Are you looking for a role which will genuinely have a positive impact on the educational outcomes and thus the life chances of 1000s of primary pupils?
We are looking for an exceptional individual to join our ambitious trust as Director of Education. You will believe that ‘how’ we do what we do matters. You will have the expertise to be a force for improvement, the personal attributes to secure buy-in from others and a deep rooted belief that collaboration is the cornerstone of strong trusts.
About our Trust
Tenax Schools Trust (TST) is at a truly exciting inflection point. We have all of the ingredients to be an exceptional Trust. Our new CEO is vastly experienced and relentlessly ambitious. We have a thriving Teaching School Hub that serves schools across Kent and East Sussex. We have an exemplary secondary school and seven strong primary schools. Our Board has many new, passionate and committed trustees. Our mission is to deepen the collaborations across our TST family and grow the trust. We serve the Diocese of Rochester and Chichester. Both Dioceses are committed to all of their schools joining academies at some point in time. We also wish to increase the number of community schools in our family, where they share our vision and values.
About You
You will share our vision of achieving excellence together and providing a transformative education for every child; informed and guided by our underlying inclusive Christian values and beliefs as a Church of England trust.
You will understand how to develop school improvement at scale. You will value and provide expert support to individual schools, whilst developing highly collaborative trust wide approaches to school improvement.
Your knowledge of effective curriculum design and pedagogy will be first class and evidence informed.
You will be committed to tackling educational disadvantage, upholding and securing ambitious and high educational standards for all.
You will understand how to help children make exceptional progress including promoting further support for those with additional educational needs and disabilities so that all can flourish.
You will also carry a humility and warmth that engages the leaders you manage and support.
You will need to see opportunities, where others see challenges and see blank canvasses as potential, rather than daunting.
About the Role
You will be a leader to other leaders.
You will have a high level of autonomy to develop school improvement at TST. You will build, implement and constantly evaluate our approach to school development.
You will be an integral part of the trust senior team. You will get great exposure to almost all functions of a MAT and genuinely contribute to the whole trust.
You will have flexibility in your approach to work, working between the central office and schools. We operate a hybrid working model which includes the opportunity to work from home.
Next Steps
- Please visit for more information and to access an application pack.
- Every trust is unique. It is strongly advised that you schedule a virtual meeting or call with our new CEO. We fully value the fact that you are selecting us, as much as we are recruiting you, and thus as much time as is practicable will be given to prospective applicants.