School improvement
We want all schools in the Rochdale borough to perform to their
full potential. To help achieve this we have a School Improvement
Team who provide:
- Support and monitoring for schools causing concern
- Support for headteacher recruitment, induction and newly
qualified teachers
- An annual cycle of link officer visits
- Management and implementation of statutory requirements
- Management and implementation of Education Development Plan
activities
The role of the School Improvement Officer
Each School Improvement Officer is attached to a group of
schools. For each school the officer will:
- Monitor school performance
- Make a half day visit in the Autumn Term to carry out a Joint
Annual Review discussion involving representatives of governors and
members of the Senior Management Team to review progress and set
challenging targets
- Make a half day visit in the summer term to support school
self-evaluation
- Attend post-OFSTED feedback to governors
- Co-ordinate the implementation of
CSA
support plans where
schools are allocated additional CSA support
- Provide telephone advice on curriculum and management
issues
- Act as the Chief Education Officer's representative in
Headteacher appointments and where appropriate Deputy Headteacher
appointments
- Provide advice and support in relation to capability or
underperformance issues
- Provide support and advice to new and acting headteachers
In addition, each School Improvement Officer will support the
implementation of the national strategies by making a half-day
strategy monitoring visit every term to a targeted sample of
schools focusing on:
- Autumn term – Primary numeracy and literacy
- Spring term – Key Stage 3 strategy and ICT
- Summer term - Primary numeracy and literacy
The role of the Strategy Consultant
Consultants provide support to schools for the implementation of
CSA and national strategies for literacy, numeracy, ICT and Key
Stage 3. Each consultant will:
- Provide support and training for a specified group of schools
through a programme of whole school INSET, demonstration lessons, team
teaching, lesson observations and work scrutiny
- Provide support for schools identified as warranting additional
support
- Deliver CSA wide INSET based on national and local
priorities
- Contribute to network meetings of heads of department and
subject co-ordinators.
The role of Advisory Teachers and Co-ordinators
The Advisory Teacher (ICT) provides support for schools at
primary level. The Advisory Teacher for Assessment provides
information and advice on assessment issues, including statutory
assessment, at primary level. The Teaching Assistant Development
Officer is responsible for developing a co-ordinated approach to
induction, training and support for teaching assistants working in
schools maintained by the Borough.