SLE Handbook

Cabot Learning Federation

Specialist Leaders

In

Education

OUR TEAM

Louisa Aldridge

SLE specialism

Curriculum Leadership and Science

School and job role

Louisa is the Assistant Principal for Continuing Professional Development at King’s Oak

Academy

Areas of expertise

Louisa has expertise in the following areas:

• Improving student attainment.

• Raising standards of learning and teaching.

• Subject and faculty leadership.

• Raising aspiration and student participation in science.

• Tracking pupil progress.

• Curriculum design.

Recent examples of work with other schools

• Analysing data and setting up data tracking systems to facilitate effective intervention.

• Curriculum leader and teacher coaching.

• Ofsted training across the academies.

• Sharing best practice workshops.

• KS3 Curriculum Design

Helen Angell

SLE specialism

Raising Attainment in English and Whole School Literacy.

Helen is a Member of the Cabot Learning Federation Raising Achievement Team.

Areas of expertise

Helen has expertise in the following areas:

• Bespoke student intervention at GCSE and Key Stage 5 as a method for short term

improvement.

• English Department improvement through team teaching and planning, developing

teaching and learning and individual staff coaching as a method for sustainable

improvement.

• English subject leader support.

• Whole school Literacy auditing and action planning.

• Literacy training for non-English teaching staff.

• Developing subject specific Literacy within non-English departments and classrooms.


• GCSE and KS5 bespoke Student Intervention at the CLF academies (BBA, BMA,

JCA, KOA, Culverhay School).

• Development of links and relationships between English teams across the CLF

through shared meetings, workshops and activities.

• Literacy training sessions and workshops in Primary and Secondary settings (CLF

Conferences, BBA, BMA, Begbrook Primary School).

• Whole School Literacy auditing, action planning, monitoring and evaluation

(Brockworth Enterprise School, BMA, Two Mile Hill Primary School).

• Individual staff coaching, team teaching and planning (BBA, BMA, JCA).

• Subject specific Literacy development (Science at Fairfield High School, PBL at

BBA, support for the Year 11 mentor at BMA, Brockworth Enterprise School).

• Cross phase Literacy development within the CLF alongside the Primary Hub Leader.

• Planning and delivery of CLF INSET day for all CLF English teachers including

resource sharing, developing teaching and learning, raising attainment and the

development of a CLF English online resource bank.

Chris Baker

SLE specialism

Teaching & Learning

School and job role

Chris is the leader of the CLF – UWE ITT programme at The Cabot Learning Federation

Areas of expertise

Chris has expertise in the following areas:

• Teaching & Learning under the new Ofsted framework

• Transition from satisfactory to outstanding teaching

• Questioning skills

• Use of technology

• Emotional Intelligence


• Working with partner primaries on use of technology

• CPD delivery for Questioning & New Ofsted framework

Lucy Barraclough

SLE specialism

Product Design Textiles.

School and job role

Lucy is Leader of Textiles and Catering at John Cabot Academy.

Areas of expertise

Lucy has expertise in the following areas:

• Curriculum development,; KS3, KS4, KS5 in Product Design Textiles and Textile

Art.

• Teaching and Learning of Product Design/Textile Technology.

• Encouragement of boys take up at KS4.

• How to develop awareness of industrial and commercial practice in the classroom.

• How to develop creativity.


• Introduction of KS3 Textiles at a new Academy.

• Developing and advising upon staff training, equipment and schemes of work.

Katrina Boyle

SLE specialism

Behaviour for Learning.

School and job role

Katrina is Lead for Engagement and Motivation and Head of Phase 3 at The Bridge Learning

Campus.

Areas of expertise

Katrina has expertise in the following areas:

• Developing systems for effective behaviour management.

• Staff CPD – classroom management, dealing proactively with behaviour in lessons.

• Distributing leadership for behaviour.

• Innovative teaching styles.

• Improving behaviour across the whole school.


• Working with on-site primary for consistency of practice across both schools.

