Headteacher

Kenilworth School and Sixth Form is a highly successful, oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive school currently located on a split site, with 1,864 students on roll, including a large sixth form of 455 students. The school is being re-built and will be open in September 2023, on a new single site, bringing together the whole school from 11-18.

It is a forward-looking, highly inclusive school with an outstanding record of promoting exceptional achievement and student progress. We combine high aspirations, with excellent teaching and pastoral care for individual students to enable them to make great progress and achieve high academic standards. Our students enjoy good relationships with their fellow students and staff who always ‘go the extra mile’ to support them. We are a friendly, orderly school with a well-earned reputation for academic and personal achievement.

As well as being a great place to learn, Kenilworth School is a wonderful place to teach. Our happy students and an ethos of opportunity and success mean that we attract the best, most skilled practitioners in the profession.

Our new Headteacher will provide the transformational leadership required to bring our whole school onto one brand new, £48million site, by building on our current strengths. The bringing together of the main school and the sixth form onto a single site in September 2023 is a once in a lifetime opportunity and an ideal time for a new Headteacher to join us.

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional, highly experienced, aspirational and dynamic educational practitioner with extensive knowledge of school organisation, and a strong proven track record of school improvement. 

Our ideal candidate will:

Ø Be an outward facing, impactful leader with vision and drive

Ø Be an outstanding classroom practitioner with a track record of maintaining high academic standards

Ø Be able to think strategically, innovate and work collaboratively with all our external partners

Ø Build on our extensive community links, and further strengthen collaboration

Ø Aspire to excellence through quality, ambition and independence

Ø Be able to inspire, challenge and empower our dedicated staff and motivated students

Ø Have excellent interpersonal skills

We will provide you with:

Ø A cohesive school community with strong relationships between students and staff

Ø Highly motivated, respectful students with a strong desire to learn

Ø A committed, hard-working, highly skilled and friendly staff

Ø A commitment to enable high quality continuing professional development for you

Ø A very supportive, highly committed CEO, Local Governing Board and Trust Board

You are warmly welcomed and encouraged, to visit the school from 9.15am-11.15am on Fri 27th, Mon 30th , 31st Jan. Please call Carmen McMahon Head of HR on 01926 859421 extension 1106 or 07794082536 or email to c.mcmahon@ksn.org.uk to arrange a visit.

This appointment is supported by ASCL’s Leadership Appointment Service. If you feel inspired to find out more about this rare opportunity, please contact Bal Kaur-Pierpoint on: 07492353368 or email Bal.Kaur-Pierpoint@ascl.org.uk for further information.

To Apply

Please go to https://www.ksn.org.uk/723/vacancies to download an application form, job description, person specification and equal opportunities form

Closing date for applications is: 12 noon on Monday 13th February 2023

Shortlisting will take place on Friday 17th February 2023

Interviews will be held on: Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th February 2023

The post is available from September 2023

Kenilworth School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are made subject to receipt of a completed application form, satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS Disclosure.