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Proactive search. No stone left unturned.

Proactive search.No stone left unturned.

A rigorous, tailored search.

Senior leadership recruitment can feel complex, but we work alongside you at every stage — combining a rigorous search with expert support throughout.

Our approach is shaped around your context but typically follows these four core stages.

Our process

Clear, informed and focused

01

Understand

Understand

We begin by getting to know you — your values, your culture and what makes your organisation distinct. Together, we shape a shared understanding of the leader who will be the right fit, and translate that into a clear, compelling job description, person specification and marketing.

02

Search

Search

We combine striking national advertising and social media presence with targeted executive search, reaching leaders who may not be actively looking. This ensures a comprehensive search where no stone is left unturned.

03

Engage

Engage

We keep candidates engaged and well-informed throughout, helping them make confident decisions at every stage, resulting in more committed applicants. We recognise we are representing your organisation and its reputation as well as our own.

04

Appoint

Appoint

We provide guidance to support your shortlisting decisions and work with you to design an assessment and selection process that reflects your values and the specific requirements of the role.
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Client FAQs

What are the benefits of working with you rather than simply advertising the role?

These are important appointments and the market has changed. The people you want aren’t always looking at adverts. We work in partnership with you, adding capacity and additional expertise, to proactively search for candidates and engage them in a supportive way — to give you a much stronger response.

Most of our clients appoint first time — our success rate is over 95% — but if the field isn’t strong enough, we’ll be honest and recommend not appointing. We’ll work with you to agree the best next step and there’s no extra cost.

You won’t lose control of the process. We work in partnership — listening to what matters to you, offering honest advice, and providing constructive challenge where it adds value. We stay in regular contact, manage the workload, and keep everything moving. You’re fully supported throughout, but every key decision remains firmly with you.

Working with us will give you and your school/trust community the confidence you’ve explored the wider field. If the internal candidate is appointed, they gain the reassurance and credibility that comes from being tested against that external interest and from having worked through a robust process.

We work with a wide range of budgets and will always shape our approach to what’s realistic for you while meeting your needs. After an initial conversation, we’ll set out a clear proposal with a fixed fee — not a percentage of salary — so you know exactly what to expect.

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