Robert Boyd

SLE specialism

Subject Leadership, D&T and Raising standards.

School and job role

Robert is Head of Design Technology at Bristol Brunel Academy.

Areas of expertise

Robert has expertise in the following areas:

• Pupil Achievement and Leadership and Management

• Tracking pupil progress.

• KS3/4 and 5 D&T.

• Quality standards.


• Supporting and coaching Team leaders/HoD.


• Work with Bristol secondary (D&T Dept) school to develop pupil progress and

effective schemes of learning.

• Developing and coaching head of department.

• Supporting to develop effective data tracking systems.

Diana Burt

SLE specialism

Special Educational Needs

School and Role

King’s Oak Academy, SENCo and PLC Leader [Personalised Learning Community]

Areas of Expertise

• SEN – identification and communication of needs

• Training – for teachers and support staff

• Transition [KS2-KS3]

• Differentiation

• Personalising learning

• Progress tracking

• Formed a CLF wide Secondary SENCO network.


• Coaching with SENCo at BCA. Identifying priorities for development and action-

planning.

• Supervised ITT student’s placements with King’s Oak Jan and June 2013.

Vorneen Carter

SLE specialism

Literacy, Assessment and Phonics.

School and job role

Vorneen is an Assistant Headteacher Lead – Phase 1 at Bridge Learning Campus.

Areas of expertise

Vorneen has expertise in the following areas:

• Raising attainment and standards in literacy.

• Implementation of reading hour including phonics and guided reading.

• Whole school assessment procedures.

• Data and gap analysis leading to staff action planning.


• Collaborative development of reading and phonics with Phase Three (Year 8 and 9).

• Guest speaker for UWE on topic of literacy.

• Working with Pearson Education to use a range of reading materials (inc promotional

teaching films) that are being used nationwide.

Don Collins

SLE specialism

Subject Leadership, Literacy, Curriculum development and NQT/ Student support.

School and job role

Don is a Deputy Headteacher at Ashley Down Primary School.

Areas of expertise

Don has expertise in the following areas:

Pupil achievement and leadership and management

• Tracking pupil progress and supporting next step target-setting

• Subject Leadership.

• Raising achievement and standards in Literacy.

• Establishing creative practices in Literacy.

Curriculum Development

• Making purposeful links between subjects.

• Developing learning skills.

Student/ NQT support

• Lesson observation and feedback.

• Establishing support programmes/ Induction.


• Supporting the development of literacy in other schools, particular focus on visual literacy.

• Supporting other school s through the ‘Blink’ programme run through National Education

Trust.

• Recruitment of students onto the GTP programme run by GITEP.

Ben Cotton

SLE specialism

Able, Gifted and Talented and Teaching and learning.

School and job role

Ben is an Advanced Skills Teacher, Lead Practitioner and Head of Humanities at St

Katherine’s School

Areas of expertise

Ben has expertise in the following areas:

Able, Gifted and Talented

• Whole school ethos.

• Identification and tracking.

• Institutional quality standards.

• Classrooom quality standards.

Teaching and learning

• Networks/learning hubs.

• Facilitating action research.


• Facilitating the North Somerset A,G&T Network.

• Facilitating RGS Geography Network.

• Cluster coordinator for NS Lead Learning Programme.

• Working towards NACE Challenge Award.

Dorian Coxon

SLE specialism

Behaviour and Attendance

School and job role

Dorian is a Deputy Headteacher and Inclusion manager at Orchard School

Areas of expertise

Dorian has expertise in the following areas:

• Pastoral systems.

• Behaviour mechanisms.

• Reducing exclusions.

• Raising levels of attendance.

• Restorative practice.

• Self-evaluation.


• Advising other local secondary schools on change to vertical pastoral system (house

system).

• Supporting and tracking middle leaders at City of Bristol college in restorative

approaches.

• Advising secondary schools on use of behaviour data and internal systems to manage

behaviour.

