Head of Primary School
British School Muscat
Oman
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2019
- Apply by:
- 2 November 2018
Job overview
The Board of Governors of British School Muscat is currently seeking to appoint an inspirational and effective school leader to become its new Head of Primary School from August 2019. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a thriving school which is one of the leading education facilities in the Middle East.
British School Muscat (BSM) is a not-for-profit, co-educational British International Day School that provides a comprehensive and balanced education to a mix of approximately 1235 English speaking expatriate students.
The vision of the school is to be one of the leading British international schools in the world.
The school is accredited by the Council of British International Schools (COBIS), British Schools in The Middle East (BSME), HMC and is regularly inspected by British School Overseas most recently in April 2017 when it was judged "Outstanding with exemplary features".
Person Specification
Candidates must be
- Able to create an environment of high support and high challenge
- Able to expect high levels of autonomy and accountability
- Able to serve students, staff and parents with humility
- Fully capable and comfortable with tackling difficult conversations with both staff and parents
- Fully committed to excellence
- Able to lead, motivate, support and provide clear educational direction and thereby raise standards
- Fully experienced in a leadership role within a Primary School delivering English national curriculum
- Strong in pedagogical knowledge, understanding and skills
- In possession of time management, organisational and delegation skills and the ability to manage large workloads
- Able to formulate aims, policies and plans, and monitor, evaluate and review the impact of these
- Fully appreciative and committed to the BSM visions, values and aims
- Sensitive to cultural differences
- Able to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders
A full job description is available in the information pack which is attached.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about this post or the school, please contact Liz Gibbs from LSC Education on liz@lsceducation.com.
If you are keen to apply for the post:
- Visit the LSC Education website at www.lsceducation.com.
- Click in the Vacancies section.
- Click into the posting relevant to this job.
- At the bottom of the page click on ‘Apply Now’
The deadline for applications will be 9am (GMT) on Friday 2nd November
Attached documents
About British School Muscat
British School Muscat
Org Type: Mainstream
Phase: Multi-Phase
Funding Status: Independent
Age Range: 3 - 18 years
Denomination: Non-denominational
Our vision is to be a leading British International School offering consistently innovative and inspiring teaching and a broad enrichment programme that allows every student to develop their individual passions and interests delivered in world class facilities. We have highly valued partnerships with parents and the wider community. BSM is a great place to learn and a great place to teach.
Our mission is to provide all our students with high quality British Education for their International Future.
We are a non-profit, co-educational, British international day school that provides a comprehensive and balanced education to a mix of approximately 1100 English speaking expatriate students from over 66 nationalities.
As a High Performance Learning World Class School we now have a clear and explicit culture of high expectations, a consistent research based language for communicating the ways of behaving and thinking that lead to high performance and a flexible framework for developing our approach to pedagogy.
Our vision for High Performance Learning is as follows:
• Everyone in the school, regardless of background or starting point, achieving the highest academic standards.
• Equipping students with the values, attitudes and attributes that will serve them well in university, the workplace and their life.
• Delivering these outcomes consistently, year on year, regardless of changes to context or circumstances.
The National Curriculum for England is enhanced by a diverse enrichment programme that inspires our students to develop their passions and explore and discover Oman’s beautiful mountains, wadis, deserts and coast. Students are taught in small classes by excellent and enthusiastic teachers in well-resourced classrooms. Students are supported to develop their leadership skills and encouraged to become active global citizens.
We hope you will be interested in joining our team.
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