Standards for Systems Leaders. 1. To recognise and reinforce the local authorities’ and schools’ responsibility to safeguard all children
Standards for Systems Leaders. To recognise and reinforce the local authorities’ and schools’ responsibility to safeguard all children To represent the statutory role of the partner local authorities in all of their conduct and contact with schools To engage and sustain in the meaningful support and challenge of schools and their performance and thereby securing continuous improvement To engage with schools on a regular and frequent basis as set out in the final business case and related documents and any variation in the frequency of visits to be agreed in negotiation with the authority To report on their visits to schools to the Company and to the home local authorities within 48 hours of each visit setting out progress to date and actions to be taken by the school, the systems leader, the authority and any other party To ensure that the home local authority is alerted to any sensitive issues of any urgency and importance developing in schools in a prompt and timely manner To provide regular overview reports of the work done with and progress by schools as per agreement: - Schools Frequency of overview report Bands 4 & 5 Half termly Band 3 Termly Bands 1 & 2 Annually To provide a detailed analysis of the schools’ performance data to the local authority to inform: - Its reports to members Its links to governors Its deployment of targeted resources Its report to the community To report on the impact and quality of leadership of schools at all levels: - The governing body Headteacher Senior leadership teams Middle leadership teams To liaise between schools and the local authority to ensure schools set challenging targets that are shared promptly with the local authority, (within 24 hours), to secure the authority’s endorsement or challenge on these targets, (within 3 Business Days). To monitor the development and implementation of each school’s development plan and promptly share any concerns with the local authority should the implementation of the plan stall To report, at least termly, their review of each school’s approach to tracking learners’ performance and to delivering timely and effective interventions to ensure pupils fulfil their potential To report to the local authority when undertaking statutory visits to schools and when ensuring schools undertake statutory assessments and implement rigorous moderation To contribute to the South East Wales local authorities’ transformation agenda , representing the vision of the consortium and its views in securing school improvement, most...