Jayne Crosby

SLE specialism

Leadership, Subject Leadership, Intervention and Inclusion.

School and job role

Jayne is Leader of Home School at John Cabot Academy and is an Intervention specialist

across the Federation

Areas of expertise

Jayne has expertise in the following areas:

• GCSE C/D border line work.

• A/A* Gifted and Talented work.

• Intervention strategies in English.

• Outreach work.


• Work in National Challenge schools in 2009-2011 and school improvement work in

English Language.

• Working with departments with schools in special measures.

• Working with non specialists to train them to teach English.

Kay Davies

SLE specialism

World Affairs, Coaching and ITT

School and Role

History Teacher and Lead Coach

Areas of Expertise

World Affairs

• Leadership and Management, running an outstanding Curriculum area.

• Teaching and Learning Gifted and Talented

• Quality Standards

• Whole School inset

ITT

• Delivery of learning and Teaching Modules to Novice Teachers at Bath Spa

University

• SPT

• Mentor

Coaching

• Creating and evaluating processes and Supporting staff to move from Satisfactory to

Good


Initiating team teaching/collaboration across 5 Federation schools in World Affairs

Supporting Curriculum Leaders

Collaborative Federation Inset at M Shed

Planning for the FNN Nights

Susie Davis

SLE specialism

Leadership of behaviour and safety, attendance and pastoral care and guidance

School and job role

Susie is Director of Student Support at Bradley Stoke Community School

Areas of expertise

Susie has expertise in the following areas:

• Developing inclusive practice to improve behaviour and reduce exclusion.

• Leading on behaviour policy development and implementation.

• Developing whole school attendance policy and procedures.

• Engaging parents, including the hard to reach, through developing and delivering

parenting support.

• Social and emotional aspects of learning for students and parents.

• Leading on and developing anti-bullying approaches in school.

• Integrated working to improve student outcomes- including the use of CAF (Common

Assessment Framework).


Designated a Lead Behaviour School in 2010 and responsible for leading school to

school support under this remit

• Primary transition project to improve outcomes for vulnerable students.

• Primary school support to improve behaviour judgement from satisfactory to good.

• Secondary school support to improve behaviour judgement from satisfactory to good.

• Partnership work with the Local Authority to raise the profile of anti-bullying work

across secondary phase.

• Advising schools on delivering parenting programmes to support behaviour and

attendance improvement.

Benjamin Dilley

SLE specialism

Humanities, Middle Leadership, Using data to enhance learning and teaching & ITT

School and job role

Benjamin is an Assistant Head (Data for Teaching and Learning) at Abbeywood Community

School.

Areas of expertise

• Creating and implementing

Humanities

• Curriculum redesign

• Leadership and management- leading an outstanding Faculty area in a ‘challenging’

environment

• Improving learning and teaching

Middle Leadership

• Embedding lead practice

• Supporting staff to lead, manage and develop team members

Data

Carol Gair

SLE specialism

Subject specialism: CPD, NQT and ITT.

School and job role

Carol is an Advanced Skills Teacher (Professional Development)at Backwell School

Areas of expertise

Carol has expertise in the following areas:

• NQT training, development and support.

• ITT ~ SPT at Backwell School.

• CPD Leader at School.


• Running the NQT Induction Training programme for North Somerset, cross phase.

• Providing one to one support and coaching for NQTs struggling to meet Induction

Standards.

• Running training for Induction Tutors (Headteachers, Deputies and Heads of

Department).

• CPD for Recently Qualified Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Learning Mentors.

• Facilitation of Backwell Cluster Group development meeting.

• Leading Critical Skills Training at the City Academy Bristol.

Deborah Good

SLE specialism

Teaching and Learning, Post 16, Chemistry and Science

School and job role

Deborah is an Assistant Headteacher and Lead Teacher at The Castle School.

Areas of expertise

Deborah has expertise in the following areas:

Developing whole school approaches to teaching and learning:

• From Good to Outstanding.

• Raising attainment at Post 16.

