Founding Principal
North London Collegiate School
Japan
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 20 June 2024
Job overview
North London Collegiate School (NLCS) International seeks an inspirational Founding Principal to establish and lead NLCS in Japan. Opening in August 2025 as a co-educational day school for pupils aged 3 to 18 years, this exciting new venture will bring NLCS’s ethos of rigorous scholarship, extra-curricular excellence and outstanding pastoral care to Japan.
This is a unique opportunity to establish and shape the development of a school which aims to become one of Asia’s leading educational institutions. With the full support and educational expertise of NLCS International, the Founding Principal will establish NLCS in Japan as a thriving learning community offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum up to age 16 and the IB Diploma in the Sixth Form. The school’s focus on subject-based learning, individual pastoral care and a rich extra-curricular provision will nurture confident and committed scholars who are active international citizens.
The successful candidate will combine a track record of highly successful leadership experience, developed in the UK or internationally, with the cultural awareness, political nous and global perspective to inspire the entire NLCS Japan community and manage diverse stakeholder relationships. First-class communication skills with the gravitas to act as a visible leader and ambassador are crucial, as is the commercial drive to establish this new venture. A genuine resonance with NLCS’s educational values and a commitment to embedding these in Japan is essential.
HOW TO APPLY
NLCS International has retained the services of Perrett Laver to help identify the widest possible field of suitable candidates and assist in the assessment of applicants against the requirements for the role.
Further information including a detailed role description and person specification, and information on how to apply can be found at https://candidates.perrettlaver.com/vacancies/ quoting reference number 7177.
The closing date for applications is 08.30 BST on Thursday 20th June 2024.
For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please contact Sylvie Lancaster on sylvie.lancaster@perrettlaver.com.
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About North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School is an independent all-through day school for girls, based in Edgware. Its motto translates from Latin as "in the hope of labour". There are 1,065 aged 4-18 on the school roll.
The school was founded by Frances Mary Buss at the family home in Camden in 1850. The current site was acquired in 1929, and the school was fully relocated in 1940. The main site is a country house built in the eighteenth century. Since 2011, North London Collegiate School has had a franchise school in South Korea.
Headmistress
Mrs Vicky Bingham
Values and vision
The school is proud of its tradition of producing independent and pioneering young women with the drive and confidence to make the most of opportunities and a difference in the world. North London Collegiate School combines academic excellence with a vibrant extracurricular life, an international outlook, excellent facilities and a warm community.
Pupils are shaped not just by the academic excellence of the teaching but by the spectacular environment in which they learn. As well as the beauty of the Old House, pupils and staff also experience and learn in the school’s expansive grounds and modern Performing Arts Centre.
ISI report
“The school successfully fulfils its aims to provide an ambitious academic education and to enable all pupils to recognise academic excellence. Pupils benefit from a broad and challenging curriculum and an outstanding range of extra-curricular activities, among which many are related to academic study.”
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