Specialist Leaders of Education, Sles

Leicester Teaching School Alliance (LeTS) Specialist Leaders of Education, SLEs

Name Home school Area of Expertise

• Specialist in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, inclusion and behaviour • Many years of experience of special needs education and working with young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties. • Specialises in issues such as safeguarding learners, behaviour and discipline, multi-agency collaboration and Children who are Looked After. • Supporting schools to promote inclusive practices to meet the needs of students with SEND. • Prior to joining Rushey Mead Academy, Ali led a specialist outreach team and has worked extensively in Ali Rutherford Rushey Mead Academy SEND & Inclusion all secondary settings in Leicester City. • Primary trained and comes from a background in Psychology and her work is directed by this knowledge base. • Passionate about ensuring that young people have all the opportunities to achieve their full potential, particularly those with SEND. This can be ensured by schools adopting inclusive practices underpinned by Quality First Teaching principles. • Proven experience of successfully meeting very complex needs and in developing strong structures and practices to ensure that pastoral as well as academic needs are addressed appropriately.

- Experience of teaching across all primary Key Stages. - Has worked as SENDCO and is currently part of the Senior Leadership Team, overseeing the strategic direction of EAL throughout the whole school. - Expertise and interest in the field of EAL - A reflective approach Aklima Meah Dovelands Primary School EAL - Has supported EAL leaders in other schools to establish and develop role. - Has tutored and mentored students teachers as part of the Primary SCITT. - Has introduced ‘World Languages’, which is a whole school approach in learning key words or phrases in a different language, using pupil voice to promote an awareness and appreciation of different cultures around the world. - Many years experience teaching in a secondary school and was an adult education tutor before that. Significant middle leadership experience, lead a history tea and had a whole-school pastoral role. - Current role - supports the SLT in leading the development of teaching and learning. - A trained Olevi facilitator, has delivered wide range of CPD internally and externally, including the Outstanding Teacher Programme. - His workshops include the ‘Teaching and Learning Cocktail’ (with Lisa Vann) - delivered at the Institute of Education and to local primary schools in Leicester. History, Teaching & - Has co-written an article in ’Teaching History’ on supporting PGCE students, an area of which he has Ashley Bartlett Rushey Mead Academy Learning, ITT considerable experience. - An accredited ‘Challenge Partners subject leader’. - Deputy Programme Manager and Lead Subject Tutor for the Leicestershire Secondary SCITT (History). - Co-facilitates the Leicester City History Network and runs primary specific CPD. - Has succesfully supported History Middle Leaders in both the City and County. - Co-facilitated the History AWOL city-wide Working Group.

1 Leicester Teaching School Alliance (LeTS) Specialist Leaders of Education, SLEs

●Deputy Head with responsibility for Teaching & Learning, English and SEND at Fullhurst Community College. Chris was a successful Head of English in a large upper school for seven years. During this time Chris raised standards of T&L within the English Department at both GCSE and A-level. These improved standards were reflected in GCSE English results being on a significant plus three year trend and A2 results being in quartile 1 of ALPS. ●Chris’ experience includes being a Lead Teacher for English and working with individual teachers and middle leaders at secondary schools across the county to improve middle leadership and teaching and Christina Bailey Fullhurst Community College English/ITT Secondary/SEND learning within departments. ●Considerable expertise in the leadership of GCSE courses from being a GCSE English Language and English Literature team leader and moderator for OCR for over ten years. ●IChris has regularly planned and led whole school CPD sessions addressing a variety of teaching and learning needs. ●Chris has a variety of skills that she can use to support other leaders in their own settings to develop strategies in order to improve attainment. • An experienced leader and accomplished practitioner in Maths who has overseen the development of many successful teams. • Experience in harnessing the talent and goodwill of colleagues to share good practice and raise the quality of the learning experience. • Expertise in monitoring and evaluating teacher and student performance; knowing what to look for, how Greg Holyland Soar Valley Maths Leadership to organise and how to plan for improvement. • Understands how the effective use of data can help to highlight student potential and make planning and target setting more meaningful. • Clear vision of what the approach to teaching maths should be and Greg is well versed in mentoring and coaching colleagues, helping them to develop the questioning skills and resources to achieve that.

