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Caroline Chisholm School
Northamptonshire
- £120,524 - £138,265 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- L37 (£120,524) – L43 (£138,265)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 24 March 2025
Job overview
Ambition – Confidence – Success
Everyone, Every Lesson, Every Opportunity
Caroline Chisholm is an oversubscribed, academically successful all-through (aged 4-19) school that strives to develop individuals into ambitious, highly successful, happy and resilient young adults. We make learning enjoyable from reception year right up to the sixth form. We provide a challenging academic curriculum, coupled with a very supportive pastoral system that values the strengths and talents of the individual student.
CCS opened in 2004 as a brand new purpose built school, the first all through school in Northamptonshire. In addition to the school itself, our site has a separate nursery run by an external provider. The school currently has over 2,100 students and 228 staff.
Due to the retirement of the current Principal Trustees are seeking a visionary leader to work creatively and collaboratively with all stakeholders to make a positive impact on the lives and experiences of pupils, students, staff, parents and carers and the wider community. This leader will build on the inspirational work achieved so far and take the school to even greater heights. This is an excellent opportunity to build on solid foundations of strong values and aspirations and of high achievement.
The Board will appoint:
- An experienced leader able to maintain and drive standards.
- A proven leader able to motivate, inspire, support and develop the talents of pupils, students and staff in a vibrant and progressive environment.
- A visionary to chart a route that delivers academic excellence while providing pupils and students with innovative opportunities and the encouragement to work hard to realise their aspirations and achieve their full potential.
- A people person, committed to partnerships, with proven achievements delivered through consultation and collaboration.
School tour: By appointment
Closing date: 9am Monday 24th March
Interviews: Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th April
To request an application pack or book a school tour please email dion.mills@hays.com, to confidentially discuss the role in more detail, please call Dion Mills 07899063321.
Caroline Chisholm School is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful candidate.
About Caroline Chisholm School
- Caroline Chisholm School
- Wootton Fields, Northampton
- Northamptonshire
- NN4 6TP
- United Kingdom
Caroline Chisholm School is a highly successful, oversubscribed all through school, serving students from the ages of 4 to 19. The school has an impressive track record of academic success, but also provides a caring and supportive environment for students.
By joining our school staff, you will be part of an incredible community of individuals whose main goal is to promote a culture that challenges our students to achieve at the highest levels, through inspiring, passionate and supportive care on a daily basis.
Some key features:
* We operate 'safer recruitment' procedures, including enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check.
* At our school, we are continually implementing the HPL mindset where we believe every student is capable of achieving the very best. High Performance Learning believes in the idea that we can grow our intelligence and that every student has the opportunity to achieve their full potential. We are proud to be one of only 38 schools in the UK to have achieved World Class standard in High Performance Learning.
* We maintained our "Good" Ofsted rating in May 2025, with an "Outstanding" Early Years Provision.
* We offer a Designated Special Provision within our Secondary Phase for students from Year 7 to Sixth Form with a diagnosis of high functioning ASD.
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