Opportunities for effective headteachers Area Headteachers Meeting June

Opportunities for effective headteachers Area Headteachers Meeting June 2009 Graham Lancaster Primary Area Improvement Manager (Mid Essex)

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Advisory Headteachers • Recognition by OFSTED and LA as highly effective • Employed by Essex LA • Deployed on a temporary basis to cover vacancy or absence in school in difficulties • If available deployed in coaching capacity • 2 x primary currently • Secondary recently appointed (Executive HT) 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team

Executive Headteacher • Experienced and effective headteacher • Substantive headteacher in one school, seconded part time (or full time) to school with no headteacher and insufficient capacity to appoint acting headteacher • Head of a hard or soft federation • Can be applied to headteacher of Academies 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team

Interim (acting) headteacher • Freelance Headteacher – employed directly by school, through agency or via LA to fill headteacher vacancy on a temporary basis. • Can be full time or part time 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team

Mentors • Existing Essex model • Headteacher providing support for colleague in first year of headship • Usually brokered by LA (SIA) 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team

Professional Partners • NCSL scheme – Essex part of pilot • Training/accreditation – 2 days • Coaching and mentoring skills • 4 x primary currently in Essex • Plans under way for introduction across Essex from September 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team

Local leaders in education • Experienced serving headteacher – good/outstanding leadership • Experience of working with other schools to “support sustainable change” • Recruited and trained through NCSL • Learner centred consultancy and coaching model • In Essex funded for 15 days support per year • To work with new head in challenging circumstances or twice “satisfactory” leadership team • Approximately 20 primary, secondary and special LLEs in Essex 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team

National Leaders of Education (NLEs) • • • Outstanding headteachers Application through NCSL Previous work in schools in difficulty “Rigorous selection process” Funded by LA Provide additional leadership to schools in difficulty – emerging from an OFSTED category or in danger of going into one • 300 primary by 2012 – currently 2 primary in Essex 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team

Host school for NPQH • Identified by NCSL • Good/outstanding leadership and capacity • Able to provide learning environment for NPQH candidate • 5 -20 days internship 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team

Associate Headteacher • Successful leadership team • Able to provide leadership placement for deputy head/aspiring headteacher • 10 days placement – shared costs? • Significant research project – what are we doing now? What could we do better? • Similar to existing secondary internship model 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team

Sustainable Leadership Group • Essex headteachers • Primary, Secondary and Special • Remit – research causes and possible solutions of present and projected headteacher shortage at a local level • Develop range of strategies for immediate action 17 December 2021 Primary Improvement Team