School Improvement Partner

Do you have extensive leadership and management experience in school and or as part of a local authority? Are you passionate about raising standards and maintaining these? West Northamptonshire School Effectiveness Team is looking for an effective senior leader to join our team, full-time, as a School Improvement Partner to work closely with our maintained schools in supporting and challenging them.

The position will involve carrying our regular visits to a group of allocated schools, with a specific focus related to school effectiveness, leading on a specific area within that team, be that curriculum development, assessment, inclusion etc. and carrying out training. The role will require travelling within West Northamptonshire.

• Work closely within individual schools allocated to you to identify strengths in practice and identify areas for development
• Conduct visits to schools with a specific lens, whether this be in monitoring leadership and management, attendance, behaviour, standards etc.
• Complete notes of visits and share these with schools to ensure that there is an accurate record of visits
• To work as apart of a team to develop and deliver training to schools
• To be the team's expert on an area of school effectiveness
• You will have extensive experience of working as part of a senior leadership within a range of schools
• You will have extensive knowledge of the education sector and the current challenges faced
• You will have extensive knowledge and experience of safeguarding children
• You will be passionate about education opportunities and outcomes and be committed to ensuring high quality provision in schools across West Northamptonshire
• Meet the essential criteria detailed in the job description
• Have the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team

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