Head of School

Job Description

Lake Mary Preparatory School (LMP) empowers students to achieve confidently and lead with purpose. As part of International Schools Partnership - a global network of 100+ schools - LMP combines a rigorous academic program with a supportive, inclusive, and globally diverse community. Recognized as an AP Capstone™ and AP School Honor Roll Platinum, we offer 21 AP courses and consistently strong performance on national benchmarks. Through leadership development, dynamic arts and athletics, and real-world learning experiences, students grow academically, socially, and emotionally. LMP graduates are prepared not just for college - but for life.

Purpose of Role

The ISP Principal / Head of School leads with vision and integrity, fostering a safe, inclusive and supportive school culture where learning thrives. By working collaboratively with their team, parents, and the wider ISP network, they position the school as a "School of Choice" that delivers exceptional learning experiences and outcomes, translating into increased enrolment growth and higher student retention. Their responsibilities span safeguarding, driving teaching quality through evidence-based improvement, strategic planning, community engagement, and commercial performance. Parents/carers and students recognise and endorse the school for Amazing Learning and teachers' professional learning and development thrives under their stewardship of the school. The ISP Principal / Head of School reports to the Regional Managing Director (RMD).

ISP Principal / Head of School Key Responsibilities

All sections weighted equally at 25% from a performance perspective.

People Development and Wellbeing (25%)

• Be responsible for the safety and wellbeing of all students and adults in your school, including all activities, functions and policies to ensure students and adults are kept safe both physically and mentally, enabling them to learn without barriers.
• Lead your school with vision, empathy and integrity.
• Build strong, empowered leadership teams through recruitment, development and succession planning.
• Leverage ISP's leadership programmes and Learning Hub platform to grow talent at all levels.
• Lead and be accountable for the impact of the school's annual performance and development cycle, ensuring that all leaders are directly supported through rigorous goal-setting, progress reviews and professional growth planning.
• Oversee the broader teacher development process to ensure every teacher receives meaningful feedback and tailored development.
• Champion employee engagement by modelling and fostering an open culture and an inclusive and collaborative atmosphere.

Student Learning outcomes (25%)

• Prioritize students and their safety and learning first, always.
• Be accountable for the quality of learning, progress and achievement by the relentless improvement of student outcomes and ISP Learning KPIs, using data to inform strategy and interventions.
• Lead, promote and drive ISP's Learning.First Framework through embedding the Learning Improvement Process (LIP), prioritizing the 5 Key Learning Pillars, leveraging the EdTech tools and the ISP AI toolkit and Professional Learning.
• Drive improvement through evidence-based data, evaluation and teacher development systems.
• Lead the curriculum strategy to ensure relevance, challenge and alignment with student needs, parent priorities and Future Pathways.
• Work in partnership with the Regional Learning Director to drive the improvement of learning and teaching across the school.

Grow Community and Deliver Exceptional Customer Service and Experience (25%)

• Focus fully on delivering ISP's School of Choice strategy, adapting it to your local context.
• Promote and model the ISP Purpose and Principles ensuring these are visible through your daily actions and the actions of your leadership team and colleagues.
• Promote and advocate for ISP Learning.First, the 5 Key Learning Pillars and ISP's Strategic Initiatives to drive strategic school development and create value and trust in the community.
• Possess a clear understanding of the school's market and catchment, new and existing target audiences and understand how best to reach and engage with them, to ensure we maximise student retention and enrolment.
• Collaborate with broader ISP teams to optimise branding, communications and enrolments.
• Use parent feedback and sentiment to drive action planning and parent engagement.
• Foster a culture of partnership based on effective, regular direct communication and two-way feedback between teachers and parents.
• Be accessible to parents and carers, ensure their individual needs are understood and involved as valued members of the school's learning community.

Commercial Success (25%)

• Own and take responsibility for delivering on the schools' commercial targets and KPIs (financial, learning, people, marketing, health & safety and safeguarding).Organise and manage all school resources efficiently to drive profitability, ensuring efficient staffing allocation.Drive progress towards enrolment growth and income generation KPIs, to achievement financial goals.Drive improvement of parent and employee NPS, satisfaction and engagement surveys.Drive and support the school team to ensure school commercial and EBITDA targets are met.

Key Skills
• Strategic planning
• Educational leadership
• Safeguarding and Child Protection management
• Inclusive leadership
• Emotional intelligence
• Building community
• Stakeholder engagement
• Team development
• Performance management
• Engaging communication
• Data-driven decision-making
• Marketing insights
• Financial acumen
• Change management
• Collaborative mindset

Physical Requirements: The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: some lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling.

Benefits: We offer a benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.