• Many years of experience of working within Early Years and has been an Early Years Co-ordinator and Curriculum Leader at a city primary school, leading a successful team. • Has been responsible for raising the standards of teaching and learning in her own Early Years Team and also supported other teachers throughout the school with raising achievement through promoting the quality teaching of phonics. • A good reputation of mentoring and supporting PGCE and BTEC students for the University of Leicester, Worcester University, Bishop Grosseteste University Lincoln and Leicester College. Early years and Phonics, • Has supported several other primary schools in developing their learning environment, especially their Helen Allen Stokes Wood Primary School outdoor learning provision. Leadership of curriculum, • Acted as Co-Chair on the’ EYFS’ Working Group Committee for Assessment & Moderation, liaising with the Local Authority, regional advisors and consultants, Head Teachers and other practitioners at school level in order to address the Local Authority’s EYFS Improvement Action Plan. • Also a moderator for the Local Authority and leads the EYFSP Moderation Network in her Development Group. • Is currently Assistant Head with responsibility for Whole School Assessment and Data and teacher / leader of Year 4.

2 Leicester Teaching School Alliance (LeTS) Specialist Leaders of Education, SLEs

• Has been teaching French for many years and has worked in a leadership capacity within MFL faculty for most of this time. • Been involved in supporting best MFL practice in primary schools across Key Stage 2, and in teaching pre-school children, Early Years classes, adults and individual students • Has led 3 collaborative projects as part of the DFE’s national languages strategy to improve MFL at both Modern Foreign Languages & primary and secondary levels. Jane Bland Rushey Mead Academy Middle Leadership • Member of senior leadership team with responsibility for leadership development within Rushey Mead Development Academy. • She is a National College accredited facilitator, instrumental in developing the National College’s Middle Leadership Development Programme. • Able to support department heads and leaders, particularly with the KS3 and KS4 MFL curriculum, primary languages provision, teaching and learning and pupil engagement, and all aspects of school leadership development. • Departmental head for 10 years; over 6 years as a Design and Technology Head of faculty, supporting resources are vast. • Teaches Product Design at Key stages 3 and 4, has delivered both Resistant Materials and Textiles at Key stages 3 and 4. • A Challenge Partnership Leader for Product design/Technology. • Has also moderated for GCSE Product Design. • Has implemented new technologies to the teams monitoring and assessment strategies as well as the Jane Moore Soar Valley College Design & Technology teams delivery of the curriculum. • Experience of coaching and mentoring fellow teachers within her school base. • Strong network links with other city schools and continues to offer advice and inset training. • Able to share knowledge and methodologies/strategies with other leaders to enable successful progression for all types of learners. • Very supportive and can focus on specific issues and help to formulate achievable targets within a realistic timeframe. - Lead Practioner for NQT & ITT •Many years experience teaching Art in Secondary schools. • Has enjoyed teaching in challenging schools, schools in Special Measures and also 'outstanding' schools. • Experienced in leading successful teams as a Head of Subject and Head of Faculty in a challenging school delivering Art from key stage 2-5. • As an Advanced Skills teacher Jo effectively supported colleagues in other schools across 2 authorities. Initial teacher training (ITT) • As a Senior Leader and Programme Director for Leicestershire Secondary SCITT, Jo also delivers core Jolan Woolridge Rushey Mead Academy and newly qualified teacher learning for trainee teachers. • As a trained Olevi facilitator Jo has supported staff improvement through facilitating ITP and OTP (NQT) development programmes. • A developer of CPD, Jo is able to apply a creative cross curricular approach and as a result has designed and delivered training for many different providers including the Youth Sports Trust, the Local Authority, Keynote and LeTS.

CPD, Support for Most Able, Jude Mellor Beaumont Leys School ITT, NQT, PM, Faculty QA, Data Analysis

3 Leicester Teaching School Alliance (LeTS) Specialist Leaders of Education, SLEs

Modern Foreign Languages & Julie Gardiner Rushey Mead Academy Middle Leadership Development

• Maths specialist teacher • Experience in raising the quality of teaching and learning in own school and with colleagues from different settings. • Strong enthusiasm and commitment for learning in order to successfully inspire others. Kate Crespin Rothley C of E Primary School Maths (Primary) • Able to recognise excellence in teaching and learning and effectively and supportively challenge poor performance in others. • Proven experience of raising underperforming teachers through appropriate support and coaching. Kate continues to develop herself professionally by reading widely, ensuring that she is on top of current trends and able to advise and support staff. • Business Manager for many years and has worked in both Primary and Secondary schools. • Worked with the BSF programme supporting the college with designing a brand new, and part refurbished, building; involved in the compliance issues of handing over a retained part of the estate to the managed service provider. • Experience of working in a school in special measures Kate Frith Fullhurst Community College Business Management • Managed a huge deficit budget from planning budget forecasts through to staff restructuring bringing the deficit budget down within one year of implementation. • Successfully coached and mentored staff within the school with their professional development and has a good working relationship with staff at the college showing empathy and compassion when dealing with staffing difficulties.

