Lumen Learning Trust is looking to appoint an exceptional, driven CEO to lead the Trust and build on the success achieved since its conception in 2013. The successful candidate will deliver and sustain educational excellence across our seven Trust schools, whilst ensuring accountability to our committed and conscientious Board of Directors.
They will seek to set the strategic direction of the Trust, ensuring fulfilment of the Trust’s vision and values. Alongside fulfilling the required statutory and regulatory responsibilities, the role includes maintaining the Trust as a centre of educational excellence and success, developing partnerships with pupils, parents, the local community and key stakeholders - including the DfE and statutory partners. The new CEO will support the Trust’s Headteachers to lead the organisational and educational change necessary to sustain success and ensure strength of performance, inspiring children to reach their full potential. With a proven track record of building positive and respectful relationships in the education sector, they will be responsible for upholding public trust and maintaining high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct.
The successful applicant would ideally start on 1st September 2026 working alongside our current Executive Principal until her retirement at Christmas 2026.
The Lumen Learning Trust puts the children's needs at the heart of its provision - committed to enabling children to become successful lifelong learners and happy, fulfilled adults who can make positive choices about their future. The right candidate will be joining a strong, professional team of enthusiastic staff who will work alongside you to support and serve the best interests of the Trust’s pupils and their respective communities.
Applications
- Meet & Greet with Chair of Directors: 14th April (9.30am, 11.00am), 15th April (9.30am, 11.00am), 16th April (9.30am, 11.00am, 1.30pm)
- Closing date: 9am, 27th April 2026
- Interviews: week beginning May 18th 2026
Prospective applicants are asked to book their dedicated session by contacting our Governance Professional Lisa Cosgrave - please see the Recruitment Pack attached for contact details.
Please note, we do not accept speculative CVs - please use our application form.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. You are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings which are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out*), as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). You are also required to disclose any pending criminal proceedings against you or current police investigations, including those relating to other employment or matters outside work. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from taking up appointment; it will depend on the nature of the offence(s) and their relevance to the post you are applying for. However, should you not declare any of the above and this is subsequently revealed, for example through the DBS check, then this may place your employment in jeopardy. Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence and with due regard to the ROA and data protection legislation.
Lumen Learning Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To achieve this, we will ensure continuous improvement and development of robust Safeguarding processes and procedures that promote a culture of Safeguarding amongst our staff and volunteers. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references, it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Please note that under safer recruitment practices Lumen Learning Trust cannot accept CVs or letters in place of completed application forms.
We welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