• Mentoring/Coaching Subject Leaders.

• Self-Evaluation of T&L.

• Planning and delivering CPD.

• Team Teaching/planning.

• 1:1 `support.

• Lesson Observations.

• Effective questioning

• Literacy in Science.

• Effective written feedback

• Whole school work scrutiny

• Teacher as Researcher


• Supporting leadership in raising attainment at Post 16 across a selection of schools in

South Gloucestershire.

• Collaborative work with senior/middle leadership to raise attainment at KS4 in

Science in a partner school.

• Delivery of CPD to a cluster of South Gloucestershire schools with a focus on

assessment for learning.

• Individual support of colleagues to raise standards in their classrooms (Maths,

Science, ICT).

Paul Hill

SLE specialism

Subject specialism: Leadership, Teaching and Learning, Science and e-Learning

School and job role

Deputy Head at Colston’s School.

Areas of expertise

Paul has expertise in the following areas:

• E-learning strategy; design and implementation.

• CPD and Coaching.

• Subject and Faculty leadership.

• Raising attainment at Key Stage 5.

• Science (Consultant for OUP).

• Setting up STEM-related collaborations with Higher Education Institutions.

• Whole school revision programmes.

• BSF project management.


• Faculty Review for ICT.

• e-learning representative for BSF Wave 4 schools. European Commission-funded

‘Nanochannels’ project; working with 20 schools across Europe and Bristol

University:

www.nanochannels.eu/

www.guardian.co.uk/nanotechnology-world/nanotechnology-the-big-school-debate.

Coleen Litchfield

SLE specialism

Project based learning and Literacy

School and job role

Coleen is Team Leader for Project Based Learning and an English Teacher at Bristol Brunel

Academy

Areas of expertise

Coleen has expertise in the following areas:

• Developing literacy across the curriculum .

• Raising attainment and developing whole school approaches to standards in literacy

outside of the English classroom. .


• Supporting leadership with literacy across the curriculum.

• Developing a style of Project Based Learning within other schools.

Dianne Massey

SLE specialism

Behaviour management

School and job role

Dianne is the Personalised Learning Centre Manager and part of extended SLT at Bristol

Brunel Academy with responsibility for line managing LSA support staff and Phase 2 Year

achievement coordinators.

Areas of expertise

Dianne has expertise in the following areas:

• Behaviour management and tracking for the more challenging student to make

inclusion work.

• Developing tracking evidence.

• Parent support work and home communication.

• Promoting common language use.

• Alternative provision providers.

• Behaviour practise in the classroom with targeted teachers.

• Tracking behaviour across the years and working with year heads tracking behaviour.


• Working within the federation to support their version of a PLC.

• Delivering inset for language use and a common approach for federation schools.

• Delivering inset on behaviour for primary schools.

• Arranging and speaking to schools who are requesting a visit on the Bristol Brunel

approach.

• Advice on tracking approach and recording evidence.

David Morgan

SLE specialism

Subject Leadership, Transformative Leadership, ICT and Computing and Whole School

Digital Learning

School and job role

Leader of Computer Science and Associate Assistant Principal

Areas of expertise

• Whole School Digital Learning (it’s just learning!)

• Transforming subject area from ICT to Computing

• Leadership of Subject areas including

• Raising achievement in KS4/KS5

• Creating and maintaining realistic 21st Century KS3 Curricula

• Learning Dialogue

• Assessment and Dynamic Data

• Quality assurance with Specialists and Non-Specialist subject teachers

• Successful but Realistic School Website design and implementation

• Virtual Learning Environments in reality

• Mobile devices and BYOD Technology in the Classroom


• Organiser of the SWiT best practice ICT & Computing group

• Advising and supporting various other schools on transition from ICT to Computing at

all Key Stages

• Developing and facilitating best practice digital learning technology based on Moodle

• Author of ‘Freaked Out!: The Bewildered Teacher’s guide to digital learning’

http://amzn.to/WFgmzP

Michelle Moxham

SLE specialism

Primary Literacy and Quality of teaching

School and job role

Begbrook Primary Academy Literacy curriculum lead, Key 1 stage leader, Year 2 teacher.

