Head of School
Brannel School
Cornwall
- New
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale 25 - 31
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 5 January 2025
Job overview
A very exciting opportunity has arisen to join Cornwall Education Learning Trust as a Head of School from 1st September 2025. We will be appointing two permanent Heads of School for Brannel School, St Stephen and Poltair School, St Austell.
The successful candidates will provide professional leadership and management of the school (11-16) that will promote a secure foundation from which to achieve high standards in all areas of the school’s work and ensure the Trust’s strategic direction, vision and values are achieved.
This role will have overall accountability for the quality of teaching and learning and will establish and sustain high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases. This will be built on research evidence and informed understanding of effective teaching and how students learn.
The successful candidates will work collaboratively with CELT headteachers and staff to implement and embed the CELT ‘In Sync’ strategy to improve learning outcomes for all students, with a particular focus on the disadvantaged, alongside opportunities for staff to work collaboratively on school improvement priorities across subject disciplines.
If you require further information about the school or the role please contact Rich Baker, Deputy Trust Lead (School Improvement) rbaker@celtrust.org
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About Brannel School
Brannel School is a 900-place 11-16 secondary school located near St Austell, Cornwall. Brannel School is part of Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT), a family of Cornish Primary and Secondary Schools. We are ambitious for the learners in our community and have a strong culture of collaboration to enable us to achieve our mission of ‘learning together to help every child achieve more’.
Brannel School was completely redesigned and rebuilt in 2011 as a 'School of the Future' at a cost of over £17 million. Brannel is a welcoming and exciting place in which to teach and to learn. Our school values are Excellence, Creativity and Community. We aspire to be a truly outstanding school, delivering the very best educational opportunities, nurturing academic excellence, and fostering ambition in every one of our students.
www.brannel.com
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