For Permanent and Interim Leadership Solutions
When your school or educational establishment requires additional help, now or in future, to ensure you have a high quality shortlist for a Headteacher or Senior Leadership Team vacancy, then take time to plan now. Do not rush in to placing your advert.
The available evidence (Ref: NGA/EDS/NCSL)shows that appointing the right school leadership has by far the most impact upon a school’s success and ultimately the life chances of the children who pass through your school gates.
Having worked with many schools in this situation we understand how important it is to get the appointment right first time. Failing to appoint, or worse still – appointing the wrong person will have far reaching negative effects upon your school. However, you are not alone – we have helped many schools in this situation. Take time now to plan your attraction strategy.
Why leave it to chance? Our proactive specialised search has worked every time:
For the last 6 years we have worked closely with Colleges, Academies, Academy Sponsors, Local Authorities, Diocesan Boards, ‘Hard’ & ‘Soft’ Federations, Governing Bodies and all types of Schools, including those ‘difficult to fill’ posts - managing over 200 successful assignments recruiting to Senior Leadership. Our wide experience has
proven time and again that the best candidates will come from a ‘proactive’ targeted search, rather than selecting from the limited responses to advertisements.
Advertising relies on chance:
- Advertising will usually only reach candidates ‘on the market’ (20% of your potential recruitment market)
- Our specialist executive search with an experienced and professional consultant extends your ‘reach’ beyond the advertising response and finds you the highest calibre candidates ‘in the market’
The National picture for Headteacher recruitment (Ref: EDS2010 annual survey):
~ 33% of Primary schools fail to appoint through advertising
~ 43% of SEN schools fail to appoint through advertising
~ 27% of Secondary schools fail to appoint through advertising
The failure rate is even higher for faith schools, coastal schools and rural schools
Improve your short-list with high calibre candidates by implementing our pro-active search approach
- Our ‘specialist’ search approach to SLT recruitment has worked successfully for over 6 years, even in the most difficult of situations
- The worst action a school can take at this time is to panic and rush out an advert - as this will in all likelihood waste valuable time and financial investment (EDS). We will not waste your time - if we believe we can’t help, then we say so
- ‘Targeted’ Search enables you to reach the 80% who are not looking. Our Search offer excels at this specialised ‘pro-active’ approach to recruitment.
- In our wide experience – we find that the best leaders are too busy and committed to doing a good job where they are to spend time looking for their next move. These are the very people who can excel at your school
- Open minded leaders will listen to a career opportunity if presented to them in a ‘soft’ discreet professional manner
- This is what we can do on your behalf, ‘tailored’ to suit your individual requirements and budget
- Re-assurance with proven processes and systems - that work alongside, or in place of your advertisement – have achieved a 100% success rate to date for our client schools - even with the ‘difficult to fill’ posts
FLEXIBLE - Low fixed cost search options are available for schools recruitment.
FREE ADVICE: Our initial consultation meeting is free of charge and without obligation
Successful Searches Have Included:
o Director of Education
o Academy Principal and Vice Principal
o Finance Director – FE College
o Local Authority Managers/Advisors
o Headteachers and Principals – Secondary, Primary and SEN
o Deputy Heads & Assistant Heads - Secondary, Primary and SEN
o School Business Managers/Bursars - Secondary and SEN
o SENCOs / AENCOs – Secondary and Primary
For more information - without obligation, please contact Stephen Pugh: 07944 575 443 or your local office