Kenilworth School and Sports College

The Brief

• Kenilworth School appointed Cocentra to manage the whole selection process covering the appointment of a Deputy Headteacher

Cocentra Support

• Cocentra's Recruitment Consultants provided the school and governing body with direct support throughout the entire process by:
• defining the scope of the recruitment process, key timings and responsibilities
• creating and refining the job description
• determining an appropriate person specification
• specifying assessment criteria and the appointment process
• helping to specify and create the associated school documentation
• assessing applications against agreed criteria
• preparing long and short lists
• developing and running a wide range of assessment activities to explore the strengths and weaknesses of shortlisted candidates
• securing verbal feedback from referees
• managing the two day formal appointment process
• Cocentra's recruitment process resulted in the successful appointment of a new Deputy Headteacher by:
• ensuring governors' time was spent on selection and not administration
• providing secure focused assessment processes matched to school needs
• delivering a value added solution which can be re-used for future appointments

Microsite Usage

• A microsite was established incorporating the schools colours and logo
• Cocentra assisted in the wording, design and placement of the TES advert
• Potential candidates benefitted from easy access via the microsite to detailed information about the school, the vacancies and the Kenilworth area
• Most candidate applications were routed directly via the microsite which provided simple cost effective administrative tracking control and also acted as a high level assessment filter

For further details please contact Louise by email, or phone 0845 009 4020