We are looking for an inspirational, ambitious and outstanding leader to take on our Head of Pre-Prep role. This is a unique opportunity for a dynamic and imaginative practitioner to lead a school of 180 pupils from Nursery – Year 2. The right person will be a passionate advocate for Heath Mount’s ‘whole child’ educational ethos and will understand and value the importance of the early years in a child’s life. The Head of Pre-Prep will be part of Heath Mount’s Senior Management Team but will be responsible for creating an environment that provides outstanding learning opportunities every day. This means leading on safeguarding, teaching, planning and assessment, curriculum design and pastoral care as well as having responsibility for communications with parents, the Head and the Governing Body.
The Head will be responsible for cultivating the passion and enthusiasm of an outstanding team of 30 staff members as well as working closely with specialist staff members for Forest School, swimming, drama, music, art, sport and computing. Our Pre-Prep Team has been recognised for its achievements in obtaining the EYFS Herts for Learning Gold Award and the new Head of Pre-Prep would be expected to maintain and extend this excellence in teaching and learning for every pupil.
Heath Mount is an advanced user of the Learning Power Approach, which is embedded throughout our School Curriculum. Working at Heath Mount provides teachers and leaders with the opportunity to become pioneers in this innovative, hugely respected educational thought science. This unique and ground-breaking method makes even the best teachers better and we continue to work closely with our parents and wider community to embed it all of our pupils' learning opportunities.
We believe in exploring potential at every level, so if you have the ambition, imagination and energy to take on this role but may not feel you meet all the criteria we would like to hear from you and are happy to explore the opportunity through an informal chat in the first instance.
Working with our youngest pupils is an enormous privilege and great fun – we’re excited to help shape children’s first educational experiences and look forward to meeting people who share our passion and enthusiasm for Key Stage 1 and Early Years Education. We look forward to receiving your application.
Further details and an Application Form can be downloaded from www.heathmount.org.
We reserve the right to interview before the closing date, so candidates are advised to apply as soon as possible.
The closing date is 9.00am Monday, 24th February 2025.
Please email your completed application form to: Caroline Morter at HR@heathmount.org.
Job Summary
Location:
Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire
Competitive
Heath Mount School
Woodhall Park
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG14 3NG
England
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