educational leader to join its executive team as Deputy Chief Executive Officer – Education.
Why Leading Learners MAT
How to apply
Please download and read the recruitment pack in full before applying.
In your letter please refer to and give examples of:
- The skills and expertise that you will bring to the role evidenced through examples of your successes to date.
- How you meet the wider job description and person specification.
Your completed application should be received by 5pm on Friday 13th November 2026.
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