Sir Jonathan North Community English - Curriculum Team Kevin Waite College Leader

• Has coordinated mathematics in her school for many years and is TLR for mathematics. Implemented a range of new initiatives within her school to raise the standards of mathematics. • Has worked alongside colleagues to improve teaching and learning and supported with planning and assessment. • Regularly analyses data to identify children that need to make accelerated progress and Interventions are the put in place to achieve this. Lisa Lillystone Folville Junior School Maths (Primary) • Has taken part in a number of external mathematical projects including international studies to Hungary and Shanghai. • Very enthusiastic and passionate about teaching maths and believes that the most important thing is that children enjoy the subject and their confidence is raised so that they believe in themselves and make progress.

4 Leicester Teaching School Alliance (LeTS) Specialist Leaders of Education, SLEs

• Many years of experience as a Foundation and KS1 Co-ordinator. • Responsible for raising the quality of teaching and learning with her own Early Years team • Experience working with co-ordinators in other Early Years settings. • Line manager for teaching assistants throughout the school and is very well aware of the need to Melanie Miles Thurnby Lodge Primary School Early Years support and develop these members of staff as they perform a key role particularly in the Early Years. • Melanie feels it is important to build trustworthy relationships within her team to ensure they work together to create an outstanding learning experience for the children.

- Deputy Headteacher with a responsibility for English, Middle Leader Development, Learning Environment and Outreach Work with other schools - Was previousley Lead Teacher of English and Maths for Leicester City - Previousley a Local Authority Moderator for Key Stage 1 for the past seven years Monika Patel Highfields Primary School English - Has been the KTC lead teacher for Leicester City since the programme began in September 2013 - Has acted as a mentor for Assistant Head teachers both within own school and at other schools and has worked alongside other schools in the city.

- Head of EAL at Crown Hills Community College. - Previousley Head of Northamptonshire Traveller Education and Member of the Northamptonshire Race Equality Education Team. Also Northamptonshire Roadside Co-ordinator for Highly Mobile Gypsy Roma Travellers. Natika Brown Crown Hills Community College EAL - Has lots of experience in ensuring the inclusion of those students who could potentially be marginalised by the education system, includsing Gypsy Roma Traveller, Black and Minority Ethnic groups who may also have English as an Additional Language. - Has championed and mentored EAL Lead Teachers at other schools. - Currently Assistant Head Teacher, with responsibilities including Teaching and Learning, marking and feedback, Quality Assurance across the school, CPD coordination and overseeing all professional development in the school, and school to school support. Nim Sudra Keyham Lodge School English - Currently NQT, UQT and ITT coordinator - Previousley Lead Professional Mentor, Strategic Leader for English, English SLE (for another TSA) English AST and Head of Media Studies

Pat is Assistant Principal at Sir Jonathan North and her responsibilities include the leadership of teaching and learning, CPD for both teaching and support staff, oversight of NQTs and ITT students, along with line management of the Expressive Arts and Design Technology teams. Since her appointment at SJNCC the number of lessons graded as good or better have increased significantly. Pat’s recent foci have included assessment for learning and developing feedback and marking across the College. She has an Science, Assessment, CPD, excellent understanding of what constitutes ‘outstanding’ in all areas and of the wider school improvement Sir Jonathan North Community agenda and she is a forward thinking senior leader who is analytical, creative, dynamic and fully capable Pat Thompson Support for Most Able Pupils, College of prioritising according to need. ITT & NQT Previously Pat worked at a Science AST at another City secondary school for four years, and as part of this role worked with over 15 teachers across Leicester City, supported subject leaders and worked as part of both the City Science Hub and AST network. She has excellent coaching skills and is also an experienced mentor. Pat is also an active Governor at two local primary schools, and enjoys working with primary school leaders to raise outcomes for young people

