Rowntree Montessori Schools seamlessly blend Montessori-influenced principles with innovative educational strategies, fostering exceptional academic achievement and personal growth. We nurture future leaders by promoting a spirit of community service, strengthening character, and encouraging responsible global citizenship.

Rowntree Montessori

Schools is a member of the International Schools Partnership (ISP), a consortium of high performing international schools located across the globe. 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. 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 protected 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. •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. •Drive improvement through evidence-based data, evaluation and teacher development systems. •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. •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. •Use parent feedback and sentiment to drive action planning and parent engagement. •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 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. Strategic planning •Safeguarding and Child Protection management •Emotional intelligence •Building community •Performance management •Data-driven decision-making •Pay Range: We anticipate the salary range to be $150,000-$200,000 CAD. An individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors which include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. ~ Extended benefits may be offered to eligible employees including PTO, company paid holidays, and other insurances.

Begin with our children and students Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.

We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement. ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including an online due diligence search, references and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history. ISP Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics.

📌 Principal / Head of School (Brampton)
🏢 International Schools Partnership
📍 Brampton