INCo, Assistant Head

Areas of expertise

Raising standards in literacy

- Implementing literacy programmes across school – Guided reading, Talk for writing,

Phonics, Power of reading. Etc.

- Developing assessment - accurate levelling and moderation, next steps

- Quality of teaching - whole school approaches to teaching and learning.

Developing the role of the subject leader (From co-ordinator to leader)

Managing others – Performance management, key stage leadership


• Presented at a variety of Literacy subject leader conferences – case studies

• Led Guided Reading training for NQT’s – BCC

• Organised PAC moderation meeting – half day INSET

• Presented at CLF conference

• Hosted a number of visits from other schools looking at best practice in reading

(supporting other literacy leaders)

Member of reading steering team for BCC –planning future training across BCC schools

Sue Palmer

SLE specialism

Subject Leadership: Maths

School and job role

Sue is the Professional Tutor for PGCE students and NQTs and an AST in Teaching and

Learning

Areas of expertise

Sue has expertise in the following areas:

• Raising Achievement in Maths – in the classroom and at leadership level – KS3 and

KS4.

• Moving staff from satisfactory – good and good – outstanding.

• Supporting new and existing professional tutors.

• Whole school delivery of Questioning and Higher order thinking skills.


Designated a Lead Behaviour School in 2010 and responsible for leading school to

school support under this remit

• Work with CLF secondary schools in raising % of A-C in maths and more than 2

levels of progress.

• Supporting Heads of Faculty in Maths identifying areas for development on raising

attainment.

• Working with Professional Tutors in 4 other Academies – developing training in EAL

and NQT Induction programme.

• Developing an AFL working party across all faculties.

• Developing Questioning across whole school.

Kerry Parker

SLE specialism

Phonics, Reading, FS2, Improving teaching and learning from good to outstanding.

School and job role

Kerry is the Deputy Head Teacher, Foundation Stage Manager and Reading Coordinator at

Corsham Primary School.

Areas of expertise

Kerry has expertise in the following areas:

• Leading, Budgeting, Data Tracking and Assessment for FS2.

• Monitoring teaching and learning.

• Leading the development of phonics and reading.


• Supporting other primaries with teaching and learning – whole school.

• Supporting other primaries with developing their Foundation Stage Setting.

• Developing middle leaders ability to make accurate lesson observations.

James Passmore

SLE specialism

ICT, Strategic Management and Teaching & Learning

School and job role

James is the ICT Manager, Year 4 Teacher and an Educational Consultant for Gecko

Learning Ltd at Corsham Primary School Academy.

Areas of expertise

James has expertise in the following areas:

• ICT Strategic Management.

• Developing exciting cross curricular ICT teaching and learning.

• Training and Staff Development in ICT.

• Assessment for Learning.

• Merlin Virtual Learning Environment.

• Teaching & Learning.


• Collaborative Fresh Start with school in Special Measures resulted in school moving

to Outstanding in 3 years.

• Corsham Primary School is part of Pickwick Learning Federation which is able to

provide support to schools: hosted schools working on developing teaching and

learning.

• Over 100 staff development training sessions using ICT software.

Lisa Pollard

SLE specialism

Mathematics, PGCE and ITT

School and job role

King’s Oak Academy Head of Mathematics and Computing

Areas of expertise

• Raising pupil achievement & attainment in mathematics

• Tracking and monitoring progress

• KS3-5 mathematics

• Raising the standards of teaching and learning within a faculty/department.

• Training ITTs and PGCEs to a high level.

• Subject and non-subject specialism ITT training.

