Jonathan Ullmer MBE MA, LRAM, FRSA, F.Coll.P, ACP, Dip Arts, NPQH
6, Kingsley Court, 73 New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent. CT1 3DZ. UK Tel: 07825 395584. e-mail: jjullmer@msn.com
Profile: An enthusiastic and determined leader with a proven track record of success at the highest levels, working with teams in a national and international context. Key Achievements and Background: ● Founding Director of Education for the CATS Colleges. Led two schools from unsatisfactory to Excellent with leadership described by UK Inspectors as ‘Outstanding’. Involved in the setting up of two additional international Colleges in London and Boston as well as transforming the UK CATS Schools and have negotiated on a new college in China. In June 2014 awarded the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty the Queen ‘for services to education’ and as part of Cambridge Education Group later that year we were awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise. ● As Principal of an international IB World School in Canterbury also teaching A level, GCSE and Foundation, the college has doubled in size since my arrival. I expanded the age range to take in younger students and at our recent inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate the school was graded as ‘Excellent’ in every single area. ● In the 2016 Times Educational Independent School Awards, my college is shortlisted for Outstanding 6th Form Provision, Strategic Educational Initiative of the Year and Boarding Initiative of the Year. With the 2016 Independent Schools Association Awards we are shortlisted for the ISA IT Award and the award for Outstanding contribution to International understanding. We have been shortlisted with the Times in a previous year for Outstanding Senior Leadership and for Independent School of the Year. ● I am a Director of the Temple Grove Trust which works alongside the Haberdasher Schools on all through education from kindergarten to 6th form and which also runs its own primary academy. ● My own international background is strong, having studied my Masters in North America, I now head an international school offering 26 different native languages within the IB in a college encompassing nearly 60 different nationalities. Almost all students take the Bi-lingual Baccalaureate. I am an honorary Governor of a school in Kazakhstan and my sister has worked supporting children in rural schools in Pakistan for many years. CATS Canterbury holds the International Schools Award and we have vibrant curriculum links with other schools all over the world. In 2015 we were given the International Schools Award for Outstanding work by the British Council. ● I have overseen powerful and successful university partnerships for CATS. In 2014-15 there were over 160 University visits to CATS Canterbury including Imperial, LSE, Oxford, Cambridge and almost all the Times top 20. International university visits included Hong Kong, Sydney, Hult, New York and British Columbia. Two University Fairs are held exclusively for our students over the year and we host weekly university visits to the college throughout the year which ensure every one of our students is offered a university place and a high percentage go on to world ranked universities every year. ● I have led the CATS Colleges in the development of policy and practice, setting up key policies across all the colleges ensuring consistency and effective practice. I launched the CATS Leadership Award, worth 70 UK University (UCAS) points and offer up to ten different leadership awards in the college with Global Leadership Days involving students in every part of college life and the local