Education Area Manager

• Lapwing
• Address:Working across Suffolk (Peripatetic / Homebased with travel)
• Salary:42084 - 56316 per annum (Actual salary)
• Hours:42.5 hours per week Term time only Part time applications welcome as 0.8 FTE possible
• Contract:Permanent Required from September 2026

• Reference:0733

Are you an experienced or an aspiring education leader Do you have what it takes to support the leadership and growth of a specialist therapeutic education provision across Suffolk Are you committed to the holistic development of some of the most disadvantaged young people in the county Do you wish to be an integral part of one of the fastest growing education charities in East Anglia

Lapwing continues to expand and strengthen its peripatetic Education Team across East Anglia and is looking for an inspiring Area Manager ideally based in West Suffolk or North Suffolk to join the Extended Leadership Team and add further leadership and management capacity to a growing and highly successful delivery team in Suffolk.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate as the area manager role is integral to the effective delivery of Lapwings provision involving programme managing a caseload of students while also supervising coaching and developing a team of colleagues to deliver best practice specialist education provision in line with Lapwings ethos and approach.

This is ideally a full-time position within term time only; a minimum of 34 hours (0.8) per week is possible for the right candidate. The post is peripatetic working out of home. Lapwing believes in a healthy work life balance and expect our leaders to model this to colleagues.

About you

The successful candidate will be an outstanding practitioner from any age range with robust knowledge and experience of assessing and working with young people with special educational needs. They may be an experienced or an aspiring leader but they will have demonstrable leadership management and staff development experience and be able to model best practice and creative approaches to colleagues.

About us

Lapwing is a specialist therapeutic education provider and charity working with young people (aged 4-25 years old) facing exclusion from education employment and the community through social emotional behavioural or learning difficulties and disabilities.

Lapwing delivers a broad range of highly personalised education programmes and projects that are designed to meet the needs of and help realise the aspirations of each student.

For more information

Please read the Job Description (Word) and Person Specification (Word).

For an informal chat about the role please contact Lisa Squirrell Head of Education for Suffolk and Essex by calling .

To find out more about us please visit our website.

How to apply

To apply please return your completed Application Form (Word) by email to

Closing date:9.00 am18 May 2026.

Interview date: 21 and Friday 22 May 2026.

Promoted as JOTW (Job of the Week) on Suffolk Jobs Direct.

Lapwing Education welcomes everyone and creates inclusive teams.

We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.

Appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Lapwing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.