SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

ACTING HEADTEACHER
Deborah Williams

ACTING DEPUTY  HEADTEACHER
Dr Jane Tuohy

ASSISTANT HEADTEACHERS
Helen Nolan
Joanne McCue
Marie Geoghegan
Mark Snowden
Rachel Keighley
Rebecca Stevens
Rosie Wright

ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT HEADTEACHERS
Rachel Thompson

SCHOOL OPERATION MANAGER
Helen Whitaker

SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER
Sue Pickles

The Deputy Headteacher will deputise for the Headteacher in their absence.

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM - ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Deborah Williams (Acting Headteacher)

Lead:  Leadership GSEF

Appointments
Burnley Learning Partnership
Catholic Ethos
Clergy
Exclusions
Financial monitoring
Governors’ issues
Ofsted
Quality Assurance
Performance Management (SLT)
Primary Schools
Salford Diocese
School to School Support
SEF/Milestones (Co-ordination)
School Improvement Plan
SLT line management
School improvement cycle

Dr Jane Tuohy (Acting Deputy Headteacher)

Lead Quality of Education
SEF/SIP

Line Manage Quality of Education
Co-ordinate QET SIP Documentation
Co-ordinate QET SEF Documentation
Cover
Department Improvement Plans
Intent, implementation and impact of curriculum including Quality Assurance
Middle Leaders Development
Marking and Feedback
Quality Assurance (whole school responsibility)
Performance Management (Teaching staff) Observations/Quality Assurance
Timetabling

Line Management of Departments:

DIPS, QA Marking / Feedback, Differentiation/Challenge / Engagement / Reports / Assessment / Homework/ Literacy/ Intervention/ Pedagogy/ Learning Walks/ QA T&L, Middle leadership development

Science
RE
ICT/Computing and Business

Sue Pickles (Business Manager)

Lead:  Support Staff

Administration
Appraisals (non-teaching staff)
Catering Management
Finance
Health and Safety
Job descriptions
Leave of Absence – support staff
Safeguarding administrative procedures
Site management
Staff Wellbeing
Visits (EVC)

Helen Whitaker (School Operations Manager)

Governance

Policy and procedure compliance
Website compliance
GDPR/DPO

PA support to the Headteacher
Support the SLT
SLT Agendas/Minutes/Action points and Follow Up

Co-ordination of school events and the school calendar/cover calendar
Co-ordination of weekly bulletin/staff briefing notes
Co-ordination of serious incidents/school closures
Communication with parents/staff and Governors

Admissions Officer (including preparation of appeals)
Exclusion administration
Romero Catholic Academy Trust Interface

Helen Nolan (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead:  Personal Development
SEF/SIP

Pastoral Leadership

Alternative Provision
District Pupil Panel
Form Tutors
Line Manage Year Leaders
Line Manage Pastoral Support Team
Line Manage Learning Mentor
Managed Moves
Persistent Absenteeism

Sanctions and Exclusions

Behaviour to and from school (inc. buses)
Detention – SLT
Duties
Impact of Behaviour (including clear routines and expectations and data analysis of exclusions)
Internal Exclusion/On Call
Permanent exclusion paperwork

SMSC (PSHE)

Anti-Bullying
British Values (engage in society/local community)
Careers/Enterprise/Work Experience
Enrichment and extra-curricular activities
Equality, Diversity and Peer on Peer (racist/homophobic/sexism incidents)
Line Manage Careers Advisor

Jo McCue (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead: SEND, CLA and Behaviour

SEND

Progress of SEND pupils
Provision for SEND pupils including learning outcomes
Statutory school requirements for SEND
Medical pupils
Educational Psychologist
EHCP documentation
CLA
Line Manage Teaching Assistants

Positive Behaviour Intervention

Pupil Panel
Nurture
Manage School Counsellor
Character Development
Psychological Well-being Worker

Further Pastoral Duties

Attendance and Punctuality
Admissions/Admission Appeals
E-safety
Lead DSL
Manage in year transition
Pupil Leave of Absence Requests

Marie Geoghegan (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead:  Quality of Education
SEF/SIP

Raising attainment – Years 10 & 11
DP –   Years 10 & 11

Line Management of Departments:

Maths
Vocational Subjects
Technology and Art
 
DIPS, QA Marking / Feedback, Differentiation/Challenge / Engagement / Reports / Assessment / Homework/ Literacy/ Intervention/ Pedagogy/ Learning Walks/ QA T&L, Middle leadership development.

Other Responsibilities

APG
Boys strategy
Catch-up
Intervention
Most Able
Leadership of DP
Literacy
Numeracy
Vocational Curriculum
Vocational Future Success

Mark Snowden (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead:  Quality of Education
SEF/SIP

Raising attainment – Years 7, 8 & 9
DP –   Years 7, 8 & 9

Line Management of Departments:

Humanities
Performing Arts
 
DIPS, QA Marking / Feedback, Differentiation/Challenge / Engagement / Reports / Assessment / Homework/ Literacy/ Intervention/ Pedagogy/ Learning Walks/ QA T&L, Middle leadership development.

Other Responsibilities

Pedagogy:
Application for external CPD (teachers)
CPD/INSET
Engagement/Outstanding/BT way
Differentiation, challenge and
Engagement/blended learning
Home learning
Homework (Show my homework)
Induction
ICT Management
ITT
NQT
Remote learning (including Microsoft Teams)
Teaching standards and support
Teaching and Learning Cycle

Rachel Keighley (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead: Behaviour and Attitudes.
SEF/SIP

Behaviour for Learning

Behaviour complaints
(the process is HOD/HOY then RK)
Behaviour Improvement
Improving Teaching and Learning Strategies for behaviour.

Positive Approaches to Behaviour

ATL
Rewards
Questionnaires for pupils/parents/staff
Prefects
Pupil responsibility
Pupil Voice (Headteacher breakfasts)
School Council
Standards of Uniform etc. BT Way.

Other Responsibilities

Marketing
Website

Rebecca Stevens (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead:  Quality of Education
SEF/SIP

Raising attainment – Years 10 & 11
DP – Years 10 & 11

Line Management of Departments:

English
MFL
PE
 
DIPS, QA Marking / Feedback, Differentiation/Challenge / Engagement / Reports / Assessment / Homework/ Literacy/ Intervention/ Pedagogy/ Learning Walks/ QA T&L, Middle leadership development.

Other Responsibilities

Assessment
BTEC
Data analysis (KS3 achievement panel, pupil setting, academic targets, liaison with data manager, reports for DP/SEND)
DIP
Exams (external and internal assessments periods, communication with staff, parents and pupils, liaison with exams officer)
Middle Leader support in development (training, recent research, CPD, developing leadership)
Middle Leaders Meeting
Options

Quality Assurance (outcomes cycle)
Response to departmental variation
School Reports
SISRA
Target setting

Rosie Wright (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead: Whole School Literacy

Whole School Literacy
Whole School Literacy Policy
Teaching and Literacy
BAPD Duty Sergeant
Lead SLT for Accelerated Reader and data analysis for Accelerated Reader
School diary
Parents/School events including Progress Evenings.
Fire and Emergency Procedure

Rachel Thompson (Associate Assistant Headteacher)

Lead: Catholic Ethos
SEF/SIP

Whole School Responsibility for RE and Catholic Life of the School

Quality of Education
Teaching and Learning