Professional Growth

At Dixons, we believe that everyone can continue to grow throughout their career. We aim to ensure all colleagues feel inspired, supported and challenged, regardless of their role or career stage.

Our professional growth offer is delivered through our Centre for Growth, sitting at the centre of our trust and growing our people, our organisation and our commitment to our sector.

Upheld by our belief in putting our talent first, our approach to professional growth is rooted in self-determination, with a strong focus on mastery, autonomy and shared purpose. We prioritise developing all members of Team Dixons through regular coaching and meaningful feedback, replacing traditional appraisal with ongoing, forward-looking conversations. This culture supports reflection, motivation and continuous improvement, with all staff receiving personalised coaching to help them to have agency and grow.   

Our Centre for Growth delivers a wide range of training and development for colleagues at every stage of their career. 

This includes access to:

• Dixons Teacher Training (ITT)
• trust induction for all colleagues new to Dixons
• early career teacher development
• coaching and mentoring programmes, accreditation and supervision
• leadership programmes and coaching for middle and senior leaders
• technical and skills based programmes
• our Women in Education network
• our Accelerate programme for colleagues from under-represented communities  
• the full suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) delivered through our Bradford Consortium in partnership with Ambition Institute.  
• training and support for apprentices to grow our own talent
• bespoke training for our teams

Our programmes are designed to build knowledge, skills and confidence, and support colleagues to develop a strong sense of mastery and thrive in their role.