Trust Director of Science
Co-op Academies Trust
Manchester
- £68,586 - £77,552 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- + Benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 6 May 2025
Job overview
Location: Trust Wide, but the majority of the work will be in West Yorkshire with some work in Greater Manchester
Salary: 68,586 - 77,552 (L14 - L19)
Department: Science Job Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Contract Term: TTO - Term time only
Hours per Week: 32.50
A rare opportunity has arisen to lead Science across a large Trust. The vacancy arises due to the promotion of the current postholder into an internal Trust Deputy Headteacher position. The successful candidate will work with our Trust Director for Science (West of Pennines) intensively with 12 secondary schools as well as working broadly across our whole range of academies.
You will lead the Science leaders across the Trust ensuring that all students achieve excellent academic results, both in terms of their progress and attainment. You will undertake an annual analysis of each department’s performance, identify areas of strength and weakness, and ensure there is a relentless approach to improving teaching so that outcomes meet ambitious Trust targets. You will achieve this by co-constructing precisely targeted improvement plans, providing carefully designed support and CPD, and ensuring rigorous monitoring and evaluation of each department's progress towards its targets. You will also know how to devise and implement raising achievement strategies that have impact and affect rapid improvement.
You will know how to support subject leaders to drive improvement across their teams; you will also be an excellent practitioner who can coach and support individuals and groups of teachers to improve their teaching. You will teach a regular timetable in allocated Academies, providing an example of highly effective practice to other teachers. While you will be evidence informed, you will equally be able to innovate effective solutions to immediate challenges. You will be instrumental in ensuring that all children receive an excellent quality of education in English.
Virtual information sessions will run at 8am on 28th April, 8am on 29th April and 4.30pm on 30th April for interested candidates. Booking onto the sessions will be available by contacting central recruitment on centralrecruitment@coopacademies.co.uk
Closing date for applications: May 6th
For more information about the Trust, please visit www.coopacademies.co.uk
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Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We value variety and individual differences, and aim to create a culture, environment and practices at all levels which encompass acceptance, respect and inclusion. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.
Why us?
All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.
Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.
Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.
Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all of us have equal chances to succeed.
Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.
Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.
Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.
Our Values
Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:
Succeed together
Do what matters most
Be yourself, always
Show you care
So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you!
We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:
Benefits include:
Our employee benefits package includes:
- A Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
- Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
- Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
- The Money Co-op: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
- Co-op Funeralcare benefit
- Season ticket and rental deposit loans
And More!
For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk
The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.
Attached documents
About Co-op Academies Trust
- Co-op Academies Trust
- Department 10704, 1 Angel Square
- Manchester
- M60 0AG
- United Kingdom
Captivating minds through co-operation
Through a great education we are changing the lives of young people. Built on the same principles as all cooperatives across the world, we work with academies to empower teachers and young people to work together for a better education and a better community.
We have been recognised by the Sutton Trust Charity and the Education Policy Institute as one of the top performing multi-academy trusts for disadvantaged students. What makes our Trust unique is that we are sponsored by the Co-op Group.
That close relationship means that we benefit from all of the business expertise that has seen the Co-op grow to one of the most respected, ethically driven and successful businesses in the country. Popular with students, parents and teachers, we began in 2010 with just two academies. One in Manchester and one in Stoke-on-Trent. Two years later, in 2012, we began to work with a cluster of academies in Leeds and by 2014 we had five academies in Leeds; made up of one secondary and four primary academies. Pragmatic in our approach to growth we worked closely and co-operatively to improve all of our academies. We now have 28 academies across Greater Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, The Wirral and West Yorkshire.
Our Values
Co-op Academies Trust is committed to the values shared by cooperatives everywhere:
Self-help – we support learners, parents, carers and staff to help themselves
Self-responsibility – we encourage learners, parents, carers and staff to take responsibility for, and answer to their actions
Democracy – we give our learners, parents, carers and staff a say in the way we run our schools
Equality – we believe that the voice of each individual should be heard
Equity – we run our schools in a way that is fair and unbiased
Solidarity – we share interests and common purposes with our learners, parents, carers and staff, and with other schools in the communities we serve
We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do:
Openness – we believe in being open with colleagues in our schools and beyond, children and their families, sharing information and ideas to raise standards and life chances
Honesty – we act in a professional and respectful manner in our dealings with everyone
Social responsibility – we maximise our impact on the people in our communities while minimising our footprint on the world
Caring for others – we treat everyone as we wish to be treated ourselves, understanding that children only have one childhood
We use our simple ‘Ways of Being Co-op’ to demonstrate our values:
• Do what matters most
• Be yourself, always
• Show you care
• Succeed together
You can find out more about our Trust by visiting www.coopacademies.co.uk
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