Esland
Regional Director - Education (SEND)
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Lead a group of schools. Back the people who run them. Change what education means for young people who have been let down before.
As regional director for education, you lead 3 to 4 of our schools and the headteachers who run them. You are accountable for the quality of education, the performance of each school and the commercial health of your region. This role is based in the Midlands and supports our schools across the portfolio.
You coach and develop your headteachers, hold them to high standards, and give them the support to meet them. You own quality assurance across your portfolio, get into schools for dip checks and learning walks, and make sure every school is inspection-ready as a matter of routine. You own the profit and loss (P&L), occupancy, staffing, and succession planning across your region.
It is a big role for an experienced school leader who wants to shape more than one school at a time.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead and line manage the headteachers of 3 to 4 schools, and hold them to account for standards and outcomes
- Coach and develop your headteachers, with ongoing continuing professional development built in
- Own the commercial performance of your region, including the profit and loss (P&L), budgets, and occupancy
- Lead staffing, recruitment, and succession planning so every school has the people it needs
- Own quality assurance across your portfolio, with regular dip checks, learning walks, and work sampling
- Keep every school inspection-ready against the Independent School Standards and the Ofsted framework, and safeguarding strong
Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
- Significant experience as a headteacher in a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision, running one or more schools
- Experience of leading inspections as the accountable senior leader
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), plus a senior leadership qualification, NPQSL or above
- Commercial understanding, including managing budgets and profit and loss (P&L)
- Thorough knowledge of the Independent School Standards and the Ofsted framework
- Midlands based, with a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across all schools, including regular overnight stays
- An enhanced DBS check. This role is subject to our safer recruitment checks.
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What we offer
- The chance to change education for young people across a whole region
- Salary: £85,000 per year, plus a £4,800 car allowance
- Full time, 37.5 hours per week, all year round
- 31 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Real autonomy and ownership of your region
- A seat close to the Education Director and senior leadership
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