About Us

Appointing a new school leader is the most important investment a governing body is likely to make. When organisations try to recruit themselves the cost is high, but with no guarantees of success. Schools, Academies and Colleges that use Areté, increase the likelihood of success, by bringing the focused expertise of recruitment specialists to the task, making this the value for money option.

Areté is a specialist consultancy dedicated solely to leadership recruitment in education including:

Headteachers
Deputy Headteachers
Assistant Heads
Heads of Departments
Business Managers

We locate and recruit the very best people for the education teams in:

Primary Schools
Secondary Schools
Special Schools
Further Education Colleges

The classical Greek philosophers had a single word meaning 'being the best you can be' or 'reaching your highest human potential'. That word was Areté, and it is this word that underpins the ethos of our company, which is to find the leaders who will best lead schools, colleges and students to achieve their highest potential.

Leaving recruitment to chance is not the Areté way. Your school or college deserves the best leadership teams. Trusted specialists delivering management solutions to leaders in learning.

We can design, organise and manage the whole selection process for you. The extent of our involvement is entirely up to you and we will be pleased to work with the local authority if you wish. Above all, we recognise the paramount importance of confidentiality where the future careers of individuals are concerned. Our selection processes are inclusive and non-discriminatory.

Our guarantee is that you will only pay the full fee when you are 100 per cent satisfied with the person we find. You have nothing to lose by assigning Areté to your next teacher or leadership vacancy. Contact Areté now and take the chance out of recruitment.

Areté Leaders is a specialist division of Select Education Plc, a company registered in the UK with company number 3403530

Registered Address:

2nd Floor Churchill House,

26-30 Upper Marlborough Road,

St Albans,

Hertfordshire,

AL1 3UU

United Kingdom

VAT Number: 492 4357 26