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The Mercian Trust
School Senior Leadership Opportunities
We are looking for Middle Leaders ready to take on their first Senior Leadership role, existing Senior Leaders looking to progress to their next promoted role along with experienced Senior Leaders looking to broaden their experience across different schools. We have a range of exciting current roles and career development opportunities to suit you and your professional growth ambitions.
Our Senior Leaders work throughout our diverse family of twelve schools including two alternative provisions schools, two selective secondary schools, a studio school, five comprehensive secondary schools, a primary school, and a special school.
We are looking for leaders who are excited about working at an Academy Trust that puts social mobility and social justice at the heart of everything it does. This career opportunity isn’t solely for one specific leadership role or school, but instead we are looking to put together a team of the most talented school leaders to really make a difference across all of our schools.
By joining this team of new and developing school leaders, you will benefit from a three-year bespoke programme of leadership development, coaching, mentoring and support, enabling you to sustainably grow your career with us.
We are recruiting to these roles with the offer of flexible starting dates. All roles are permanent positions and will be paid on the Leadership scale. You will be employed by The Mercian Trust and initially work in one of our schools to best match your skills and development needs, and our schools’ requirements. You will benefit from the opportunity to experience the diversity of our different school settings.
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How to Apply
Download our job pack for the full story of our Trust, and all the information you need about this exciting role. We are confident that you will feel that this is a great opportunity, but we know that you will want to find out more about our Trust, our schools, and these roles and we are delighted to be offering an online briefing event on 5th October 2026 at 5pm where you can find out more about the Trust, understand the roles and learn more about the opportunity.
We really look forward to meeting you then.
Why The Mercian Trust?
As one Trust we share a common purpose. We call it our social mobility and social justice mission to change our communities through the very best equitable education. When we get this right, it enables our children and young people to fulfil their potential, thrive in the world of work, and make a positive contribution to the local, national and international community.
Put simply, our common purpose is to increase opportunities and improve outcomes for our students. We are particularly committed to students who are under-served and under-resourced. We prioritise those who have special educational needs and disabilities, or who are more likely to face discrimination for whatever reason.
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It is this common purpose that fuels everything we do. We deliver impactful, sustainable and ethical continuous school improvement in our schools to ensure the children and young people in the communities we serve learn in the very best and most inclusive schools.
We are deeply rooted in the communities we serve (which are the education investment areas of the West Midlands). We adopt a pioneering spirit and look to lead the sector with innovative solutions to the problems our students and families face.
Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more: The Mercian Trust - Home
Benefits
Financial, Health and Lifestyle
- Discounts on everyday purchases (Eden Red)
- A comprehensive free of charge health plan (UK Health Care)
- A cycle to work scheme via Halfords
- Access to the Blue Light Card
For further benefits including education sector leading CPD: The Mercian Trust - What we can offer you
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.
The Mercian Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Please take time to read our policies attached to this advert.
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