Head of school: model job description

Use our model job description and person specification to help you recruit a head of school.

Last reviewed on 2 December 2021
School types: AllSchool phases: AllRef: 43701
Contents
  1. Download our model job description and person specification 
  2. Example

Download our model job description and person specification 

Adapt our model to help you recruit a head of school for one of your academies.

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Example

The Spring Partnership Trust (a 5-school trust) has head of school recruitment packs. [This is correct as of December 2021]