School Effectiveness Lead Council

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School Effectiveness Lead - This role will be based in Stopford House and around Schools within the Stockport Borough - £500 per day

To deliver the strategic outcomes of the School Effectiveness Service Area by leading
service delivery, working closely with schools and other Local Authority services across
Stockport.

• Deliver clear and strong educational messages to all schools that will enable the sector to meet Local Authority priorities, deliver Stockport’s Schools Strategy and promote a high-quality education for all children
• Hold all maintained schools to account in relation to standards, leadership and governance
• Ensure high quality inclusive practice is promoted in all schools and is developed well across the educational sector
• Ensure that school leaders are supported well to enable them to deliver the highest academic outcomes for all children including those from vulnerable groups
• Deliver locally agreed school improvement activity which will include the enhanced support and challenge for any schools that purchase services from within our portfolio
• Maximise the benefits of our integrated system to promote the highest outcomes for the children and young people of Stockport
• Ensure all staff working within the service area understand and strive towards our ambition to have the ‘best schools in the country where every child is included in their success’
• Support staff teams across the Local Authority to understand this ambition and work with service leaders to enable them to develop their practice to support it wherever possible.

The responsibilities of the School Effectiveness Lead:
Standards and Inclusion will be wide ranging and will be drawn from the list below. The post-holder must manage the relationships with school leaders, whilst understanding the wider system to support schools and the Local Authority to deliver an outstanding educational offer for all children and young people in Stockport.

• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with school leaders and leaders across the education system
• To provide high quality support and challenge to school leaders
• To provide high quality support and challenge to wider system leaders about the educational aspects of the Local Authority’s work to promote and enhance our integrated system
• Work strategically to formulate service plans based upon our ambition, current data, feedback from stakeholders, and the requirements of the regulator
• Develop operational practice both in schools and within Local Authority services
• Line manage staff across the school effectiveness team to ensure priorities are understood and delivered using current evidence-based practice
• Deliver locally agreed school improvement activity
• Manage all statutory assessment process in Early Years and the primary phase for all schools in line with the requirement of the Standards and Testing Agency
• Responsibility for the delivery of key pieces of work will will (not exhaustively) include
  • Lead and manage processes to ensure the Local Authority fulfills its statutory duty in respect of Standard Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE)
  • Lead and manage aspects of the work from different services to fulfill the requirements of the Armed Forces Covenant for Education Services
  • Lead the partnership working to ensure effective delivery of the Early Career Teacher…