Head of Foundation
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- Employer:
- The King's School in Macclesfield
- Location:
- Macclesfield
- Salary:
- Highly competitive
- Closing date:
- 6pm on Sunday 17th May 2026
- Job Ref:
- GSe131542
Description
The Governors of The King’s School in Macclesfield invite applications for the role of Head of Foundation for September 2027. Jason Slack will be retiring after an enormously successful tenure which has seen us move to our state-of-the-art campus in 2020, when we became a fully co-educational school. We are passionate about our holistic educational offering for over 1330 pupils and aspire to be the best school in the north.
We are looking for an innovative and inspirational leader to shape the next decade and beyond with our remarkable school, building on everything that Jason has achieved with our community. If you have led in a high performing, large-scale school in either the independent or the state sector in the UK or overseas as a Head, Section Head or Deputy Head, and are passionate about holistic education, life-changing bursaries and taking an already exceptional school to the next level of excellence, we would love to hear from you.
We are working with GatenbySanderson on this crucial appointment. Our advisors Rosemary Baylis-West (rosemary.baylis-west@gatenbysanderson.com) and Sophie Hester (sophie.hester@gatenbysanderson.com) would be delighted to offer a confidential exploratory conversation. The closing date for applications via the campaign website is on Sunday 17th May 2026 at 18.00.
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How to Apply
The search for our new Head of Foundation is being supported by GatenbySanderson and the appointee will be selected by a Panel chaired by our Board Chair, Juliette White.
Our advisors at GatenbySanderson will be delighted to offer you a confidential exploratory conversation to bring the role further to life for you, explore your suitability in greater detail, and support you through the application process if you feel a mutual fit with the role and our school.
- Rosemary Baylis-West rosemary.baylis-west@gatenbysanderson.com
- Sophie Hester sophie.hester@gatenbysanderson.com
A CV, a letter of application addressed to Juliette White, Chair of the Board, and the School’s application form completed in full must be submitted to GatenbySanderson by 6pm on Sunday 17th May 2026.
To accompany your application, and to help bring it to life, we would like you to record a short video (of no more than 3 minutes in length) using the following link: https://myint.video/avaASVu3i8 (please copy and paste this link into a word browser)
In your video, please share with us why you would like to be our next Head of Foundation.
You will have the opportunity to practice recording a video and to test your equipment using two practice questions. These recordings are not submitted and are for practice purposes only. Once you’ve completed the practice questions, click “I’m ready, proceed to start.” You will then move on to the actual question, where you can record 5 takes and submit the version you are most satisfied with.