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Requisition ID:  13003
Posted date:  12 Sep 2024

School Improvement Lead

Team: Children’s services - School Improvement

Job Family: Enabling - CBG14

Salary: Soulbury pay scales I&A 15-20 £58,622 - £64,518 per annum pro rata

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month

Contract: Hybrid - Fixed term / Secondment until 31/08/2025

Closing Date: 10th October 2024

Interview Date: TBC

 

 

About the role:

The School Improvement Team is based within Childrens Services and provides advice and support to 132, lower, primary, middle, secondary and upper school across Central Bedfordshire.

 

School Improvement Advisors are required to work within the School Improvement team on one or more of the following areas:

 

Attendance

  • To take a lead within the LA (alongside the Head of Access and Inclusion) in respect of effective practice and process within school settings which encourage effective attendance
  • To work with the access and inclusion team to identify effective practice in settings.
  • To support schools and clusters in identifying and resolving attendance blockages.
  • To disseminate good practice
  • To lead on both income generating and none income generating work in this area

 

Governance

  • To take a lead within the LA in respect of advice and guidance for school governance
  • To work with SIAs to identify support for governance teams.
  • To lead on both income generating and none income generating work in this area

 

English as an additional language (EAL)

  • To take a lead within the LA in respect of advice and guidance for EAL
  • To work with schools to effectively identify and support teachers and pupils with EAL
  • To lead on both income generating and none income generating work in this area

 

Performance

  • To take a lead within the LA in respect of improving school performance
  • To work with schools to effectively identify and support teachers with projects which support effective improvement
  • To lead on both income generating and none income generating work in this area

 

As a School Improvement Lead (SIL) you will:

  • Work alongside CBC officers to develop effective systems and processes
  • Work with schools to secure an outstanding understanding of professional practice in the relevant area.
  • Visit schools to provide practical support in the relevant area of responsibility.
  • Provide impartial advice in respect of specific practice

 

 You will also work with other CBC officers to Establish regular meetings agendas, Evaluate need and identify areas of required training as well as encourage the sharing of good practice.

 

To join us, you will need to be able to inspire others, build strong and productive relationships and have a strong specialist knowledge of one or more of the areas identified. Knowledge of safeguarding legislation regarding young people will also be essential.

 

 

Our Offer

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page

 

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

 

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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.

 

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.

 

 For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Claire Mosseveld at claire.mosseveld@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 4678


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Safeguarding:

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.  

 

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

 

Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.

 

More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

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