Trustee

Hybrid - Trustee meetings are in person

The National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) is a school-led and research-informed organisation operating across England. We are now looking to recruit up to three Trustees, seeking individuals with significant strategic and leadership experience, and a track record of success and values-led working, to complement our current Board.

Who we are

The National Institute of Teaching is a national education charity established by four leading school trusts – Harris Federation, Star Academies, Oasis Community Learning and Outwood Grange Academies Trust. Along with our network of associate college partners, we carry out research into teacher education, and we prepare and develop teachers and leaders in English schools. We are headquartered in Blackburn, Lancashire, and have nine campuses around the country, including in Redcar, Doncaster, Birmingham, Bristol and London.

Our vision

A school system that nurtures the talents of teachers and leaders at all stages of their careers, so they can provide children with the excellent education they deserve.

Our mission

To improve the quality of teacher and leader development at a system level. We do this by generating and interpreting research, applying the insights to the design and delivery of high-quality teacher development programmes, and sharing it all with the sector.

Our approach

From the conception of the National Institute of Teaching, we have been committed to acquiring degree awarding powers and making our own academic awards. We believe that this will allow us to deliver research-informed, practice-based teacher education which will maximise benefit for children.

As we progress along this path, we have defined a set of design principles to help guide our work:

• Children first – putting the interests of the most vulnerable children first in our decision-making
• Central educational approach – a pedagogical approach underpinning and bringing coherence to our teaching and research.
• Profession-orientation – established by, deeply rooted in and in service of the teaching profession, for the benefit of children.
• Research-practice integration – paying unusual attention to the practical implementation of research insights.
• Impact-driven targeting – a student body and geographic footprint oriented to providing quality education to the most vulnerable children.
• Staff scholarship – frontline-focused professional learning, porous boundaries between the teaching profession and our academic faculty.
• Narrow-but-deep subject scope – a focus entirely on the academic disciplines relevant to the teaching profession.

The role

Trustees have legal and strategic responsibility for the NIoT, setting the vision for the organisation and working closely with the Chief Executive and Executive team, who are responsible for delivering the strategic aims of the charity and running the day to-day operations.

We welcome applications from a broad range of experiences and backgrounds; however, we are especially interested in candidates with professional expertise in the following fields:

• Finance (to chair our Finance and Strategy sub-committee);
• Higher Education;
• Marketing, media, public relations and / or public affairs.
• We are accepting applications from candidates without these specialisms, welcoming interest from those with significant leadership, strategic and/or education experience.

How to apply

ImpactEd Consulting is acting as recruitment advisor to the National Institute of Teaching Board of Trustees on this appointment. To download the full appointment brief and apply, please click the apply button to be taken to our careers portal.

Closing date: 9.00am on 21st March 2025.