Organisation Lead Quality of Education Job Basingstoke area,England UK,Education / Teaching

Your Role Job Purpose

The Organisation Lead for Quality of Education provides strategic, organisation-wide leadership for the development, implementation and continuous improvement of educational quality across all provisions. The postholder will champion The Inclusion Way and lead the implementation of the Teaching for Excellence Framework, ensuring that curriculum, teaching, learning, assessment and learner experience are ambitious, inclusive, trauma-informed, relational and evidence-informed. Working collaboratively with Heads of Provision, Teaching, Professional Learning and Development Leads (TPLDs), Exam Officers and external partners, the postholder will strengthen professional practice, develop coherent quality assurance and improvement cycles, and ensure that assessment information is translated into meaningful action.

The role will support settings through inspection, peer review and Local Authority review while respecting the accountability of Heads of Provision for their individual settings and for examinations.

1. Strategic Leadership of Quality of Education

Lead the strategic development, implementation and evaluation of the organisation's Quality of Education strategy, ensuring alignment with The Inclusion Way, organisational priorities, statutory responsibilities and inspection frameworks.

Champion a culture of high expectations, inclusion, continuous improvement and accountability across all provisions.

Lead the development of ambitious, inclusive and evidence-informed educational practice, ensuring trauma-informed, relational and learner-centred approaches are embedded throughout the organisation.

Advise senior leaders and Heads of Provision on quality improvement priorities and present evaluative reports to senior leaders, trustees, governors and external stakeholders.

Use quality assurance findings, learner outcomes, stakeholder feedback and external review activity to drive continuous organisational improvement.

2. Teaching, Learning and Inclusive Practice

With EDT/SLT:

Lead the implementation and continuous development of the Teaching for Excellence Framework and The Inclusion Way across all provisions.

Work collaboratively with TPLDs to develop a shared language, shared expectations and consistently high-quality teaching and learning.

Champion SEND excellence, adaptive teaching, trauma-informed practice and approaches that remove barriers to learning whilst maintaining ambition and challenge.

Support the design, delivery and evaluation of professional learning that develops staff expertise and improves learner outcomes.

Establish systems to identify, celebrate and disseminate effective practice across the organisation.

Evaluate the impact of teaching, learning and professional development on learner progress, participation, wellbeing and destination outcomes.

3. Assessment, Reporting and Learn. Progress

With SLT/Data MIS Manager:

Lead the development and implementation of assessment, reporting and progress monitoring systems across the organisation.

Ensure assessment information accurately identifies learner starting points, progress, achievement, support needs and intended destinations.

Support leaders and staff to collect, analyse and interpret data effectively.

Translate complex data into accessible information for learners, families, professionals, leaders, trustees and commissioners.

Monitor progress towards qualification outcomes, EHCP outcomes, Preparation for Adulthood outcomes and learner destinations.

Use assessment information to identify trends, gaps, risks and opportunities for improvement, ensuring findings inform intervention, curriculum development and strategic decision-making.

4. Quality Assurance, Improvement and External Validation

With SLT/Exam Officers / TPLD:

Support the organisation's quality assurance framework, establishing robust internal and external quality assurance cycles.

Support the co-ordination of learning walks, deep dives, curriculum reviews, work scrutiny, moderation, standardisation and learner voice activities.

Ensure quality assurance processes triangulate evidence from multiple sources to evaluate curriculum intent, implementation and impact.

Lead cross-site reviews, peer reviews and collaborative quality improvement activity, utilising staff expertise to strengthen consistency and excellence.

Support the co-ordination of External Quality Assurance (EQA) activity and ensure recommendations are translated into measurable improvement actions.

Evaluate the effectiveness of SEND…