Soka Partners
Executive Headteacher
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Executive Headteacher (Specialist Education / Early Years – College)
Salary: Up to £85,000 + Benefits
Location: Remote, with regular travel to services across the North West
We are conducting a confidential search for an exceptional Executive Headteacher on behalf of a respected specialist education provider delivering high-quality education for children and young people from Early Years through to College.
The Opportunity
As Executive Headteacher, you will provide strategic leadership across various education provisions, ensuring a consistent vision, high standards and a culture of continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and delivering an ambitious vision for education across Early Years to College.
- Contributing to organisational strategy as a key member of the Executive Education Leadership Team.
- Creating seamless learner pathways between specialist schools, colleges and post-16 provision.
- Driving excellence in teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment and learner outcomes.
- Leading quality assurance, self-evaluation and improvement planning across multiple education settings.
- Embedding a culture of continuous improvement and maintaining ongoing readiness for Ofsted inspections.
- Using performance data to improve achievement, attendance, engagement, retention and progression.
- Providing strategic leadership, coaching and support to Headteachers, College Principals and senior leaders.
- Developing leadership capability, succession planning and talent across the education group.
- Working collaboratively with education, care, therapy, safeguarding and operational colleagues to deliver integrated support for learners.
- Building strong relationships with local authorities, commissioners, regulators and external partners while representing the organisation across the wider education sector.
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About You
You are an accomplished senior educational leader with experience leading complex, multi-site education services. Whether your background is within specialist education, SEND, maintained or independent settings, or a group education environment, you have successfully improved educational quality, developed high-performing leaders and driven sustainable organisational improvement.
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You will bring:
- Significant senior leadership experience across specialist education, schools, colleges or multi-site education provision.
- A proven track record of improving educational standards and learner outcomes.
- Extensive knowledge of the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework and quality assurance processes.
- Experience leading successful quality improvement programmes and supporting services through inspection.
- Strong strategic thinking combined with operational credibility.
- Outstanding leadership, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience leading senior leaders within complex organisations.
- A passion for inclusive education and improving life opportunities for children and young people with additional needs.
Qualifications
- PGCE or equivalent teaching qualification.
- SENCO qualification (not essential)
- NPQH or equivalent senior leadership qualification.
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