Head
Old Buckenham Hall School
IPSWICH
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018/ January 2019
- Apply by:
- 17 January 2018
Job overview
The Governors of Old Buckenham Hall School (OBH) invite applications for the post of Head in September 2018 (or possibly January 2019), in succession to Mr Tom O’Sullivan. The successful candidate will be an exceptional natural leader with a proven track record in education, capable of leading the school with its strong family ethos and building on its current success.
OBH is an exceptional independent co-educational prep school, with almost 200 day and boarding pupils aged 3 to 13. Set in 74 stunning acres of parkland near the flourishing towns of Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds, the school was named as runner-up in Tatler magazine’s Leading UK Prep Schools competition in September 2017.
Academic excellence, superb pastoral care and an inspiring curriculum form the cornerstones of the outstanding education we offer.
OBH has an enviable heritage and sends boys and girls on to the leading senior schools across the country. It now seeks a unique individual to take the school into its next chapter.
Closing Date: noon on Wednesday 17th January 2018
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About Old Buckenham Hall School
Old Buckenham Hall is a leading co-educational preparatory school for children aged 2 – 13 years and has been educating children for over 160 years.
Here, children remain just that. They experience, they learn, they grow, but they do so within one of the most idyllic environments imaginable.
We are proud of our beautiful school, but it is what goes on inside these old walls and in the grounds that really matters. Every teacher at Old Buckenham Hall is committed to delivering the very best for every child. For us this means inspirational academic and co-curricular teaching, outstanding pastoral care and embracing risk and challenge. Children here feel happy and safe and they have a chance to explore their aspirations and develop their character.
Situated in the heart of rural Suffolk, near the historic town of Lavenham, Old Buckenham Hall is just 20 minutes away from Bury St Edmunds, Sudbury and Stowmarket; and 35 minutes from Colchester.
A range of transport options are available, including morning and evening bus routes and accompanied train journeys to London. Stowmarket and Colchester train stations are both direct lines to London Liverpool street.
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