Multiple vacancies
with Cranmer Education Trust
Our Commitment and Mission
The Cranmer Education Trust works in an area of high deprivation and need. Our commitment is to ambition, excellence and achievement for all, and building community and belonging, preparing young people for a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith and multi-talented world.
We are ambitious for all our young people. We want them all to become the best they can be and the best they are meant to be in every aspect of their development. We are equally ambitious for our staff, to become great leaders in public service.
Where We Are Currently
The Cranmer Education Trust is a family of (currently) 10 schools, community and CE designated, in Oldham and Rochdale, both boroughs with high levels of need and disadvantage. We also run our own ITT provision, Manchester Nexus SCITT and we are the DfE accredited Teaching School Hub for Oldham and Tameside, East Manchester Teaching School Hub, providing training for ECF, NPQs and Appropriate Body services across the region.
Three of our schools are expanding their rolls and a fourth may increase by another form of entry in 2027. One of our primary schools has reduced its PAN as a result of falling birth rates in the area. Another primary school, a directed sponsorship, does not fill to PAN because of the historical reputation of the school, which we are in the process of turning around. When all schools are at capacity, we will have a pupil population of nearly 9,000, from Rising 3s to 18.
Currently, of the 10 schools:
- 1 is “Outstanding”.
- 6 are “Good”
- 3 are “Requires Improvement”
Our culture is one of agency within frameworks, set at trust level, based on research, best practice and collaboration for educational policy, and on the Academies Handbook and best practice in employment in our business areas.
The central executive team is lean and specialist; we work closely with Headteachers and business leads in our schools through our Scheme of Delegation, matrix management and positive collaborative culture, which has been carefully developed and nurtured.
The central executive team reports to the Deputy CEO: Business Strategy and meet regularly with the CEO. The executive team consists of the CEO, DCEO, CFO, Operations Director, HR Director, IT Director, Executive Assistant and the Trust Creative lead. The team meet regularly and work collaboratively, share good practice and have a trust-wide approach to development. Staff are supported and developed professionally to make sure they can do that and are valued and recognised for their work.
Everyone commits to doing their best for our children and young people. We get there working together, eliminating silos, and aligning our priorities.
Governance of the trust sits with an experienced group of 10 Trustees (including the CEO), all committed to the education and life chances of young people in our area. All bring different perspectives and experiences from careers in business and leading big public and private organisations, the law; education; the church. All our schools have a local governing committee which has delegated responsibility for the quality of education – the school’s accountability to its community. Currently one school has an IEB.
The Cranmer Trust is in cosmopolitan Greater Manchester and close to rural areas including the Saddleworth Moors, the beautiful Peak District National Park, and the diverse beauty of the landscape across Rochdale and South Pennines.
The Trust benefits from strong commuter links in the North West including good rail and tram infrastructure and easy access to Manchester International Airport. We are accessible from most of the main towns in the region including Manchester, Rochdale, Stockport, Warrington, Saddleworth, Bury, Bolton, Wigan, Leeds, Huddersfield and from much of Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, South/West Yorkshire, and Derbyshire via the M62, M60, M67 and M56. We have free parking at all our schools.
Growth
Our approach is a hub model of schools with a central school providing the base for business support. Our ideal is that groups of feeder primaries are in a hub with the secondary to which many of the pupils will progress, the better to support all aspects of transition for pupils.
Our intention is to increase our primary family by a further 10-12 forms of entry in the next 2 years, both community and CE, working with schools and leadership that understand the moral and educational imperative for collaboration, and building capacity that will drive and support sustainable school improvement and quality.
Latest jobs
| Title | Location | Salary | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director of Operations | Oldham | £75,000 - £85,000 | Permanent |
