Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
Chief Executive
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is a UK based children’s literacy charity working with primary schools. Our work raises the achievement of children’s reading and writing by helping schools to teach literacy creatively and effectively, putting quality children’s books at the heart of all learning. We offer courses at our literacy library in central London, deliver online training and provide a wide range of free teaching resources for Primary teachers.
We are a small independent charity with a national and international reputation, a huge purpose and the potential to reach thousands of children. We provide well evidenced, creative, literacy training and support for primary school teachers and others that work in primary schools. We produce high quality resources to support classroom teaching and learning and work to ensure that as many schools as possible have access to the best knowledge, research and materials to help them use quality children’s literature to raise children’s achievement. We influence and inform practice, pedagogy and policy in literacy. We build capacity and subject knowledge through the use of good quality children’s literature in all learning.
We are now looking to appoint a new Chief Executive to take CLPE to the next level, helping us to realise our ambitions for growth and achieve even greater impact. We are looking for an exceptional people leader who brings strong strategic skills and commercial acumen. You will help us grow our services, increase and diversify our funding, develop strong strategic partnerships and be an outstanding ambassador for our work. Most importantly, you will inspire the extraordinary team at CLPE and show the same commitment as them to helping children discover the power of literacy.
Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference PBMZA. Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by noon on 11th July 2023.
Our work raises the achievement of children's reading and writing by helping schools to teach literacy creatively and effectively, putting quality children’s books at the heart of all learning.