Executive Headteacher – Lead Two Primary Schools

About the role

The Executive Headteacher will provide strategic leadership across two Church of England primary schools – Whaplode and Weston St Mary. Working collaboratively within the Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust, you will embed the Trust’s vision, drive curriculum excellence, and ensure the highest standards of safeguarding and pupil achievement.

Key responsibilities

• Embed the Trust vision across both schools and work with Academy Committees to create local visions consistent with Trust values.
• Strategically lead curriculum development and teaching and learning to ensure vibrant, locally relevant engagement.
• Provide inspirational leadership that builds leadership capacity and develops future leaders at all levels.
• Manage strategic finances, resource deployment and workforce planning across both schools.
• Establish and monitor effective approaches to learning, set stretching targets, tackle underperformance and robustly monitor pupil achievement using data.
• Lead safeguarding as Designated Safeguarding Lead, ensuring the highest standards of child protection and statutory compliance.
• Foster strong collaboration within the Trust and wider community, promoting the academic, spiritual, moral, social and emotional wellbeing of pupils and families.
• Support other Trust schools on projects as directed by Trust Executive Leadership.

Required profile

• Proven strategic leadership experience across primary schools.
• Accountability for standards, quality and overall direction of multiple schools.
• Ability to manage finances, resources and workforce planning effectively.
• Commitment to safeguarding and statutory compliance as a Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Required skills