Regional HR Business Partner

Are you an experienced HR professional ready to step into a strategic, high-impact role? We're looking for a Regional HR Business Partner to support school leaders across Milton Keynes, Coventry and the central team, helping them create well-run, high-performing environments where staff can thrive and students succeed.

Job Title: Regional HR Business Partner

Location: Milton Keynes and Coventry

Salary: c£45,000 per annum

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Application Closing Date: Sunday 28th June 2026

Interview Date: Friday 3rd July 2026 at our London Covent Garden Head Office

About You:

Creative Education Trust is looking for an experienced HR professional to join us as a Regional HR Business Partner. You'll work closely with Principals / Headteachers and senior leaders across multiple schools and our central team, providing expert advice across the full people management agenda and helping to create well-run, high-performing environments where colleagues and students thrive.

In this role, you will:

· Build strong, confident relationships with school leaders

· Advise on complex employee relations, performance, attendance and change management

· Coach and develop School HR Officers to ensure consistent HR practice

· Support organisational change and people-focused initiatives

· Ensure compliance with Trust policies, safeguarding and statutory processes

· Use data and insight to identify trends and drive improvement

· Contribute to Trust-wide HR projects, training and networks

You'll thrive in this role if you:

· Are resilient, proactive and solutions-focused

· Have strong experience in employee relations casework and HR systems

· Can influence senior leaders and navigate challenge

· Communicate clearly and pragmatically

· Champion fairness, inclusion and high expectations

· Hold CIPD Level 5+ and up-to-date HR legislation knowledge

· Are confident working across multiple sites

· Are confident using Excel to analyse HR data and produce meaningful reports and insights

About the HR Department:

Our HR Team provides professional, pragmatic and solutions-focused support to all Creative Education Trust schools across the full employee lifecycle. We deliver the Trust's People Strategy, helping each academy become a great place to work and Creative Education Trust an employer of choice. We work closely with Principals and Headteachers to build strong, high-performing teams by supporting recruitment, employee relations, pay and recognition, equality of opportunity and wellbeing. As a collaborative and experienced team, we play a key role in shaping the culture, capability and consistency that underpin excellent education for our students.

About Creative Education Trust:

Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, we've worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.

We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.

We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together. Visit our Trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.

Ready to Join Us?

Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR/Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to us at recruitment@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you. Want to stay connected? Join our Talent Pool here and be the first to hear about future opportunities.

Essential Information:

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.

· Are resilient, proactive and solutions-focused

· Have strong experience in employee relations casework and HR systems

· Can influence senior leaders and navigate challenge

· Communicate clearly and pragmatically

· Champion fairness, inclusion and high expectations

· Hold CIPD Level 5+ and up-to-date HR legislation knowledge

· Are confident working across multiple sites

· Are confident using Excel to analyse HR data and produce meaningful reports and insights

Our HR Team provides professional, pragmatic and solutions-focused support to all Creative Education Trust schools across the full employee lifecycle. We deliver the Trust's People Strategy, helping each academy become a great place to work and Creative Education Trust an employer of choice. We work closely with Principals and Headteachers to build strong, high-performing teams by supporting recruitment, employee relations, pay and recognition, equality of opportunity and wellbeing. As a collaborative and experienced team, we play a key role in shaping the culture, capability and consistency that underpin excellent education for our students.

About Creative Education Trust:

Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, we've worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.

We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.

We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together. Visit our Trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.