Head
Cranbrook School
Cranbrook, Kent
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 21 February 2020
Job overview
Ofsted Outstanding, state, co-educational, day and boarding grammar school in an historic campus is seeking a visionary Head who will be instrumental in setting its course for the next 500 years. Proud to fly the flag for boarding and grammar education, Cranbrook currently accommodates over 800 students aged 11 to 18, including 360 Sixth Formers and 250 boarders, on a 75-acre campus.
At the centre of its local community since 1518, Cranbrook has always been committed to offering the highest academic and co-curricular standards, combined with outstanding pastoral care. The School is consistently placed among the best schools in England and runs a wide programme of co-curricular activities, including the innovative Cranbrook Diploma programme.
Cranbrook is now looking for an exceptional and inspiring Head to work with a supportive Governing Body and Foundation Trustees to consolidate its success and continue to develop all aspects of the School. The new Head must share a commitment to the ethos of school and bring the vision and skills to increase diversity and social mobility, invigorate our increasingly international co-educational boarding experience, and lead the whole school community in its mission to prepare all its students to thrive in a challenging world.
This is an outstanding opportunity to lead a highly successful school with dedicated teaching staff and highly motivated students which is ambitious and aspirational. A competitive package will be offered, including on-campus accommodation.
Further information on Cranbrook School can be found at www.cranbrookschool.co.uk/
A candidate brief is available from www.odgers.com/75299.
Application forms, CVs and covering letters should be sent by the closing date, Friday 21st February.
Cranbrook School 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 Cranbrook School
- Cranbrook School
- Waterloo Road, Cranbrook
- Kent
- TN17 3JD
- United Kingdom
Cranbrook School is a mixed state grammar school with 900+ pupils aged 11-18 years, including around 260 boarders. It was founded in 1518. Day pupils come from within 5.28 miles of the school, following a test to judge their suitability for a grammar school education. Boarders are admitted from a wide area, having sat the same test. Although it is a selective school, Cranbrook admits a wider ability range than many other grammar schools. We provide a challenging and supportive curriculum so that students of all abilities are catered for. The value-added scores that are achieved each year bear testimony to the success of our provision.
Pupils join at the age of 11 or 13, and in Year 10 they start GCSEs in nine or ten subjects. Most students then qualify for the Sixth Form, this being supplemented by a healthy intake into Year 12 from other schools. All Sixth Formers take at least three A levels and can choose the EPQ and other qualifications in addition.
For a state school, the facilities are impressive. Within the seventy acres of school grounds are found the six boarding houses, the Queen’s Hall Theatre (used for assemblies, school productions, visiting theatre companies and concerts), a large library and lecture theatre. Sports facilities include a large sports hall, dance studio, cardio gym, weights room, heated outdoor swimming pool, squash courts and extensive playing fields and facilities for games - hockey, rugby, cricket, netball, tennis and athletics – as well as an astro-turf pitch. The school also possesses a Performing Arts Centre that houses a drama studio and music practice rooms, and a vibrant Sixth Form Centre. The school boasts an Observatory named after Dr Piers Sellers OBE, an Old Cranbrookian and NASA astronaut.
Head
David Clark
Our Mission
- To provide an outstanding all-round education with academic fulfilment at its heart
- To add value to our local community and provide exceptional boarding for those outside it
- To develop curious, resilient and empathic young adults, who are confident to follow their own paths
Our Motto
Maiora tento praesentibus aequus
Equal to today, I reach for greater things
Our Values
- Kindness
- Integrity
- Curiosity
- Aspiration
- Individuality
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