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
Rosie Wright
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
Rosie Wright (Assistant Headteacher)
Lead: Whole School Literacy
Star Testing / Accelerated Reader / AR Analysis / Literacy / Teaching and Learning / Catch up
Specific Responsibilities
Catch up
Disadvantaged Pupils (assisting MG)
Whole School Literacy
Whole School Literacy Policy
Teaching and Literacy
Post COVID cross curriculum and catch up literacy (gaps)
Lead SLT for Accelerated Reader and analysing
All Assistant Headteachers
Leadership of:
Standards of behaviour
Uniform
Duty manager for whole school behaviour