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Exploring Leadership

Truro and Penwith Academy Trust support the staff team in their professional growth and development ensuring excellent leadership of high-quality teaching and learning to benefit all children and young people. One of the ways in which we achieve this is by providing broad and supportive opportunities for all our staff , whatever their role, stage of career or aspirations. 



Autumn 1

  • Preparing for Ofsted - Chris Gould
  • Deputy Heads Conference
  • SEND Provision best practice and implementation - Eugene McFadden 




Spring 1 & 2

  • Preparing for a senior leader / headteacher selection process - these individual sessions will provide personalised support for the potential candidates in their preperation for the selection process, including mock interview questions - Harriet Andrew, Chris Gould, Jan Woodhouse 
  • Leading Change - How to sucessfully introduce  new initiatives and effect change as a head, senior or middle leader - Bill Coleman
  • Holding Difficult Conversations with Parents- Ideas and practical examples to approcach this often challenging aspect of school leadership as well as opportunities to share strategies and scripted practice in a safe environment - Tina Leack and Isabel Stephens

Summer 2

  • Leading the curriculum in a secondary school - suitable for senior leaders, or those aspiring to senior leadership, this session looks at the whole schopol level, convering intent, implementation and qualiuty assurance - Melissa Lock
  • Leading the curriculum in a primary school - suitable for all teachers looking to lead on a curriculum subject - Suzannah Teagle  



Autumn 2

  • Suspensions, exclusions and reintergrations - Jan Woodhouse, Rita Rowso and Tina Leack
  • Holding Difficult Conversations with Parents - Ideas and practical examples to approach this often challenging aspect of school leadership as well as opportunities to share strategies and scripted practice in a safe environment - Tina Leack and Isabel Stephens

Summer 1

  • Timetabling and Options - the process of options, timetabling and the use of Edval - Richard Radford 
  • Holding others to account - the potential of leadership to impact on raising standards - Michelle Dunleavy