Headteacher

**Salary**:
Competitive

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
August 2025 or earlier if possible

11 February 2025

**Job overview**:
**Our school**:
Open Sky International is a French and English bilingual private school, situated in Boulogne-Billancourt on the outskirts of Paris. The school opened in 2012 for early years and primary pupils, and currently welcomes children and students from the maternelle (or early years) classes up to the cohort of Première (or Year 12 in the British system). Older students take a mix of GCSE, IGCSE, International A level and A level examinations and the school’s first Terminale or Year 13 class will open in September 2025. All learners follow a bilingual timetable, taking approximately half of their classes in French and half in English. The school is owned and managed by a husband and wife team, and the owners play a significant role in the school’s day-to-day operations and decision making processes.

Our vision is to provide a bilingual education of excellence to our pupils, and our academic programme is built on the strongest aspects of a range of international curricula and teaching and learning methodology. We have high expectations from the onset for all pupils and we aim for our curriculum to be rigorous, broad and engaging. Class sizes across the school are small and our pupils are courteous, hard-working and motivated. We are a fully international school, catering for both French and expatriate families, and we are proud of our multicultural school community. Our staff at all levels are enthusiastic and passionate about education and possess a sound understanding of best practice.

**Our new Headteacher**:
We are now looking for a Headteacher to manage the maternelle, primary and secondary sections of the school. The Headteacher will be a member of the senior leadership team and will have overall responsibility for the day-to-day management and organisation of the school. He or she will manage the teaching team in the broadest sense and ensure that all areas of the school follow the curriculum, teaching methods and educational standards outlined by OSI’s owners.
- A high level of spoken and written French and English.
- A minimum of five years in a senior management position.
- A thorough knowledge of the expectations, curriculum and qualifications of the British education system.
- Ideally an appropriate senior leadership and management qualification.

In addition, the Headteacher is expected to:

- Have the ability to inspire, enthuse and support others.
- Possess a strong understanding of the commercial aspects of the role.
- Show ambition, energy, enthusiasm, determination and drive.
- Be a highly competent communicator (both verbally and in writing), with the confidence to engage meaningfully with different audiences.
- Be able to prioritise and work successfully under pressure.
- Be flexible and have the capacity to adapt to any given situation, and react decisively and positively.
- Consider themselves as members of a team and aim to work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels.

**What does OSI offer?**:
**How to apply**:
**Safeguarding Statement**:
**About**Open Sky International France**:
**Open Sky International France**
- 7-9 rue Castéja, Boulogne-Billancourt
- 92100
- France

+33 45 273 756

Open Sky International schools prepare pupils to succeed in a rapidly changing, competitive and multicultural world. We have a real passion for education and our curriculum, teaching and learning methodology are built on the strongest aspects of a range of international curricula. We have high expectations and standards from the beginning for all children and we aim for our curriculum to be rigorous, broad and engaging. We understand that children are powerful learners, and we are confident that every child will make progress with the right strategies and support. This is why we do not practise selection at the admissions stage; instead, we believe that the role of a school is to enable all of its students to realise their potential.

Our curriculum targets both academic excellence and children’s personal development. We believe that academic excellence is compatible with children being fulfilled at school and respect, work, effort and critical thinking are all core elements of our philosophy.

Mastering languages is the key to cultures and to culture. Our group educational vision is for all pupils to achieve equal oral and written proficiency in French and English by the time they leave school. In addition, we believe that exposure to international cultures helps children to develop critical thinking and a set of values free of prejudice. We aim to provide children with the tools they will need to make the right choices in an open and globalised world, so that they can succeed in France or elsewhere. Our curriculum framework at all stages has been carefully designed to achieve this vision.