Head
Haberdashers' Girls' School
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2018
Job overview
The Governing Body of the Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls invites applications for the role of Head on the retirement of Mrs Biddie O’Connor in August 2019, following eight years of outstanding leadership.
The Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls is one of the leading independent day schools in the country. Situated on a 40-acre greenfield campus in Elstree, the School provides outstanding facilities and a challenging, positive and secure environment for up to 1,200 students aged 4-18. Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls enjoys an excellent reputation for the strength of its academic provision within a creative culture which equips well-rounded pupils to be active citizens of a global 21st century.
The School benefits from being within one of the foundations of the innovative and forward-looking Haberdashers’ Company, and enjoys close links with other schools within the Haberdashers’ family, particularly with the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, which is co-located within the Elstree campus.
This position offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious leader to build on strong foundations and drive the School forward through a collaborative and modern educational vision.
Further information on Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls can be found at www.habsgirls.org.uk
A candidate brief is available from www.odgers.com/63828.
Application forms, letters of application and CVs should be sent by the closing date, Monday 21 May, to Freddie Dennis, Odgers Berndtson quoting reference CFD/63828.
Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
About Haberdashers' Girls' School
Founded in 1875, Haberdashers' Girls' School is a leading independent day school for girls aged 4-18 and our academic results place us amongst the highest ranked schools in the UK. We provide a challenging, positive, stimulating and secure community in which our students enjoy working hard to fulfil their potential.
Enjoying a rural outlook in stunning 100-acre grounds but within easy reach of London, the students have the best of both worlds; regular trips into central London for art, drama and museum visits as well as access to nature and the environment, including our very own Forest School for younger pupils.
We are a happy, hardworking, well-focussed community drawn from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We celebrate our traditions as being part of the larger Habs’ family but we are also very proud of our ability to nurture our pupils and prepare them to be active citizens of a global 21st century, meeting the opportunities and challenges it will throw in their way.
We believe in the development of the whole person, whether it is excelling in music, sport and drama or simply enjoying participating in them. Charity fund-raising, working with the wider and global community and looking beyond our beautiful campus location are important aspects of the education provided here.
One of our unique features is the fact that we are based on the same campus as Habs Boys. This provides us with the best of both worlds; a single-sex education in a co-educational environment.
Our pupils leave to take up places at top universities with many happy memories of their time here, returning later in their careers to support another generation of Habs’ girls as they take their next steps into the wider world.
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