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Regional Director Education (SEND)
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4 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
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1 October 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Lead a group of schools. Back the people who run them. Change what education means for young people who have been let down before.
As regional director for education you lead 3 to 4 of our schools and the headteachers who run them. You are accountable for the quality of education the performance of each school and the commercial health of your region. This role is based in the Midlands support our schools across the portfolio.
As regional director for education you lead 3 to 4 of our schools and the headteachers who run them. You are accountable for the quality of education the performance of each school and the commercial health of your region. This role is based in the Midlands support our schools across the portfolio.
You coach and develop your headteachers hold them to high standards and give them the support to meet them. You own quality assurance across your portfolio get into schools for dip checks and learning walks and make sure every school is inspection-ready as a matter of routine. You own the profit and loss (P&L) occupancy staffing and succession planning across your region.
It is a big role for an experienced school leader who wants to shape more than one school at a time.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and line manage the headteachers of 3 to 4 schools and hold them to account for standards and outcomes
- Coach and develop your headteachers with ongoing continuing professional development built in
- Own the commercial performance of your region including the profit and loss (P&L) budgets and occupancy
- Lead staffing recruitment and succession planning so every school has the people it needs
- Own quality assurance across your portfolio with regular dip checks learning walks and work sampling
- Keep every school inspection-ready against the Independent School Standards and the Ofsted framework and safeguarding strong
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
- Significant experience as a headteacher in a special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision running one or more schools
- Experience of leading inspections as the accountable senior leader
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) plus a senior leadership qualification NPQSL or above
- Commercial understanding including managing budgets and profit and loss (P&L)
- Thorough knowledge of the Independent School Standards and the Ofsted framework
- Midlands based with a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across all schools including regular overnight stays
- An enhanced DBS check. This role is subject to our safer recruitment checks.
What we offer
- The chance to change education for young people across a whole region
- Salary: 85000 per year plus a 4800 car allowance
- Full time 37.5 hours per week all year round
- 31 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Real autonomy and ownership of your region
- A seat close to the Education Director and senior leadership
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
With over 35 years of residential childcare experience, the Esland group now has more than 65 residential children’s and assessment homes, and five schools, that are spread across the Kent, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, Bedfo ... View more
