1. Link Academy Trust Strategic Improvement
Academy Trust Improvement Lead

2. Academy Trust Strategic Improvement
Academy Improvement is delivered through the Distributed Leadership Model- see diagram next page.
Senior Academy Heads undertake a specific area of expertise
All Academy Heads contribute to the overall Trust plan, while making it specific to their own schools
Upper Pay-scale teachers lead areas of expertise across the Trust
Subject experts meet at least termly to effect subject improvement

3. Chief Executive Officer
Academy Trust Improvement
Lead
Academy Personnel Lead
Academy Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Lead
Academy Data & Standards Lead
Academy Operational Lead
Academy Trust Safeguarding & SEND Officer
Improvement & Inclusion Hub (IIH)

4. Collaboration Teacher networks Coaching & Mentoring Sharing expertise
Moderation
Teacher to teacher support
Sharing resources
Career Opportunities
Science assessment, EYFS developing their use of tapestry, Maths and English group looking at Depth of learning, ICT On-line safety. Church schl Prep for SIAMS
Train TA’s Forest schools – links with curriculum

5. School Reviews School led improvement
School performance & benchmarking
Identifying areas of strength and areas for improvement
Collegiate approach to problem solving and school improvement
Moving good schools to outstanding.

6. Investing in staff Ambitious schools with career progression in-built
Learning from and participating in research
School based staff lead in-house training.
Bespoke training packages
High quality external presenters, extended programmes
Whole staff training
Consistent messages
A culture of everyone’s opinions listened to
Prioritising Work/ Life Balance- even small
adjustments help

7. Career Development
Enhanced opportunities for teaching and professional development
Opportunities to work with other colleagues and to teach in different contexts
Recruitment higher quality applicants as a result of reputation for quality CPD
Retention – greater career development within the organisation
Developing varied levels of leadership

8. Support Services
Working with external organisations we have a range of Behaviour Support, including an Educational Psychologist, Play Therapist etc
Links with external experts
Internal trained professional support
Funding and grant applications to improve provision

9. Improvement Plans
Overall Academy Trust Improvement Plan - driver for school improvement of all Academies within the trust, agreed by Academy Heads and Senior Academy Leaders
Academy Level Improvement Plans addressing individual school priorities within the overall MAT objectives.
The two plans integrate together with consistency across both

10. MAT Consistency & School Uniqueness
Consistency for efficiency
School identity
Identifying and applying the best elements of each school to achieve improved outcomes for all pupils.