Headteacher

The School

Davenport Lodge Nursery School, part of Inspired Education, is a leading independent day Nursery School for children up to 5 years of age. Delivering Early Years Education since 1968, Davenport Lodge provides a happy, secure, and stimulating environment to all children in our care.

Based in Coventry, our dedicated and experienced team is committed to providing a supportive and structured environment in which children are encouraged to value their individuality, efforts and achievements and to be happy and secure individuals in an environment that focuses on personal, social and emotional development.

Davenport Lodge has a nursery for babies from 6 weeks old and toddlers to the age of two and a Kindergarten section for 3 and 4 year old children that prepare for primary and the next steps in their learning. Since its original registration with Ofsted in January 2005, Davenport Lodge maintains high quality standards of care and good quality of teaching and learning. 

With a 2018 Ofsted inspection rating of ‘Good’, Davenport Lodge Nursery School aims to offer a curriculum which encompasses breadth, balance, progression and relevance, taking due account of gender, ethnicity, personal and social development as well as equal opportunities for all children. Our curriculum allows every child to move successfully through the Early Years Foundation Stage, to gain confidence as well as knowledge and progress toward the next stage of their learning. Our planning ensures a balance of child initiated and adult led activities that encourages the children to learn as they play and explore. We offer a range of activities including music, dance, karate, cooking lessons and PE. These activities channel children’s energies and maintain healthy minds in healthy bodies.

https://www.davenportlodgeschool.co.uk/

Inspired Education

Inspired Education is the leading global group of premium schools, with a portfolio of over 100 premium private schools spanning six continents which utilise proven educational practices from every corner of the globe, ensuring over 80,000 students receive a world-class learning experience from Kindergarten to Year 13. In addition, we are delighted to be recognised in the top 10 highest value private companies in the UK by Beauhurst.

Inspired schools offer a vibrant, progressive academic environment for learners and demonstrate a fresh and contemporary approach to education by re-evaluating traditional teaching methods and curriculums, creating a dynamic, relevant and holistic model of international education that reflects the current global context. We celebrate the unique individuality and talent of each student and Inspired schools equip students with transferable skills and a strong academic foundation so that they can positively contribute to the world and achieve life-long success.

In over 24 countries, Inspired schools are individually developed and anchored in the vibrant cultures of their respective locations. They collectively form an international family of schools that nurtures each student's academic and personal development in a progressive, dynamic, and innovative learning environment.

By joining our award-winning team of over 12,000 employees, you can work in state-of-the-art facilities alongside industry-renowned educators and leaders in some of the world's most desirable locations. We invest heavily in our team members who enjoy industry-leading professional development, exceptional career opportunities, and mobility across our group.

https://www.inspirededu.com/

The Role

The Head has overall responsibility for the leadership, educational standards and commercial success of the school.

The successful candidate will be an outstanding leader who will inspire pupils and staff to be the best they can be and will work in partnership with parents to support their child’s learning at home.

The successful candidate will continue to promote the strong brand identity in the community, building relationships with Heads of Schools to which our parents aspire to send their children.

Central to the role is an enjoyment of being with children, helping to enable them to fulfil their potential and aiming to give them the best start in life.

Person Specification

• Experience of having worked in independent nurseries.
• Experience of successful student recruitment.
• Experience of strategic thinking and the management of change.
• Experience as a Head or Deputy at another Nursery School with relevant management experience.
• Excellent working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and current Ofsted expectations for early years settings.
• Excellent knowledge of designing and implementing an aspirational and well-structured early years curriculum.

Personal Attributes & Skills

• Ability to articulate her/his vision clearly to others for providing high-quality and inclusive care and education to all children.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to effectively engage with children, parents and the other local services.
• Strong leadership and management skills and the ability to develop the practitioners’ knowledge on how children learn to enhance the teaching of the curriculum and appropriate use of assessments.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage the running of a busy nursery school, including financial operations and occupancy targets.
• A collaborative team player that is realistic and constructive in the way they support staff including their workload by having effective systems for supervision.
• A flexible and open-minded approach and strong problem-solving skills with a commitment to partnership working.
• The ability to set high educational standards and expectations and inspire staff to follow.
• The ability to reflect on the quality of the educational offer and review the curriculum to ensure that it is ambitious and designed to give children the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life.
• The ability to listen carefully to what others are saying and apply consistently any behavioural expectations.
• The ability to develop the trust of your staff team and the parent community through effective decision making.
• The ability to persevere and demonstrate adaptability by fulfilling different roles.
• Someone who enjoys nurturing and developing young people by creating an enabling environment for learning.
• Someone who understands running a commercially successful school.

Terms of Appointment

Inspired will offer a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidate, which reflects the high standing of this role.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

Application Process

The closing date for applications is Sunday 10 December, 23:59.

Please click 'Apply' to submit your application.