Accountable for complying with the Learning quality and financial sustainability of the school in charge, ensuring alignment with ISP Philosophy and Commitment to society
It educates students aged 2 to 18 and follows the UK national curriculum, offering IGCSEs and A-Levels, along with strong Spanish language integration. LES also provides a wide range of extracurricular activities, such as Model United Nations, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and marine conservation projects. It is consistently ranked among Spain’s top schools and is recognised for preparing students for both international and Spanish universities.
Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.
ISP Head Of School Key Responsibilities
You are responsible for the safety and wellbeing for all children and adults in your school. This includes all activities, functions and policies to ensure students and adults are kept safe both physically and mentally, enabling them to learn without barriers. Learning and Embedding Quality. You empower your teachers to focus on the quality of learning in your school, working in partnership with them to ensure progress towards the 9 criteria in the Learning Improvement Process. You see the quality of learning across all 5 key pillars of the learning offering as integral to the success of your school and its position as a School of Choice within the local community. Teachers’ professional learning and development thrives under your stewardship of the school. You identify who to bring together to leverage skills and ability and you use this to build and empower high calibre senior and middle leadership teams. You use your own insight and knowledge and seek others’ input to understand what this means within your local context. You create and lead on this strategy in partnership with your senior leadership team and ISP. You work closely with ISP regional marketing to optimise the branding of your school and communicate an inspiring vision of the offering to attract the right families and students as well as making current families ambassadors for the school. Commercial Success and KPIs. You understand your commercial responsibility for the school as Head, co-creating, owning and taking responsibility for your school delivering on its targets and KPIs (financial, learning, people and marketing). You drive the delivery of the parent and employee NPS and engagement surveys, taking actions where improvement is needed and to ensure good becomes even better.
As well as the formal mechanisms, such as surveys and assessments, you foster a culture of partnership based on effective, regular direct communication and two-way feedback between teachers and parents. Learning Focus including online platforms
PGCE, QTS certification + Master and desirable PHD in Education
ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
School • Alicante, Kingdom Of Spain, España