Head of Haberdashers’ Boys’ School
Haberdashers' Boys' School
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023/January 2024
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2023
Job overview
Further to the appointment of the current Headmaster, Mr Gus Lock, to be Executive Principal of both of the Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools, the Governors are seeking a new Head of Habs’ Boys’ School.
Haberdashers’ Boys’ School is a large, highly successful independent day school located in Elstree, to the north-west of London. It educates boys aged 4 to 18 across Pre-Prep, Prep and Senior Schools. The School currently has around 1450 pupils, including 360 in the Pre-Prep and Prep School. It is very highly regarded both nationally and within its competitive local market and places are heavily oversubscribed. The school achieves highly in every sense, offering first-class teaching, excellent pastoral care and a superb co-curricular programme on a 100-acre campus which is shared with Haberdashers’ Girls’ School. The close collaboration of the Schools, which includes shared teaching in the Sixth Form and a co-educational co-curricular programme, enables Habs Boys to benefit from the very best of single-sex education within a co-educational environment.
Reporting to Mr Gus Lock, the recently-appointed Executive Principal of the Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools, who has strategic responsibility for both Schools on the Elstree campus, the Head will have responsibility for all aspects of the leadership and management of the Boys’ School’s operation. The Head will be a core member of the campus leadership team, working alongside the Girls’ School Head and the COO. The Governors have set in train an ambitious 10-year strategy which the new Head will influence and deliver, in order to maintain and enhance the School’s reputation as one of the country’s leading boys’ schools.
The successful applicant will have significant leadership and management experience, accompanied by excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire both pupils and staff to outstanding outcomes. They will need to be experienced in change management and strategic thinking. They will embrace a strong commitment to working collaboratively with the Governing Body and the campus leadership team to maximize the all-round educational experience for all their pupils.
Interested candidates are warmly invited to have an initial, confidential conversation with key members of the team at RSAcademics who are handling this appointment.
Michael Stephens, Head of Senior School Search| MichaelStephens@rsacademics.com
Simon Eliot, Senior Advisor | SimonEliot@rsacademics.com
The deadline for receipt of applications is 10am (UK), Friday 3 March 2023.
Further information about the role and details of how to apply can be found at: https://www.rsacademics.com/current-vacancies/head-haberdashers-elstree-school-for-boys/
Haberdashers’ Boys’ School is an equal opportunities employer, and therefore encourages candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
Haberdashers’ Boys’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to enhanced DBS and other checks in line with safer recruitment best practice.This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
The safeguarding responsibilities of this post are detailed in the candidate information brochure.
About Haberdashers' Boys' School
Haberdashers' Boys' School is a large independent school located in the village of Elstree, Hertfordshire. Founded in 1690, the all-through school educates around 1,200 boys aged 5-18, all of whom are day pupils.
The School has a selective admissions policy, with prospective students for the senior school expected to pass entrance exams across a range of subjects. The best-performing boys are interviewed to ascertain their suitability for a place at the School. Entrance to the pre-prep and prep departments is also selective, with assessed playgroup sessions and exams used depending on the boy’s age.
Headmaster
Robert Sykes
Values and vision
Haberdashers' Boys' School maintains rigorous academic standards, in order to allow talented students to achieve their full potential. The School has a strong reputation for academic excellence, and seeks to keep its pupils engaged and interested throughout their time at Habs. It achieves this through the attendance of high-profile speakers and a strong investment in co-curricular activities such as sporting events and school trips, all supported by an array of extensive modern facilities.
Teaching staff
The members of the School's teaching staff are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and reflect the diversity within Habs. All are well qualified and have strong subject knowledge with a deep sense of commitment to the welfare of the boys and to help them achieve their very best. There is a strong sense of community within the common rooms, which are harmonious and dynamic places where staff work hard in a collaborative and purposeful atmosphere. There is a growing international dimension to the work of staff with regular visits overseas and links with the best schools across the globe.
Support for staff at every stage of their career is exceptional, with one of the foremost and forward-thinking professional development plans in the country. Pedagogy and teacher development takes a collaborative approach which is both voluntary and open-minded. Many teaching staff attend Learning Lunches where their peers will demonstrate new developments or ideas with which they have been experimenting. In addition, teachers can request specific training which is often run in well attended Twilight Training sessions at the end of a school day. The School operates an ‘open door’ approach with teachers regularly observing and learning from each other.
To find out more about teaching and learning at Haberdashers', view our video here: https://vimeo.com/260062004
ISI report
“The School fulfils its aim to provide an outstanding educational experience and enable pupils to perform to the highest level of their ability. Pupils make excellent progress and demonstrate exceptional achievement in their levels of attainment and co-curricular activities.”
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