The John of Gaunt School Senior Leadership Team Structure 2014-15 – Key Roles, Line Management and Internal/External Accountability
Headteacher:
Internal:
Line Management:
External:
Mike Gunston
School Ethos, Strategic Leadership, School Documentation [SEF, SIP], Partnerships [WWA, CSL], School Profile [marketing, website, newsletters] and
achievement of all students
Senior Leadership team, Headteacher’s PA.
Accountability to the Governing Body. Develop and forge strong links with leaders in WWA and CSL, sharing best practice and developing joint resources
for outstanding student progress
Deputy
Assistant
Headteacher: School Headteacher:
Improvement
Raising
Achievement
Assistant
Headteacher:
Teaching &
Learning
Assistant
Headteacher:
Behaviour &
Safety
Assistant
Headteacher:
Achievement of
vulnerable students
Assistant Headteacher:
Community &
Transition
Ben Rhodes
Emma Lydon
Jo Worrall
Helen Kerr
Louise Hamilton
Bernie Pyper
JD: Develop an
outstanding
curriculum which
meets the needs of
all students. Embed
effective selfevaluation practices
across the school to
inform improvement
planning. Ensure all
teaching staff are
held to account for
raising standards
through effective
appraisal procedures
and that
underperformance
is challenged
decisively.
JD: Develop
outstanding use
of assessment
data across the
school, giving a
deep and
accurate
understanding of
students’
performance
across faculties
and year groups,
which informs
curriculum
design, teacher
planning &
intervention to
raise student
achievement.
JD: Develop an
outstanding
teaching and
learning pedagogy
(TEEP) that drives
high quality
teaching and
learning and
establish an
outstanding
professional
learning
community to raise
student
achievement.
JD: Develop an
outstanding
climate for
learning where
support,
behaviour
management and
safeguarding is
outstanding,
promoting high
attendance and
positive attitudes
to learning.
JD: Developing
systems which
identify and support
students at risk of
underachievement
who require
academic
intervention. Ensure
teaching meets the
needs of all students
so that achievement
gaps are closing
rapidly for all
vulnerable groups.
Achievement of
students in
alternative
provision & LAC
Achievement Yr7&8
and vulnerable
groups across the
school
JD: Develop a sense of
belonging for all
students through the
vertical House system
and promote SMSC
through outstanding
extra-curricular and
student leadership
opportunities. Ensure
students play an active
role in improving our
school and
communication with
parents is effective.
Ensure students are
supported during
transition into the
school and between Key
Stages. Develop links
with the wider
community.
Achievement of all
students
Achievement Yr10
Achievement of
all students with
a focus on Yr11
Achievement Yr9
Assistant
Headteacher:
Post-16
Eugene Spiers
(Linda Brunt –
maternity leave)
JD: Develop an
inclusive Post-16
curriculum
provision which
challenges and
supports all
students. Ensure
outstanding
teaching &
learning exists
across all Post-16
subjects, and
effective selfevaluation allows
Middle Leaders
to drive
improvement to
raise student
achievement.
Achievement
Yr12&13
Director of Finance
& Business
Karen Diffey
JD: Develop
excellent financial
planning and
monitoring to
ensure the school
achieves value for
money and the
environment is safe
and conducive to
effective learning.
Ensure the school’s
infrastructure
promotes an
effective climate for
learning. To manage
all personnel issues
and to ensure all
support staff are
developed and held
to account through
effective appraisal
procedures.
Internal:
Climate patrol /
learning walks
JOGsted
Teacher support
plans
Teacher recruitment
Calendar
Internal:
Timetable
Tracking
Internal:
CPD/JPD
NQTs
Cover supervisors
Homework/ILPs
Chair: Directors of
learning, Middle
Leaders, School
Improvement Team
– Leadership.
Chair: School
Improvement
Team – Raising
Achievement,
Raising
Achievement
Team – Yr11.
Line
Management:
Maths, MFL, Yr11
Progress Leader.
Chair: School
Improvement Team
– Teaching &
Learning, Raising
Achievement Team
– Yr10.
External:
Research best
practice in
developing whole
school strategies
of how data
drives school
improvement.
Line Management:
Extended Leadership
Team, Creative
Design, Computing
& Business,
T&L/Middle
leadership coach.
External: Research
best practice in
curriculum
innovation to raise
achievement and
the role of middle
leaders in a
distributed
leadership model.
Accountable to:
- Headteacher
- C&L committee
- Board of Govs
Accountable to:
- Headteacher
- C&L committee
- Board of Govs
Internal:
Alternative
Provision
In-Year Fair
Access
Health & wellbeing
Multi-agency
work
Assemblies
Careers Guidance
Chair: House
Leaders, School
Improvement
Team – Behaviour
& Safeguarding
Internal:
Pupil Premium
SEN provision
G&T
Whole school
literacy
Line Management:
Science, PE.
Line
Management:
HLs, SDT, IAP.
External: Research
best practice in
relation to
outstanding
pedagogy and
embedding TEEP
practice. Explore
effective models of
personalised CPD
and JPD ‘learning
communities’.
External:
Research best
practice in
developing
positive attitudes
to learning,
effective
behaviour
management
systems and
outstanding
safeguarding
systems.
Accountable to:
- Headteacher
- C&L committee
(when required)
Accountable to:
- Headteacher
- S&C committee
Internal:
Admissions
Parents’ evenings
Parent communication
Reports
Student council &
prefects
Tutor programme
Inter-House
competition
Enrichment / clubs
Chair: School
Improvement Team –
Community &
Transition.
Internal:
TEEP training
Open evenings
Staff duties
Internal:
Health & Safety
ICT infrastructure
HR
Site Management
Admin. Team
Catering
Trips & visits
Support staff
recruitment
Chair: Post-16
tutor team
meetings, Raising
Achievement
Team – Post-16.
Chair: Support staff
meetings.
Line Management:
English, ILD,
Librarian
Line Management:
Vocational learning,
Expressive Arts.
Line
Management:
Post-16 Team,
Humanities,
Social Sciences.
External: Research
best practice in
developing whole
school strategies in
ensuring the rapid
closing of
achievement gaps.
Develop innovative
use of pupil
premium funding.
External: Research best
practice in engaging
parents in students’
learning opportunities
for developing student
leadership skills across
the school. Engage with
primary schools,
community groups &
local business to
enhance curricular and
extra-curricular
opportunities.
External:
Research best
practice in raising
achievement at
Post-16, including
curriculum
design, improving
T&L and widening
participation.
Line Management:
Finance Manager,
SIMS Manager,
Main office team,
Site Manager, ICT
Network manager,
Catering Manager.
External: Research
best practice in
establishing best
value in all aspects
of school-working.
Explore external
opportunities for
income generation
and capital funding.
Chair: Raising
Achievement Team
– Yr7.
Raising Achievement
Team – Yr8.
Accountable to:
- Headteacher
- C&L committee
(when required)
Accountable to:
- Headteacher
- S&C committee
Accountable to:
- Headteacher
- C&L committee
Accountable to:
- Headteacher
- F&P committee
- Premises
committee
- Board of Govs