Job Title: School Improvement Partner
Location: Esteem Multi-Academy Trust (Central Team). With regular travel to Academies across the Trust
Grade/Scale: Leadership Pay Scale L17 – L21 (£76,772 - £84,699 per annum)
Contract: 37 hours per week, all year round
This new post within the Central Education Team is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding team of School Improvement Partners as we continue to build our offering to our Academies and to organisations beyond Esteem MAT. This post will support our Trust growth strategy and support our commitments to ensure Every Child is Achieving and Thriving in line with the aspirations of the DfE RISE programme and Whitepaper.
This is a pivotal role within our Trust. As a School Improvement Partner, you will work closely with school and Trust leaders to drive forward excellence in leadership, teaching and learning, and effective resource management and pedagogy.
You’ll play a key role in shaping strategy and practice across Esteem MAT, ensuring that every classroom and every learner benefits from consistently high-quality provision. From supporting Headteachers and senior leaders to model outstanding leadership, pedagogy and effective teaching, to delivering impactful CPD and coaching across our schools, your expertise will directly influence the outcomes and experiences of some of the most vulnerable pupils in our region.
You will:
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Have the ability to work flexibly and adapt to working in different schools with a particular specialism and extensive first-hand experience of Special School environments.
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Support school leaders to deliver ambitious, inclusive, and evidence-informed classroom practice.
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Have a good track record of impactful professional development and improvement projects.
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Contribute to trust-wide research and innovation in pedagogy and curriculum design to meet the complex needs of students attending alternative provision.
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Help prepare and support schools with a specialism of SEND and Alternative Provision through OFSTED inspections and performance reviews.
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Play an active part in the Esteem Central Education Team, driving continuous improvement and collaboration across the Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible difference at scale — working across a diverse and forward-thinking family of schools, where your ideas and leadership will have real impact.
About You
You are a credible, experienced, and passionate leader, with a proven track record of school improvement and expertise in SEND, with knowledge and experience of supporting pupils with complex learning difficulties and health needs. You have first-hand, extensive experience of what excellent leadership looks like within various special school settings and how to implement structures and systems strategically to ensure impact and consistency across different contexts.
You’ll bring:
At Esteem Multi Academy Trust, we are united by a shared purpose to ensure every child and young person, whatever their background or starting point, thrives and succeeds. We drive this ambition through our values of: Working Together, Celebrating Difference, Enjoying Learning, and Being Brave.
We are a dynamic and growing Trust, bringing together a family of special schools, alternative provisions (APs), and a mainstream primary school with specialist provision across the East and West Midlands. Our schools support pupils with a wide range of additional needs including SEND and SEMH, offering high-quality, inclusive education that changes lives.
Please see the attached Application pack including a Welcome from The CEO and more information about Esteem Multi-Academy Trust.
Please review the attached Job Description to learn more about the role and what we are looking for in the successful candidate.
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Teacher's Pension Scheme / LGPS Pension Scheme (16.6% employer contributions)
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Generous holiday entitlement
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Access to Westfield Health membership scheme including cashback schemes for health and retail benefits, discounted gym memberships, and free confidential advice.
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Access to National College CPD platform.
For further information, please contact Sabrina Hobbs (Director of Education) on [email protected]
We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates upon application and may close the application process prior to this date.
Esteem is open to Flexible working opportunities.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status.
Perfection is not required, if you are excited by the role and our organisation, but not sure if you meet 100% of the criteria, we would still love to hear from you!
