Headteacher

Start date: September 2022 or earlier

Salary: Competitive

Contract: Permanent

JFS School is one of the UK’s leading non-selective comprehensive schools, offering an outstanding education to over 2000 students serving the London Jewish community. Established in 1732, the school moved to its current greenfield site located in Kenton, Harrow in 2001.

The school seeks to appoint a highly experienced individual to the role of Headteacher. The ideal candidate will be strategic with a strong track record of helping schools reach their full potential. JFS is open to candidates of all faiths and none. We are looking for an inspirational leader for our school who will respect and embrace the Jewish ethos that permeates the school.

If you are someone who can provide visible leadership to the whole school community and is able to embody the school’s values of ‘Light and Honour’, we want to hear from you.

Our priorities over the next few years include safeguarding and maintaining the wellbeing of all students and staff, as well as ensuring that every student is able to achieve their potential both academically and personally. We are also keen to build on the strong foundations of the school and together with our highly trained staff body, to enable the school to be outstanding in all areas.

You will bring clear focus to how we can further improve what we already do and play a key role in the strategic and future development of JFS.

JFS School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS record check.

If you wish to discover more about this exciting opportunity, need any further information or you wish to have an informal discussion, please contact our recruitment consultant Caroline Olsen at Academicis via the details provided on the application pack.

Closing: Monday 18th October 2021

Shortlist: w/c Monday 18th October 2021

Interviews: Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th November 2021

JFS School is committed to ensuring that applicants and employees from all sections of the community are treated equally and not discriminated against on the grounds of gender, colour, race, nationality, marital or civil partnership status, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability or age.