Job Description

Regional Director - Education (SEND)

Application Deadline: 17 July 2026

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Belper - Support Centre

Reporting To: Education Director

Compensation: £85,000 / year

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.

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: £85,000 per year, plus a £4,800 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

About Esland

At Esland, we offer care, education, and therapeutic support to 6 to 18 year olds from diverse backgrounds who have encountered a range of adverse childhood experiences.

These experiences include complex trauma and foster placement breakdowns, as well as difficulties engaging in their education setting.

The young people we support often have mental and developmental diagnoses which impact their daily functioning.

To help a young person manage these challenges we make every interaction with them therapeutic in nature.

With our support they learn how to build positive and trusting relationships, regulate their emotions and try new and positive experiences to support their transition into adulthood.

Most importantly, we put our young people at the heart of everything we do, with the dedicated support of our talented teams, partnerships, and community relationships.

For more information, call 01773 823989 or email info@esland.co.uk

Industry

Healthcare & Social Services

Company Size

201-500 employees

Headquarters

Belper, GB

Year Founded

Unknown

Website

esland.co.uk

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