Governors/Employers

"The quality of the school leaders is the biggest single factor in determining the future success or failure of any school. Appointing a new school teacher or leader is the most important investment a governing body is likely to make."

The salary cost alone for a school leader over this long term investment is substantial. Combine this with the fact that the appointed leader will have a serious impact on the development of a large number of children, and you can see why appointing the best school leader for your school is so critical.

We specialise in identifying and attracting the best leaders for schools on behalf of governing bodies.

That doesn't just mean advertising the position. Most high quality leaders do not read job adverts for other leaderships positions, they are too busy doing a good job where they are. They will however show an interest in another leadership if it is presented to them in the right way. That is what we do.

We attract the best people out there for your school - not just those who happen to have read your advertisement. This modern, pro-active approach is changing the way governing bodies are recruiting school leaders for their schools.

We offer a complete recruitment appointment package, working in partnership with you from the succession planning phase through to the successful integration of your new school leader.

We can design and organise the whole selection process for you, all tailored of course, with your specific requirements in mind. This includes working with the school's governing body and coordinating their involvement at the appropriate points in the process.

Why choose Areté?

• We use modern, pro-active search techniques to specifically target the best candidates out there for your school.
• A free, no obligation consultation and advisory service.
• We take care of the entire recruitment process and work in partnership with you throughout.
• We offer an analysis of your schools needs in the context of current trends in education recruitment and school development. This is to ensure you recruit the best candidate suited to the future plans of the school rather than one that meets the needs of the past.
• All candidates who get through to the final selection stage have been interview screened beforehand. This ensures that valuable final selection places are not decided just by looking at a cv and covering letter.
• When you work with us, you commit yourselves into the hands of the trusted specialists who serve to achieve the full potential of children in your school by selecting the right leader.