• Behaviour for learning training


• Maths master classes Level 6 primary school children

• Sharing project based learning as a KS3 curriculum

• Working across federation to raise the teaching and learning in mathematics

• ITT Subject and SLE mentoring

Sharon Porter

SLE specialism

Behaviour/Discipline, Improving Teaching & Learning in Mathematics

School and job role

Bristol Brunel Academy

Lead Practitioner Mathematics

Areas of expertise

Improving Teaching & Learning in Mathematics

• Mentoring ITT/PGCE/NQT

• Behaviour for Learning

• Staff Development (moving teachers from inadequate / satisfactory to

outstanding).

Work with other Mathematics SLE’s to;

• Run Federation Network Nights Mathematics meetings.

Deliver workshops at INSET.


• Worked with teacher of Mathematics to move from Satisfactory to Good –

involved; team teaching, shared planning and joint reflection

• Support HOD in the new role at BBA (on going)

• Maintained the “Sharing of Good Practice” each week in the Mathematics

department

• Led session on Questioning on INSET (provided Mathematics Specific Blooms

resources)

• Year 11 Intervention (took on an additional class to support class teacher and help

the new smaller group focus on their GCSE’s)

Gemma Read

SLE specialism

Subject Leadership and English and Literacy.

School and job role

Gemma is a Team Leader for English at Bristol Brunel Academy

Areas of expertise

Gemma has expertise in the following areas:

• Raising attainment and standards in English and Literacy.

• Tracking student progress.

• Coaching staff and students.


• Developing pedagogic practice from Satisfactory to Outstanding using the quality

standards.


• Working with SLT to move staff from Satisfactory to Outstanding.

• Supporting leadership to develop effective data tracking systems.

• Liaising with other Team Leaders to develop the curriculum for the new GCSE

specifications and requirements.

Richard Rees

SLE specialism

Coaching, CPD and Post 16.

School and job role

Richard is Head of Media Studies and Teaching and Learning Consultant at John Cabot

Academy.

Areas of expertise

Richard has expertise in the following areas:

• Design and delivery of CPD especially in relation to the use of coaching.

• Post 16 development including improving Teaching and Learning.


• Three years as part of a team working across South Gloucestershire schools delivering

Post 16 improvement.

• Supporting a CLF Academy to use coaching to move teachers from satisfactory to

good.

• Facilitating whole school CPD at John Cabot.

• Delivering training on developing outstanding Post 16 Teaching and Learning at the

CLF conference.

Ben Rhodes

SLE specialism

Leadership and management

Leadership of continuing professional development (CPD)

Quality of teaching

Initial teacher training (ITT) and newly qualified teacher (NQT) development.

School and job role

King’s Oak Academy, Assistant Principal.

Areas of expertise

Pedagogy and student learning

• Developing T&L

• Developing formative assessment

• Student leadership

Developing teaching and learning links with the primary sector


• Working with primaries to ‘Fill their curriculum gaps’ and developing schemes of

work in weaker subject knowledge areas using specialist secondary staff.

• Working with CLF partner academies and teaching school partners developing

pedagogical journals

Part of CLF review team for HPA

Andrew Rome

SLE specialism

Leadership and History

School and job role

Andrew is Head of History at Marlwood School

Areas of expertise

Andrew has expertise in the following areas:

Pupil achievement, Leadership and Management

• KS3, 4 and 5 History.

• Leading departments from Satisfactory to Outstanding.

• Improving teaching and learning across the key stages.

• Raising engagement in and out of the classroom

• Subject leadership

• Raising results at GCSE and A-Level.

• Leading curriculum change across the key stages.

• Developing assessment systems and procedures.

• Tracking and pupil data.

• New Ofsted framework.

Lee Rotherham

SLE specialism

Pupil Achievement, Support for the most able pupils, Quality of Teaching: Teaching and

Learning, Design and Technology.

School and job role

Lee is the Academy Gifted and Talented Coordinator and Lead Teacher for Design and

Technology at The Ridings Federation Winterbourne International Academy.

Areas of expertise

Lee has expertise in the following areas:

• Raising achievement at A*/A.

