Working alongside the Director of Education and Inclusion, and the broader Education Leadership Team, this role will involve leading and developing our approach to school effectiveness, quality assurance and support for schools. This is a pivotal role in coordinating and assuring the quality of our support of, work with and partnership approach for schools and education settings. This role will provide an experienced school leader with the opportunity to lead on developing our strategic approach to school improvement and support, while ensuring that the voices and experiences of our school teams are embedded in our approach.
Key aspects of this role will include:
• Leading the strategic development of all aspects of school effectiveness and quality assurance.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships between the local authority, all schools and settings in Newham and other local and regional partners.
• Establishing clear and coherent systems of support for leaders across our system in order to develop partnerships, build on leadership excellence in the system and identify opportunities for innovative approaches to systems leadership.
• Developing high quality school improvement capacity, building on the work of school improvement advisors, developing partnerships for delivery and effectively marshalling limited resources to ensure that support is provided to schools in an equitable and transparent way.
• Developing and sustaining the growth of our approach to enrichment across our services, through models that empower schools.
• Leading development of an evidence-based approach to monitoring the quality of our education services, through high quality data systems and processes.
• Oversight of safeguarding reviews and partnerships, audits and training, as well as partnership with OfSTED on complaints and S11.
Job Context
1. The post holder reports to the Director of Education & Inclusion.
2. The post holder deputises for the Director of Education & Inclusion, and supports the work of other members of the Education Leadership Team.
3. The post holder has line management responsibility for Early Years, Education Safeguarding, Education Support, Enrichment & Curriculum, School Improvement & Quality Assurance.
4. The post holder has management and oversight of all aspects of the budget responsibility in the School Effectiveness Service.
5. As a senior member of the Education & Inclusion team in Newham the post holder will work with senior stakeholders including Cabinet members, Directors, headteachers, leads from the sector and national bodies including Ofsted and the Department for Education.
Key Tasks and Accountabilities
Key tasks and accountabilities are intended to be a guide to the range and level of work expected of the post holder. This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that may fall to the post holder and employees will be expected to carry out such other reasonable duties which may be required from time to time.
1. Lead development of school improvement service in partnership with headteachers, school improvement advisors and Education Leadership team. Focus on developing an equitable approach to support for schools, which is respondent to the changing needs and requirements of our schools.
2. Provide oversight and support to enrichment programmes, developing further opportunities for schools to benefit from enrichment opportunities for children and young people across Newham.
3. Champion and develop our approach to data analysis to support evidence- based support and decision-making across our services.
4. Lead development of systems that enable a holistic interrogation of attainment and progression, with a particular focus on the progress of cohorts who are disproportionately disadvantaged.
5. Develop our communications strategy with all parts of our education system to ensure that schools, settings and other stakeholders are fully engaged in and can access support available and engage in co-production of services.
6. Maintain direct contact with schools and education settings to ensure that requirements of the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework are well met and the local strategy for school effectiveness leads to sustained success and continuous improvement.
7. Lead on development of assessment, moderation and support services in line with the duties and responsibilities for the administration of annual educational testing arrangements in schools.
8. Implement systems and processes for consultation with direct and indirect service users and their families, and analyse and respond to findings.
9. Oversee development of partnership approaches across school and education system.
10. Develop and champion strong relationships with school and system leaders, building on own school leadership experience to identify appropriate approaches to support and challenge.
11. Deputise for the Director of Education & Inclusion.
12. Member of the Education Leadership Team and Extended CYPS DMT.
13. Lead and develop members of staff, ensuring that they are aware of emerging best practice within their respective fields and possess the skills and confidence to adapt best practice within a Newham context.
14. Responsible for specific staffing and operational budgets as determined ensuring that financial processes and reporting requirements are adhered to.
15. Provide advice and guidance to Director, other senior managers and elected members on Education policy and practice as required.
16. Represent the Education service at external or internal meetings as required
Salary description
£575.00 - £575.00 per day