Principal: Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate...Standards Regulations (ISSR) and the National Minimum...

Principal:Queen Ethelburga’s

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PRINCIPAL OF QUEEN ETHELBURGA’S COLLEGIATE Queen Ethelburga’s is seeking an inspirational, innovative, effective and ambitious strategic leader, who will embrace the ethos of the Collegiate and build on the excellent work done to date by the incumbent Principal, Mr Steven Jandrell.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate, who will effectively navigate the ever-changing national and international educational landscape, to build on the strengths of our four schools. He or she will work with the CEO to develop the strategic vision and future direction for the Collegiate, whilst empowering all members of the Collegiate to play their active part in achieving that vision.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to provide the required challenge and drive to take this ‘Excellent’ rated (ISI 2019)

group of schools into the next stage of the Collegiate’s journey.

The role of Principal becomes available from August 2020, upon the retirement of Mr Jandrell, following 25 years of outstanding and dedicated service.

We invite you to visit our website at: www.qe.org for further information about the Collegiate.

Four schools,one community

CONTENTS2 Introduction3 QE: The Journey So Far5 Vision And Governance6 The Role7 Job Description9 Person Specification11 Application Process

PRINCIPAL: QUEEN ETHELBURGA’S COLLEGIATE | CANDIDATE INFORMATION 2

Our historyQueen Ethelburga’s began life as a Woodard Corporation school, founded in 1912 and was located in Harrogate. In 1991, it became a privately-owned proprietorial school and was renamed Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate, moving to its current site on the Thorpe Underwood Estate near York.

Today, the Collegiate includes Chapter House, King’s Magna, the College and the Faculty. Chapter House caters for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), for pupils up to the age of 5, and Years 1 to 5, and King’s Magna caters for pupils in Years 6 to 9. Both the Faculty and the College cater for pupils in Years 10 to 13, dependent on their educational pathway.


QUEEN ETHELBURGA’S: THE JOURNEY SO FAR

The Collegiate todayQueen Ethelburga’s Collegiate is an ‘Excellent’ rated (ISI 2019), boarding and day school for girls and boys, aged 3 months to 19 years.

We are four schools in one happy community, blending the best of international and British educational ideals. We have an exceptionally caring and vibrant learning culture based on positive, mutually respectful relationships. We provide a progressive all-round education, preparing students for the challenges of a rapidly changing, globalised world.

Located in North Yorkshire between the towns of York and Harrogate, the Collegiate has outstanding facilities and motivated students, who join us from a broad range of academic, social and cultural backgrounds.

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We are four academically very successful schools. Our students continue to achieve outstanding outcomes at a time when examinations are growing more demanding year by year. We strive to work with families and with the community, so that all of our students succeed, whatever their abilities and talents.

We pride ourselves on being a happy community where students can grow to reach their full potential, both academically and socially. To meet the needs of our students, we offer a wide choice of qualifications, a

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supportive environment and an exciting programme of co–curricular opportunities, which are underpinned by high quality teaching and learning.

Our CampusAs a thriving day and boarding Collegiate, we are one of the largest school communities in the country. Our campus is home to 1,150 students in our boarding community. Our facilities are enhanced annually, to ensure that we have everything needed to allow our staff and students “to be the best they can with the gifts that they have.”

We take great pride in our campus, ensuring that it is beautifully maintained, providing students with lots of opportunity for sport, relaxation, exploration and adventure. Life on campus is a careful balance of organised activities, trips and socials, providing opportunities for students to independently spend time with their friends and make the most of the fantastic facilities on offer.

We offer our students an environment fit for an outstanding 21st-century education.


Vision, Aims and EthosQueen Ethelburga’s is known locally, nationally and internationally as a Collegiate of four schools that promotes the highest standards in all that it does.

Our mission is for all members of the QE community to aspire to the Hill Standard: ‘To be the best that I can with the gifts that I have’.

We have a vision to be recognised, consistently, as one of the strongest educational institutions worldwide, in all aspects of our endeavour.

Our broadly Christian ethos, welcoming all faiths and none, instils the virtues of mutual respect and support, tolerance and compassion.

We aim to: • Nurture, educate and equip our students to

become considerate, self-assured, independent and resilient adults, respecting and celebrating cultural diversity and ready to take their place in the society in which their future lies.

• Create a safe, happy and caring community, in which students take pride in their endeavour and thrive, both mentally and physically.

• Promote the highest academic standards for all, by providing a challenging, stimulating and varied curriculum, which fosters confidence, enthusiasm and curiosity.

VISION AND GOVERNANCE


The ISI inspection reports of February 2019 found that the Collegiate met all the Regulatory Compliance Standards, while also achieving excellent Educational Quality, Residential Provision and outstanding EYFS outcomes.

‘Excellent’rated, ISI 2019

‘Outstanding’EYFS, ISI 2019

• Provide an enrichment programme that complements the academic curriculum, building resilience, responsibility, self-belief and skills, and promotes a sense of fulfilment and achievement in its widest sense.

GovernanceChief Executive Officer, Miss Amy Martin, has put in place an advisory board, which is known as the Collegiate Board.

The Collegiate Board meet regularly throughout the year to ensure that all areas of safeguarding, compliance and quality are reviewed and maintained at the highest standard.


Role: PrincipalSalary: Competitive package, which also includes a 4 bed property and reduction in school fees. Responsible to: Chief Executive Officer

The Principal is expected to serve our community through:• Ensuring that the best interests, safeguarding

and well-being of students remain paramount, and empowering students to become the effective and compassionate citizens of the future;

• Facilitating a shared sense of purpose amongst all stakeholders, whilst safeguarding the distinctive vision and culture of the Collegiate;

• Leading and fostering a climate of excellence, continuous learning and collegial collaboration in the staff team;

• Strategically planning for the Collegiate’s sustainable development in an era characterised by increasingly rapid and unpredictable change and challenges

Desired personal attributes include:• A visionary educator – with a strong

awareness of global educational trends and a strong grasp of the specific context of Queen Ethelburga’s;


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Elite level Sports Village, over 30 acres of pitches

• A pedagogical leader – with the ability to recruit and motivate teaching teams to deliver high-quality learning; a strategic planner, implementer and evaluator, who can ensure excellence; knowledge of local and international curricula highly desirable;

• A deeply compassionate Principal – with interest in and empathy for the well-being and all-round growth of students and staff;

• An eloquent communicator – fluency in written and spoken English is essential; deep understanding of international cultures; capacity to effectively promote the school’s vision and programmes;

• A pragmatic administrator – financially literate and competitively-minded, able to balance the context of subsidised, private and international boarding schools in the UK.

This list is by no means exhaustive. Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for a more detailed list of responsibilities. The post holder may be directed by the Chief Executive Officer to undertake any other duties commensurate with this role.

Employment terms and conditions:The salary package will reflect the successful candidate’s experience and will be commensurate to the role.


JOB TITLE: PRINCIPALReporting to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

JOB PURPOSETo provide strategic leadership for the whole Collegiate and hold overall accountability for direction and standards achieved, ensuring the highest quality and outcomes, inclusive of safeguarding (child protection), learning (progress over time) and teaching, the boarding experience and pastoral care. The Principal should also:• Have responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the health, safety and welfare of students

and staff, providing a secure and inclusive climate, where all students feel safe, valued and secure;• Ensure the Collegiate remains fully compliant with all aspects of the Independent School

Standards Regulations (ISSR) and the National Minimum Standards for Boarding (NMS) along with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework;

• Provide leadership and management, which enables the Collegiate to give every student a high-quality education and which promotes the highest possible standards of achievement and well-being;

• Communicate the Collegiate’s vision and drive the strategic leadership, empowering all students and staff to excel;

• Ensure that the education and interests of our students are at the centre of everything we do at Queen Ethelburga’s.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLLEGIATE• Continue, with the CEO, the development of a strategic view for the Collegiate’s, and analyse

and plan for the Collegiate’s future, development and expansion, taking account of local and national context;

• Empower all members of the Collegiate to play their part in translating the vision into agreed objectives and operational plans;

• Secure the highest standards of safeguarding across the Collegiate;• Work within the governance structure, to enable it to meet its statutory responsibilities;• Ensure the ongoing development of an organisational structure which reflects the Collegiate’s

values and enables effective and efficient operations;

• Ensure that evidence-based improvement plans and policies promote continuous improvement;• Promote equality and celebrate diversity, seeking to reduce disadvantage, and to encourage

aspirations and participation for all;• Undertake marketing tours in the UK and across the world, including East Asia, to promote the

Collegiate to prospective students and their families;• Collaborate with other agencies to ensure student and community needs are met;• Use Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate to promote community cohesion and to promote extended

services and work with other partners.

TEACHING, LEARNING AND PASTORAL CARE• Sustain effective teaching and learning throughout the Collegiate, by monitoring and evaluating

the work of staff and the standard of children’s achievements, using appropriate benchmarks to set targets for improvement;

• Use the Collegiate structure to maximise and deploy both resources and expertise to raise achievement across the schools;

• Ensure a continuous and consistent focus on students’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress and make improvements where necessary;

• Establish creative, responsive and effective approaches to teaching and learning;• Monitor, evaluate and review school practice and promote improvement strategies;• Actively promote curriculum development and innovation, within all areas of life across

the Collegiate;• Collaborate with parents/carers and with other agencies to ensure that they are well informed

about all aspects of the Collegiate and, in particular, about attainment, progress and targets for further improvement;

• Ensure every individual child has access to high quality teaching and learning.

LEADING AND MANAGING STAFF• Lead, motivate, support, challenge and develop staff to ensure continuing improvement;• Motivate others to create a shared learning culture and positive climate through distribution of

leadership through teams and individuals;• Sustain wide, current knowledge and understanding of education and school systems locally,

nationally and globally, and pursue continuous professional development;• Ensure the development of, and maintain effective strategies and procedures for, staff induction,

professional development and performance review;

JOB DESCRIPTION


• Recruit, retain and deploy staff efficiently and appropriately;• Develop a positive ethos which enables everyone to work collaboratively in all areas across the

Collegiate;• Ensure individual staff accountabilities are clearly defined, understood, agreed and recorded,

tackling underperformance in a timely and efficient manner.

EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE DEPLOYMENT OF STAFF AND RESOURCES• Deploy people and resources, efficiently and effectively, to meet specific objectives arising from

the Collegiate’s strategic plan and financial context;• Work with political and financial astuteness, within a clear set of principles centred on the

Collegiate’s vision, ably translating local and national policy into the Collegiate’s context;• Ensure effective planning, allocation, support and evaluation of the work of teams and

individuals;• Work with the CEO and Chief Financial Officer to achieve the appropriate budget for each

school;• Ensure all financial regulations and audit requirements are fully complied with and in line with

Queen Ethelburga’s policies;• Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with the CEO and her advisory

Collegiate Board;• Ensure appropriate presentation and reporting to the CEO on the progress of the organisation

and on all matters relevant to the discharge of the Collegiate’s responsibilities.

ACCOUNTABILITY• Be accountable to the CEO for the ethos, efficiency, effectiveness and financial stability of the

Collegiate;• Promote and maintain a culture of high expectations for self and others;• Regularly review own practice, set personal targets and take responsibility for own development;• Be responsible for the line management, professional development and appraisal process for the

Strategic Team of the Collegiate.

The above, whilst being the focus of the Principal’s annual review, is not exhaustive. The post-holder may be expected to carry out work that is not specified in the job profile, but which is within the remit of the duties and responsibilities of the post-holder, at the request of the CEO.


PERSON SPECIFICATIONThe Principal will combine a record of successful strategic leadership and sustainable school improvement with imagination, drive and determination to succeed. The Principal will be an exceptional leader with the energy, rigour and authority to represent the school effectively at the most senior levels in education. He or she will demonstrate the following experience, skills, knowledge and personal attributes:

Essential/ Desirable

Application(A) Interview (I)

QUALIFICATIONS:

Qualified Teacher Status E A

Good honours graduate E A

NPQH or evidence of working towards D A

Evidence of appropriate and continuous further professional development

E A

EXPERIENCE:

A proven record of successful education leadership across multiple Key Stages of education (0-19 years)

E A

A proven record of successful education leadership within the Early Years Foundation Stage (0-5 years)

D A/I

Experience of successful leadership of a multi-disciplinary team within either the independent international boarding sector and/or a multi-academy trust

D A

Significant experience of raising standards, with measurable outcomes and clear evidence of a positive personal contribution to the development of a successful school and/or local authority or school trust

E A



Experience of delivering effective innovations in curriculum and pedagogy

E A/I

Proven track record in leading and managing staff, including building a successful team, delegating effectively and implementing and managing change

E A/I

In-depth knowledge and understanding of the wider educational agenda

E A/I

In-depth knowledge and experience of Child Protection, Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding procedures

E A/I

In-depth knowledge of the Independent School Standards Regulations and the National Minimum Standards

