Chief Executive Officer

Pay:

Meets national minimum wage

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

05/10/2026

About this job

What skills and experience we're looking for We are looking for a leader who can

• provide clear strategic direction and inspire confidence across the trust
• secure strong educational standards, inclusion and improvement
• lead effectively through others and build leadership capacity
• work confidently with school leaders, central teams, governance structures and external partners
• ensure financial sustainability, compliance and sound risk management
• demonstrate integrity, sound judgement and an unwavering commitment to children and young people

What the school offers its staff

• Teachers Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee benefits through Vivup
• Cycle to Work
• Mobile Advantage and more
• Personal Professional Development for all staff

Further details about the role Amethyst Academies Trust is seeking to appoint an exceptional Chief Executive Officer to lead the next stage of our development.

This is a significant opportunity to serve a values-led family of schools with a strong commitment to inclusion, ambition and high-quality education for every child and young person.

We are looking for a credible, strategic and relational leader who can work effectively with trustees, school leaders and central teams to translate vision into sustained impact.

The successful candidate will bring strong educational judgement, secure understanding of governance and accountability, and the ability to lead improvement, sustainability and growth with clarity and integrity.

As CEO, you will be accountable to the Board of Trustees for the strategic leadership of the trust and, as Accounting Officer, for ensuring regularity, propriety, value for money and effective systems of control.

You will build on our existing strengths while leading the trust’s next phase with pace, discipline and moral purpose.

Amethyst Academies Trust is a growing family of schools serving communities across Wolverhampton and Telford.

With an annual turnover of approximately £40 million and a workforce of more than 600 staff, the Trust provides education across a diverse range of settings.

Our schools include mainstream secondary provision, specialist provision and a shared Wolverhampton-based Sixth Form serving both Aldersley High School and Moreton School.

This breadth of provision is one of the Trust’s defining strengths: it gives Amethyst a rich understanding of different learner pathways, the importance of inclusion, and the need for high expectations across a diverse range of contexts.

Each school has its own identity and community, while benefiting from the shared values, governance, central services and school improvement support of the wider Trust.

Our current family of schools includes Aldersley High School and Moreton School in Wolverhampton, Telford Park School in Telford, and specialist provision through Tettenhall Wood School and Penn Hall School.

Together, these schools serve a broad and diverse pupil population, including young people in mainstream secondary education, sixth form learners, and pupils with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities.

This gives the Trust a distinctive role in supporting inclusive pathways from early years to secondary education into post-16 study, preparation for adulthood,independenceand wider community participation.

Each school brings its own strengths, local relationships and improvement priorities.

The next CEO will need to value this individuality while strengthening the common systems, shared expectations and collaborative culture that enable all schools to benefit from being part of Amethyst.

Candidates should understand that the Trust’s future success will depend on securing consistently strong outcomes, inclusive practice and leadership capacity across different contexts, while remaining responsive to the communities each school serves.

Commitment to safeguarding Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.