I started EduExec because I know how pivotal strong senior support is in education - roles that often operate quietly but are vital to a school’s success. Our mission is simple: to help skilled professionals find roles where their expertise is valued, and where their work truly impacts the school community. We care about more than just a placement; we care about people, careers, and the schools that rely on their leadership. I’m proud to see the relationships we build come full circle, with candidates becoming clients and clients becoming candidates.
Your Trusted Partner for Senior Support Roles in Education
At EduExec Recruitment, we do more than fill vacancies – we connect skilled leaders and professionals with schools where they can make a real impact. From Finance and HR to Operations, IT, Data, Business Management and Bursarial roles, we specialise in the critical positions that keep schools running smoothly, allowing leaders to focus on what matters most: educating young people.
Why We Do What We Do
Personalised Support, Every Step of the Way
We know each school’s operational team has unique challenges and every candidate has individual goals. That’s why we take the time to understand your experience, ambitions, and values, providing tailored guidance that helps you find a role where you can thrive. We provide interview support that goes beyond the basics, from mock interviews and formal guidance to insider insight on school expectations and tailored practice to sharpen your approach.
Exclusive Opportunities You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
Our network of schools, academies, and multi-academy trusts gives you access to senior support roles that aren’t advertised publicly. From Finance Directors and HR Managers to Operations Leaders, Data Specialists, IT Experts, and Business Managers, we connect you with organisations that value your contribution and understand the importance of strong, effective leadership behind the scenes.
Integrity, Transparency, and Respect
At EduExec Recruitment, our values guide every placement: honesty, fairness, and respect. We champion diversity, equal opportunity, and ethical recruitment, ensuring you’re treated with professionalism throughout the process. Throughout your recruitment journey with EduExec Recruitment, expect clear, honest communication, timely updates and respectful feedback so you’re always informed and supported.
Featured Jobs
View AllAcademy Head of Finance
Barnet
London
£65,000 -£75,000
EduExec Recruitment is working with an ambitious academy trust in North London to recruit a Head of Finance. This is a pivotal role for the trust, providing robust financial leadership and management information. The successful candidate will play a central role in shaping financial strategy, controls and reporting across the organisation.
Head of IT
Croydon
London
£50,000
EduExec Recruitment is working with a well-established secondary academy in South London to recruit a Head of IT. The school has been through a period of real stability and improvement in recent years and this role sits at the centre of the next phase, with a strategic move towards a modern, cloud-based platform already agreed and ready to be driven forward.
School Business Manager
Pinner
London
£55,000
EduExec Recruitment is working with a welcoming, community-focused school in North West London to recruit a School Business Manager who will sit within the senior leadership team. This is a school that sees the role as central to how it operates and is looking for someone who wants that level of involvement rather than a purely administrative brief.
Reporting to the Headteacher, the successful candidate will take ownership of the school's operations across finance, HR, premises and administration, with real scope to shape how things are done rather than simply maintain what's already in place. The role carries both the day-to-day demands you'd expect and will have a key input to medium and long-term planning
Director of IT
West London
London
£55,000 - £60,000
EduExec Recruitment is working with a high-performing school in London to recruit an IT Director.
This is a senior leadership role reporting directly into the school's leadership team, with management responsibility across a team spanning data, technology, admissions and registry. The role combines strategic oversight with operational management, from shaping the school's approach to digital transformation and emerging technologies through to ensuring the integrity of data, systems and reporting that underpin day-to-day school life. This is a broad opportunity that requires someone equally comfortable influencing at senior level and getting into the detail of how information flows across a complex organisation.
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October 9, 2025
The Growing Importance of Marketing in Independent Schools
Independent schools today are operating in a climate of shifting expectations, financial pressures, political interference and heightened competition. Where once reputation and tradition alone could sustain healthy enrolment, schools now face headwinds that demand a more proactive and strategic approach to positioning themselves in the marketplace. We've only got to see the stories of closures of long standing institutions to see how challenging the sector is right now. Marketing, certainly when I first started in schools recruitment, was once seen as peripheral or an add-on to someone else’s job description, but over the years has now moved firmly to the fore.
September 29, 2025
School Staff Wellbeing
Student wellbeing has become much more of a staple inclusion into the fabric of schools than I can ever remember from my own school days. It does seem however, that staff wellbeing is just slightly behind that curve and although I see examples everyday on job specs about the wellbeing support in place, I also hear too many stories from candidates saying how the reality feels very different.
September 8, 2025
Understanding the Role of a Director of Education in Schools
Recently, the Director of Education is emerging as a pivotal position in both independent and academy schools. What does this role actually involve and what are schools typically looking for when they recruit for it?