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About the Role
ISP is seeking expressions of interest from exceptional educational leaders for future Principal/Head of School opportunities for the 2027/28 academic year and beyond. This role involves leading a school within the ISP international network, focusing on strategic and inspirational leadership to drive learning outcomes, develop a strong school community, and ensure operational success.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and inspirational leadership across the school.
- Build a high-performing, engaged, and empowered school community.
- Develop leadership capacity, succession, and a culture of continuous professional learning.
- Lead the pursuit of high-quality teaching, learning, progress, and achievement.
- Embed ISP's Learning.First approach and use data to drive sustained improvement.
- Position the school as a School of Choice within its local community.
- Build strong relationships with students, parents, carers, and stakeholders.
- Strengthen the school's reputation, engagement, retention, and enrolment.
- Take ownership of the school's overall operational and commercial performance.
- Ensure resources are used effectively and support sustainable enrolment and income growth.
- Deliver financial and organisational targets while maintaining high standards.
Requirements
- Demonstrate a strong track record of educational leadership and school improvement.
- Currently a Principal / Head of School, Deputy Head / Vice Principal, Head of Primary or Secondary, or a senior educational leader preparing for a first Principal / Head of School position.
- Experienced school leader currently working in the UK or internationally.
- Demonstrate inspirational and strategic educational leadership.
- Show a strong commitment to safeguarding, student wellbeing, and inclusion.
- Proven ability to improve teaching, learning, and student outcomes.
- Ability to develop high-performing teams and future leaders.
- Strong emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent stakeholder and community engagement.
- Commercial and financial awareness.
- A data-informed and evidence-based approach to decision-making.
- Ability to lead change effectively.
- A collaborative mindset and willingness to share and learn across an international network.
- Ambition to create a school recognised by its community as a School of Choice.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Willingness to undergo vetting procedures, including online due diligence, references, and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks.
Skills
- Educational leadership
- School improvement
- Strategic leadership
- Inspirational leadership
- People development
- Wellbeing
- Safeguarding
- Student learning outcomes
- Teaching and learning
- Data analysis
- Community engagement
- Customer experience
- Commercial acumen
- Financial management
- Stakeholder management
- Emotional intelligence
- Interpersonal skills
- Change management
- Collaboration
Location
- International
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Senior leadership
- Principal
- Head of School
- Deputy Head
- Vice Principal
About the Company
- ISP is a continually growing global schools group with 120+ schools across 25+ countries.
- ISP is united by a shared belief that Amazing Learning happens when we begin with our children and students.
- ISP schools are diverse but connected by a common purpose and set of principles: putting students first, treating everyone with care and respect, operating effectively, acting with financial responsibility, and learning continuously.
- Continued global growth creates exciting opportunities for educational leaders.
Equal Opportunity
- ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics.