Tl;dr
bina, a fast-growing digitally native international school, is looking for a head of school. As Head of School, you'll drive the vision for educational excellence, ensuring innovative pedagogy, cohesive practices, and high-quality learning experiences across the school. You'll lead a team of educators, oversee operations, foster community trust, and collaborate to advance cutting-edge educational strategies, shaping a transformative, student-centred future. Please send your CV and CL (please use your human words:) to noam@bina.school with the title “Head of school” in the email.
What is bina
bina is a global, digitally native school for 4-12-year-olds (and their adults!). It offers internationally accredited and expert-led education to families who demand more attention, accessibility, and a global perspective. 100+ families trust our flexible, home-based precision education approach in >30 countries. We grew 4.5x YoY and reached $1M ARR. We expect to grow tenfold in the next 2 years while creating a unique multiplayer learning environment where children and educators from across the globe learn, collaborate, and grow together in real-time daily
Job to be done
You'll lead the pedagogical and methodological vision as the Head of School. You'll support the educators to ensure educational eminence, drive research-based practices into the classrooms, ensure quality and equity, and craft educational cohesiveness throughout the school (its teams, functions, and time zones). You'll oversee school operations, from pedagogy and teacher development to community engagement and strategic planning. You'll ideate and collaborate with RnD and craft vastly new educational experiences. Here's what that looks like:
Shape and drive educational excellence
* Set the tone for the students' socio-emotional growth and academic rigour by developing, implementing, and championing bina's unique pedagogy.
* Observe, enrich and enhance classroom teaching practices, guaranteeing comprehensive, school-wide coherent, and outrageously fun learning experiences.
Inspire and lead the team
* Oversee the educators' team growth (and vibes!) to ensure these align with our mission.
* Recruit, mentor, and retain top teaching talent and support roles.
* Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture where every team member feels heard, seen and known.
* Our educators are deeply valued, and their perspectives are mission-critical. It is your role to ensure we build bina according to their guidance.
* Lead professional development initiatives to elevate the skills and capabilities of your team continuously.
Oversee school operations
* Manage day-to-day operations to ensure smooth, efficient, and respectful school functioning.
* Develop and execute strategic plans to drive enrollment, retention, teacher and student agency and success.
* Take ownership of school-related budgets and resources optimizing them for maximum impact
* Lead international accreditation initiatives
Build strong relationships
* Create a welcoming and supportive environment for students and their families.
* Proactively hunt for and address concerns and feedback, maintaining trust and alignment with the school's mission.
* Support collaborations with education for and non-profit organizations.
Advance bina's vision
* Hyper focused on student, family and educators’ experiences, your key goal is to ever study, test and iterate to craft and perfect those, ensure that those are meaningful and magical.
* Collaborate with the strategy team to align school goals with organizational strategy.
* Be a key contributor to shaping the future of education, advocating for innovation and excellence, staying abreast of global educational developments through thought leadership.
* Use data and insights to continuously refine practices, ensuring we keep pushing the upper boundaries in what primary education is and can be.
KPI’s year 1 →
Students experience a play-based environment where students achieve academic and socio-emotional growth. Teachers are supported and collaborate effectively, while families trust Bina as a partner in education and parenting. The school operates efficiently, secures international accreditations, and collaborates with educational organizations, establishing itself as an innovative and impactful institution.
* Educational excellence/pedagogy
* Establish a tool/process of 360-degree measurement of academic and social-emotional performance from the point of view of: students, families, educators, and the bina system.
* Define how we measure and signal bina’s educational excellence to the outside world
* Develop a regular quality assurance system, including class recording reviews, peer-to-peer evaluation, etc.
* Edu team management
* Lead the recruitment of ≈30 teachers and co-teachers in 2025
* Manage a team of up to 60 educators (incl. time zone leads, SEN specialists, and subbing co’s) by the end of 2025 (growing up to 150 in 2026)
* Retain 90%+ of the team
* Ensure high satisfaction levels of the team (measurement to be implemented)
* All educators have personal PD (professional development) goals defined
* School ops
* Define and implement school satisfaction measurements by all stakeholders (educators, students, families)
* Maintain at least 65+ NPS with families working together with the Family Care team
* Co-lead Gross Profit goals according to bina budget
* bina’s vision
* 2Y holistic educational strategy developed
* Business development support in
* IB/Cambridge accreditation
* ESA integration
* NGO partnerships implementation
What You Bring
* Proven success as an international primary school head, managing teams of 50+ educators across diverse cultural contexts, with a strong record of leading innovative, student-centred schools.
* Extensive experience in pedagogy and methodology development, implementing play-based and project-based curricula, and overseeing school-wide transformations in curriculum, pedagogy, and operational frameworks.
* Demonstrated leadership in launching and scaling schools from inception to maturity, including growing enrollment to 400+ students and achieving Cambridge/IB accreditations.
* Skilled in running research and development within school settings to drive innovative practices and improve teaching, learning, and operational outcomes.
* Exceptional communication and organizational abilities, inspiring diverse teams through agency and collaboration, and fostering high satisfaction levels among educators, parents, and students, as evidenced by reference calls.
* Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach, adept at navigating change management, problem-solving, and driving innovation to enhance school operations and educational experiences.
* Passionate about transforming education through global citizenship, innovative curriculum design, and impactful learning experiences for students, educators, and families.