HoD interview tomorrow - how to explain my decision to leave?

[dragonator]

Haven't been interviewed for years and years. Am already a Hod, but only since Sept. I have been at my school a long time, and am leaving, or trying to, because of vision (lack of it) and leadership (lack of it). Head is quite new in post. How do I answer the inevitable 'why do you want to leave?' question without sounding negative and unprofessional? I'm essentially leaving just after reaching the post I had obviously been working towards, which has got to look odd.

Any advice would be great.

Could not say that you really want to work at this school. So when the role came up you had to go for it even though you haven’t been in post at current school for long. They must not mind too much as they wouldn’t have called you for interview otherwise. Good luck!

Yeah i'm a recruiter.
I would emphasise the pull factor of this particular school rather than the push factors from your current school.
Just say positive stuff. And I'd be saying stuff like "I wasn't actively looking for an opportunity but..."

They don't tend to ask why you want to leave your current job; the focus is very much on why you want this one. I was very honest in my last interview that there were no reasons at all to leave my previous post, but that I very much wanted to work in the new school.

Good luck