Bow School, Tower Hamlets

The Brief

• Bow School appointed Cocentra to manage the whole selection process covering the appointment of their new Head Teacher

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 Head Teacher 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 Bow 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 call Andrew Best on 07917 080201 or email andy.best@cocentra.com