Friday, 21 August 2009

Coombeshead College, Newton Abbot

Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1PT
A Specialist Media Arts College
http://www.coombeshead.devon.sch.uk/
Group: 7 - ISR: L29 - L35
The post of PRINCIPAL will be advertised in the TES on 11 September 2009. The successful candidate will be required to take up post at the beginning of the Summer term 2010.
Interviews are scheduled for 9, 10 and 11 November 2009.
Coombeshead College is a large comprehensive school with 1400+ students on roll, including a lively sixth form, situated in the pleasant market town of Newton Abbot between Dartmoor and the South Devon coast.
It is a specialist media-arts and training school, a foundation trust school with partners: BBC; British Council; Exeter University; Phoenix Education Trust and Sustainability South West. It has recently developed its campus which now includes a 300 seat theatre, a community sport hall, a new teaching block and television and radio studios. The college has national and international partnerships and looks to achieve significant involvement in the local community.
The new principal will have the drive and vision to lead the school to further improve standards ( last Ofsted was satisfactory), the personality to communicate effectively with all stakeholders and to develop our established partnerships.

An application pack will be available from Devon Learning and Development Partnership after the 8 September 2009. Email: admin.headships@devon.gov.uk Tel: 01392 385249.
The college governors and Devon County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and this appointment will be subject to an enhanced CRB check.