• Developing whole school approaches to support for the most able pupils.

• Tracking pupil progress and monitoring the effectiveness of intervention.

• Outstanding teaching.

• Developing approaches to raise achievement in Design and Technology.


• Working with primary and secondary schools as Lead Teacher for Design and

Technology for South Gloucestershire.

• Course leader of the Design and Technology Best Practice Forum for subject leaders.

• Sharing best practice with academic staff at UWE to develop outstanding teaching in

Higher Education.

• Teaching Awards 2010 finalist, receiving a commendation for Teacher Of The Year.

Simon Scarborough

SLE specialism

Subject specialism: Physical Education, Behaviour for Learning, SEAL, Emotional

Intelligence, Personal Learning and Thinking Skills

School and job role

Simon is currently Head of PE at Culverhay School and from September 2012 he will be

Community Leader (PE, D&T, ICT, Business, Science) at Bath Community Academy (CLF)

Areas of expertise

Simon has expertise in the following areas:

• Leadership of PE Department.

• Curriculum planning.

• Coaching.

• Behaviour for Learning.

• Use of social media and emerging technologies for CPD and accelerate pupil learning.

Ed Walker

SLE specialism

ITT, NQT, Humanities and improving whole school teaching and learning

School and job role

Acting Assistant Principal

Areas of expertise

• Tracking pupil progress

• KS3 and KS4 History/Humanities

• Learning Dialogue

• From satisfactory to outstanding-leading Humanities under the new Ofsted framework

• Leading ITT and NQTs

• Supporting Post 16 teaching and learning

• Pupil Achievement and Leadership and Management


• Working with ITT and NQT partners to develop trainee and newly qualified teachers

• Designing new staff induction programmes for all levels of staff

• Supporting leadership to develop effective learning dialogue systems

• Supporting leadership of Post 16 teaching and learning

John Cabot Academy

David Williams

SLE specialism

Student Achievement – Mathematics. Academies and academy transition

School and job role

Cabot Learning Federation, CLF Post 16 Coordinator & Federation Numeracy Coordinator

Areas of expertise

• Bespoke student intervention in Mathematics at GCSE and Key stage 5 for short term

improvement.

• Numeracy Training for specialist and non specialist staff

• Support of staff consistently satisfactory or weak

• Developing cross academy working groups

• Tracking & monitoring of student progression in Post 16 provision.


• Working in National Challenge schools in 2009-2011 and school improvement in

Numeracy

• Coordinating/Delivering Mathematics GCSE student Intervention at the CLF

academies (BBA, BCA, BMA, JCA, KOA, HPA).

• Individual staff coaching, team teaching and planning (BBA, KOA, Oasis Academy).

• Planning and delivery of CLF INSET day and Federation Network Nights for all CLF

Mathematics teachers including resource sharing, developing teaching and learning,

raising attainment.

• Supporting leadership to develop effective data tracking systems in federation Post 16

• Developing cross federation curriculum for the delivery of Post 16 provision.

Jane Williams

SLE specialism

Subject Leadership, Drama & ITT

School and job role

John Cabot Academy Leader of Drama & GTP Mentor

Areas of expertise

• Progress in Drama

• Subject leadership

• Developing assessment procedures

• Teacher training


• Advising and supporting ways to show progress in Drama

• Work with partner primaries on transition from KS2 to KS3

• Facilitating Performing Arts projects across the Federation.

• Developing and advising on teaching training, resources and schemes of work.

• Sharing best practice workshops.

Kate Willis

SLE specialism

Teaching and Learning and Leadership and Management.

School and job role

Kate is a Vice Principal at John Cabot Academy.

Areas of expertise

Kate has expertise in the following areas:

• Raising standards of teaching and learning across whole schools.

• Creating Learning Communities.

• Staff Development.

• Coaching.

• Supporting Satisfactory teachers to become Good.


• Participated in a peer review of another school to help them quality assure their

standards of teaching in learning in preparation for Ofsted.

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