Job from partnerOur client has an exciting opportunity for an Executive Principal to join a high-performing and ambitious Multi-Academy Trust.
Location: Essex
Travel: Required across the region
Salary: Competitive executive package
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
About The Company:
Our client is a dynamic and well-established Multi-Academy Trust supporting a network of primary schools across several diverse regions.
The Trust has built a strong reputation for transforming schools, including successfully improving a number of settings previously judged “Inadequate” or “Requires Improvement” to “Good” and “Outstanding”. Ofsted has praised the quality of its curriculum and its commitment to ensuring pupils not only meet academic standards but develop the skills required for future success.
With a clear mission to provide every pupil with an outstanding education, the Trust combines high expectations with strong pastoral support, ensuring children thrive regardless of socioeconomic background.
Following the recent design and implementation of a new educational framework, this is an exciting time to join the organisation as it focuses on effective delivery, consolidation and sustainable improvement.
Executive Principal – The Role:
Reporting to the Director of Schools, the Executive Principal will provide strategic leadership across a portfolio of schools within the Trust.
This role is centred on delivery and implementation rather than framework design, offering the opportunity to focus on embedding high standards and driving measurable outcomes with reduced developmental risk.
You will work closely with Headteachers and Executive Principals, ensuring alignment with Trust strategy, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement, and strengthening school communities. The role includes oversight of approximately five direct reports.
Executive Principal – Key Responsibilities:
- Provide experienced leadership across multiple schools, driving continuous improvement and raising educational standards
- Ensure adherence to safeguarding, legal and regulatory frameworks
- Collaborate with executive colleagues to develop and review strategic plans aligned with risk assessment and quality assurance frameworks
- Lead the delivery of Trust priorities, particularly improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupil groups
- Oversee teaching and learning standards, ensuring robust monitoring systems are in place
- Encourage effective sharing of best practice and collaboration across schools
- Support the professional development of Headteachers and Principals through mentoring, coaching and structured guidance
- Oversee leadership appointments, staff performance management and appraisal processes
- Ensure effective communication with stakeholders, including governance bodies, local authorities and parents
- Prioritise complaint resolution and transparent reporting
- Oversee financial management, budget optimisation and resource allocation to ensure long-term school viability
Executive Principal – You:
- Proven strategic leadership experience within a Multi-Academy Trust or comparable education group, overseeing multiple schools
- Strong track record of success in primary education settings
- Experience implementing national and local educational frameworks and curricula
- Demonstrable ability to lead schools through periods of change and transformation
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, regulatory and compliance requirements
- Financially astute with experience overseeing budgets and resource management
- Confident in data analysis to inform decision-making and drive performance
Executive Principal – Personality Profile:
- Exceptional leader with proven communication skills
- Strategic thinker with a practical, hands-on approach
- Data-driven and outcomes-focused
- Adaptable and resilient in the face of change
- Skilled mentor and coach
- Strong stakeholder manager with excellent interpersonal skills
- Passionate about delivering equitable educational excellence
Executive Principal – The Opportunity:
- Join a Trust with a proven record of school transformation and curriculum excellence
- Lead implementation of a newly designed educational framework
- Provide meaningful strategic influence across multiple schools
- Shape leadership capability and strengthen school communities
- Contribute to a culture of high aspirations and continuous improvement
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced educational leader to make a tangible impact across a regional portfolio of schools within a values-driven and ambitious Trust.
To submit your CV for this confidential Executive Principal opportunity, please apply in confidence.
