SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

HEADTEACHER
Richard Varey

DEPUTY  HEADTEACHER
Deborah Williams

ASSISTANT HEADTEACHERS
Helen Nolan
Dr Jane Tuohy
Joanne McCue
Marie Geoghegan
Mark Snowden
Rachel Keighley
Rebecca Stevens

SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGER
Liz Fleming

The Senior Deputy Headteacher will deputise for the Headteacher in his absence.

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM - ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Richard Varey (Headteacher)

Lead:  Leadership GSEF

Admissions/Admission Appeals
Appointments
Burnley Learning Partnership
Catholic Ethos
Clergy
Exclusions
Financial monitoring
Governors’ issues
Headteacher’s breakfast
MAT Work
Ofsted
Performance Management (SLT)
Primary Schools
Salford Diocese
School to School Support
SEF/Milestones (Co-ordination)
School Improvement Plan
SLT line management
School improvement cycle

Deborah Williams (Deputy Headteacher)

Lead:  Behaviour and attitudes
SEF/SIP

Line manage Behaviour and Attitudes, Personal Development and SEND

School Organisation:
School diary/School events
Performance Management (Teaching staff)
Examinations Organisation
Applications for leave (teaching staff)
Application for external CPD (teachers)
Duties
Events
Behaviour Complaints (the process is: teacher-HOD/Year Leader-DW)
Questionnaires for pupils/parents/staff
Website Compliance

Liz Fleming (Business Manager)

Lead:  Support Staff

Administration
Appraisals (non-teaching staff)
Applications for leave (support staff)
e-safety
Finance
GDPR
Health and Safety
ICT Management
Job descriptions
Leave of Absence – support staff
Line Manage Human Resources
Marketing
Safeguarding administrative procedures
Site management
Staff Wellbeing
Visits (EVC)

Helen Nolan (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead:  Personal Development
SEF/SIP

SMSC (PSHE)
Anti-Bullying
British Values (engage in society/local community)
Careers/Enterprise/Work Experience
Enrichment and extra-curricular activities
Equality and Diversity (racist/homophobic incidents

Dep. DSL

Pastoral Leadership
Line Manage Year Leaders
Line Manage Assistant Year Leaders
Line Manage Learning Mentor
Form Tutors

Sanctions and Exclusions
Detention – SLT
District Pupil Panel
Impact of Behaviour (including clear routines an expectations and data analysis of exclusions)
Internal Exclusion/On Call
Alternative Provision
Managed Moves
Permanent exclusion paperwork
Behaviour to and from school (inc. buses)

Dr Jane Tuohy (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead:  Quality of Education
SEF/SIP

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

Line Management of Departments:

Science
RE
ICT/Computing and Business

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

Specific Responsibilities:

Line Manage T & L AHTs
Department Improvement Plans
Middle Leaders Development
Marking and Feedback
Reports
Assessment
Homework
Timetabling

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
DSL
Attendance and Punctuality
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.

Specific Responsibilities

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

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

Specific Responsibilities

Pedagogy – Engagement/Outstanding/BT way
Differentiation, challenge and engagement
Induction
Observations
CPD/INSET
Teaching standards and support
Observations/Quality Assurance
IRIS
NQT
ITT
Teaching and Learning Cycle
Cover

Rachel Keighley (Assistant Headteacher)

Lead: Behaviour for Learning and Positive attitude to learning.

Behaviour for Learning
Behaviour Improvement
Improving Teaching and Learning Strategies for behaviour.

Positive Approaches to Behaviour
ATL
Rewards
Student Voice (headteacher’s breakfast)
Prefects
Student responsibility
Standards of Uniform
The "BT Way".

Other Responsibilities:

Marketing
Website
School Council

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.

Specific Responsibilities

Intent, implementation and impact of curriculum
Academic data analysis and tracking
Knowledge organisers and learning programmes
Options
Quality Assurance of outcomes for SLT/Middle Leader Links
Middle Leaders Meeting
Quality Assurance (outcomes cycle)
Response to departmental variation
Set moves
SISRA
Target setting

All Assistant Headteachers

Leadership of:

Standards of behaviour
Uniform
Duty manager for whole school behaviour
Line management of Year Leader(s)