E A/I

Experience as an Ofsted or ISI Inspector, inclusive of inspecting Boarding under the National Minimum Standards, or willingness to become one

E A/I

A proven ability to successfully manage financial resources effectively

E A/I

Personal experience of the recruitment of students in the context of the Collegiate with a large international intake

E A/I

SAFEGUARDING:

Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people (inclusive of safeguarding best practice and procedure) and requiring all staff and volunteers to share this commitment

E A/I




SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

A detailed understanding of the school improvement process and the ability to apply it in challenging circumstances

E A/I

A detailed knowledge of assessment and the use of data to monitor and raise standards

E A/I

Understanding of the relationship between financial and human resources and educational outcomes

E I

Able to inspire, challenge, motivate and empower teams and individuals to achieve high goals, whilst effectively managing any required change

E I

First class ambassadorial skills, with an ability to present the Collegiate in an authoritative and persuasive manner

E I

PERSONAL QUALITIES:

Be a positive role model at all times, a highly effective and respected representative of Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate

E A/I

Be approachable and person-centred, with a sense of humour E I

A strong commitment to personal development for all staff, including themselves

E A

Be articulate with excellent interpersonal skills both verbally and in writing

E A/I

Ability to challenge, give feedback and present views to achieve positive outcomes

E A/I

Inspire trust and confidence across the Collegiate’s community including with parents, the Collegiate Board and members of the local community

E A



Be astute and perceptive with strong analytical skills and the ability to use sound judgement in order to anticipate and resolve any conflict and/ or issues

E A/I

Sustain wide, current knowledge and understanding of education and systems, in a constantly developing local, national and international sector landscape

E A/I

IMPROVING LEARNING AND TEACHING:

Proven experience as an outstanding teacher, with the ability to monitor and evaluate performance for the senior leadership team to continuously improve the quality of teaching and learning and maintain and stretch high standards

E A/I

Current proven ability to secure excellent teaching for all students, to enable them to realise their potential

E A/I

Successful experience of positive behaviour management and development of a student focused, inclusive and effective learning environment, so that behaviour and attendance are outstanding

E A/I

Able to hold all staff to account for their professional conduct and practice

E A

Proven experience of the implementation of effective assessment procedures and an understanding of assessment for the learning needs of all students

E A/I

Exercise strategic, curriculum-led financial planning to meet the best interests of students and the schools’ sustainability

E A/I



Applications are welcomed as soon as possible.

The deadline for receipt of applications is 4pm on Friday 8th November 2019.

Long list interviews will be held on Monday 18th November 2019 in York city centre.

A short list of candidates will be invited for interview on Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th November 2019 at the School.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Emma Allen on +44 (0)7801 854543or email [email protected]

The selection process is as follows: • Selected candidates will be invited to a

Long list interview in the centre of York on Monday 18th November 2019.

• Short list interviews will take place at the School on Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th November 2019. Successful candidates at this stage have a tour of the school, and there will also be the opportunity to meet key staff and see the Head’s accommodation.

• Candidates will be asked to bring with them the documents for a safeguarding check and the originals of their academic qualifications certificates. Queen Ethelburga’s is committed

APPLICATION PROCESS

to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

How to applyCandidates wishing to apply should:

• Visit the AMC website, clicking on the link ‘Apply Now (for current vacancies)’ and complete the online form.

• Upload a CV and a brief covering letter to complete the application process.

• If you encounter difficulty with the online procedure, please contact: nikki@anthonymillard. co.uk or telephone +44(0)203 4275414.

• Applications will be acknowledged and then evaluated against the selection criteria.

• The letter of application should contain the names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three referees to include your current and past direct line manager.

• Full references will be required for the short list interviews, but will only be taken up when AMC has received specific consent from candidates to do so.

Anthony Millard ConsultingAnthony Millard Consulting was established in 2004 to provide the British education sector, both in the UK and internationally, with first class strategic and recruitment consultancy.

In addition to managing the search and selection of Principals, Heads, Bursars, Marketing and Development Directors, advice is provided on governance, management structures, appraisal, development planning, marketing / PR and fundraising.

Our clients range from top international and independent schools to state comprehensive

schools, to public and private companies involved in education. These clients are located globally and a list of them can be found on AMC’s website.

Further information is available at www.anthonymillard.co.uk


Thorpe Underwood Estate, York, YO26 9SS Tel: 01423 333 330 www.qe.org

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