5 Leicester Teaching School Alliance (LeTS) Specialist Leaders of Education, SLEs

• Teaching in a secondary school environment for many years.Is a Lead teacher of dance and has established the dance department at Rushey Mead Academyl from scratch. Before going into teaching Rachel worked as an independent dance artist in Leicester and delivered dance programmes tailored to adults and children with disabilities and special needs. • Leads a successful dance department which develops innovative cross curricular links and projects with other faculty areas to promote and enhance kinaesthetic learning. The projects use dance as a medium to engage and challenge learners to think outside the box in order to consolidate learning and to enhance Dance and Physical Education student progress within the chosen curriculum area. Rachel East Rushey Mead School (PE), Leadership of curriculum • Has established an effective outreach programme which develops primary dance provision and offers dance CPD for primary teachers. Worked with numerous local primary schools to create and deliver bespoke cross curricular dance SOW, lesson plans and resources. • Has received specialist coaching and mentoring training from the Youth Sports Trust as part of role as Development Coach, in this role she was deployed with in the East Midlands to help develop primary PE provision and work closely with other Development Coaches to support SGO’s in the region. • Has also lectured at Loughborough University delivering the dance elements of the APS and the Teaching and Coaching modules. - Senior Standards Leader of English at Beaumont Leys School. - Experienced GCSE examiner for AQA, as well as EDEXCEL Rachel Simpson Beaumont Leys School English

- CPD Leader - Works with the L&L Primary SCITT & Abbey Teaching School - Teaching Practice Tutor & Quality Assurance tutor for the Leicester & Leicestershire Primary SCITT, KS1 & KS2 Leadership, CPD, supporting Teaching Practice tutors whilst in the role of QA tutor Rebecca Wakeley Christ the King Primary School Closing the gap, English, - Co-facilitator of NQT mentor training provided by SCITT & Abbey Maths, ITT & NQT - Supports CPD for NQTs as a facilitator of the ITP programme at Abbey Primary Teaching School - NQT Induction tutor and ITT Manager in school

- Assistant Headteacher at Beaumont Leys with responsibilities including the line management of core faculties (formerly English, presently science), leading on the whole school Raising Achievement Plan and Pupil Premium. - Previousley the English Faculty Team Leader. - Works closely with AH responsible for Teaching and Learning at the school, assisting with identifying Samantha Nadolski Beaumont Leys School English and supporting with the provision of whole school professional learning. - Has lead “experience days” for whole cohorts of trainee teachers, on behalf of he School of Education at the University of Leicester and School’s Direct. These consist of observations and talks around key aspects of teaching English within our current political and social climate: working on improving aspirations of disadvantaged students; pushing the more able and developing a culture of learning in the classroom.

- Curriculum Leader – Mathematics & ICT Maths, Assessment, Curriculum - Has coached middle leaders in other schools as part of a Professional Partners collaboration. Simon Willcock Fullhurst Community College Leadership of Maths & ICT

6 Leicester Teaching School Alliance (LeTS) Specialist Leaders of Education, SLEs

- Vice Principal - Previousley Assistant Principal with responsibility For Key Stage 3 for 4 years, Key Stage Manager and Mentor. Sir Jonathan North Community Curriculum Leadership - Responsibility for self-review across the college, supporting team leaders to take an analytical approach Siobhan Evans College (secondary) to their teams’ performance and implement changes to benefit student and staff performance. Supporting team leaders to challenge underperformance and encourage open discussion and planning for improvements.

• Science Curriculum leader with experience of raising attainment and improving standards in science and able to liaise with other colleagues within her school. • Demonstrates a strong leadership and commitment to learning. • Experience in using self-evaluation effectively to turn areas for improvements into areas of strength. Experience of improving the teaching and learning of staff through effective coaching and support. Able to Suzanne Thompson Fullhurst Community College Science lead and support staff through Ofsted inspections and Curriculum changes. • Able to use data effectively to challenge underperformance as well as implementing effective intervention to raise standards in Science. • Has worked closely with middle leaders in Science to raise standards and is capable of developing leadership skills of others.

• Has worked in a variety of role during her teaching career and is currently Vice Principal with responsibility for curriculum at Rushey Mead Academy. • Has been Head of Maths, AST in Maths and Lead Practitioner: Director of Progress. • Supported the use of data across her school and assisted in planning and delivering whole school Teaching and Learning CPD. Also has a key strategic role in city wide initiatives such as Greater than the Sum and Leicester Secondary Maths Strategy. Victoria Barwell Rushey Mead Academy Maths • In her leadership roles, Vicky has shown the ability to bring people together and get all involved to buy in to the shared vision in pursuit of common goals. • In all of the schools Vicky has worked in she has used this collaborative style to rapidly improve the results and standards in Maths and is completely committed to driving up standards in educational improvement at all levels. • A hard working and dedicated professional, Vicky always strives to bring out the best in individuals and teams through clear support, challenge and guidance.