Head of School Improvement or Chief Operating Officer

Are you an aspiring CEO?

We are building  senior capacity in our central team to maintain our talent pipeline. The successful candidate/s will learn how a thriving MAT is run from leaders who have built the Griffin Schools Trust to a family of 13 schools in seven different LA areas with all the associated infrastructure for school improvement, compliance and governance. The Trust is based at the Talent Factory, 4-14 Barmeston Road, Catford, London, SE6 3BH.

www.griffinschoolstrust.org 

You will need:

• a great track record as a secondary Head
• Success as a school improver at scale, preferably gained in a MAT
• A natural ability to work with our family of Heads as peers and key stakeholders
• Knowledge and understanding of corporate governance and the regulatory framework of the academy programme
• Some experience and a good sense of what’s needed to operate in a highly political environment.

all wrapped up in genuine ambition for the students, their families and the communities they serve

We are looking for a Head of School Improvement and/or Chief Operating Officer who can join us to drive the Trust’s ambitious agenda for its second decade. 

Our salaries are pegged to the STRB leadership scales because we believe in maximum resources reaching children. 

Look us up and see if we are the place to grow your readiness to lead your own MAT.

Candidates should submit:

• a full Curriculum Vitae, including comprehensive details of key achievements and responsibilities
• a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4
• completed Safer Recruitment form.

Please also include in your application the names, email addresses and direct phone numbers of two professional referees, making clear in what capacity they know you.

Completed applications should be addressed to Anne Powell CEO and sent to michelle.hall@griffinschoolstrust.org

The deadline for applications is midday on Friday 8th January 2021.

Interviews will be held in mid-January, but we would like to hear informally from interested and suitably experienced people as soon as possible. 

For a confidential discussion of the role/s contact michelle.hall@griffinschoolstrust.org