Group Head of Education Quality

Group Head of Education Quality:

Location: Central London (Hybrid, 3 days per week in the office) with international travel as required

At Nord Anglia Education, we're committed to delivering a world-leading education to every student, in every school. As the world's largest premium international schools organisation, we support schools across multiple continents, cultures and educational contexts, united by a shared ambition to help students achieve more than they ever imagined possible.

We're now looking for a Group Head of Education Quality to play a pivotal role in shaping educational quality across our global network.

This is a unique opportunity to influence educational outcomes at scale. You'll define the standards, frameworks and evidence that help schools improve, transform insight into meaningful support for educators and students, and help build the systems that drive continuous improvement across Nord Anglia.

Working closely with our Chief Learning Officer, Regional Education Directors and education leadership teams, you'll help ensure that quality is not simply measured, but meaningfully improved.

The Role

As Group Head of Education Quality, you will lead the development of Nord Anglia's global approach to educational quality, school improvement and performance assurance.

Your focus will be on building a consistent and evidence-led framework for quality across our network, while ensuring schools receive the support, insight and improvement strategies they need to thrive.

Key responsibilities include:

• Shaping educational quality at a global scale by establishing group-wide standards, evaluation frameworks and performance measures.
• Designing and continually enhancing quality assurance and school improvement systems that support excellence across all schools.
• Turning data, evidence and insight into targeted support strategies that improve student outcomes and school performance.
• Providing independent challenge, assurance and analysis to identify opportunities, risks and priorities across regions.
• Developing and overseeing education performance dashboards, improvement frameworks and quality indicators.
• Building Nord Anglia's school improvement offer, working in partnership with Regional Education Directors who lead implementation with schools.
• Capturing, validating and scaling effective practice from across the network to strengthen organisational learning.
• Leading strategic initiatives that enhance the use of educational data, performance management and evidence-based decision making.
• Supporting educational due diligence and the successful integration of newly acquired schools.
• Leading and developing a small specialist team focused on educational quality, insight and impact.

This is a highly visible leadership role requiring strong influence, collaboration and strategic thinking. You'll work across regions, functions and leadership teams to help drive meaningful and sustainable improvement throughout the organisation.

See full job description, here. 

What We're Looking For:

We're seeking an experienced educational leader with a passion for quality, improvement and achieving impact at scale.

You'll bring:

• Significant experience leading school improvement, quality assurance or educational performance initiatives within K-12 education.
• Deep understanding of what constitutes high-quality teaching, learning and student outcomes.
• Strong experience working with global education metrics and performance frameworks.
• Expertise in using educational data and analytics to improve outcomes.
• Proven track record of developing and implementing quality assurance frameworks at scale.
• Experience leading organisational change and improvement.
• Experience working across multiple geographies, cultures and educational contexts.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capability.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• Strong project and programme management experience.
• Ability to interpret complex information and translate insight into strategic action.
• Strong leadership capability with experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading high-performing teams.
• Commitment to evidence-based decision making and continuous improvement.

Desirable:

• Experience within international schools or global education organisations.
• Understanding of international curricula and accreditation frameworks.
• Experience leading educational due diligence or school integration activities.
• Experience supporting career and college counselling programmes.
• Master's degree or equivalent qualification in Education, Leadership, Data Analytics, School Improvement or a related field.

Ideally, you'll also have experience within international schools or global education organisations, alongside a strong understanding of international curricula, accreditation frameworks and educational performance measures.

Most importantly, you'll be energised by the opportunity to improve education at scale, helping schools move beyond compliance towards meaningful, evidence-informed improvement that makes a lasting difference for students.