Head of Barnsley Schools' Alliance

Post Ref: C/50091285

Directorate: Children, Young People and Families
Service: Lifelong Learning, Achievement and Enterprise
Location: Gateway Plaza, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Hours of Work: 37

Job Share: The post IS open to Job Share
The post IS NOT Suitable for Secondment
Flexible Working in Operation: No

This post requires an enhanced DBS check.

Education background with significant and highly effective senior management experience in schools and local or national government or its agencies.

Educational outcomes for children and young people in Barnsley are improving due to strong leadership in our primary and secondary schools. However, there is still much to do to ensure that Barnsley's young people can compete successfully with their peers nationally.

The post of Head of the Barnsley Schools' Alliance provides an exciting opportunity for the successful applicant to develop a sector-led model of school improvement.

Working in partnership with the Alliance of teaching schools operating in Barnsley and other providers, the Head of the Barnsley Schools' Alliance will play an important role in achieving the council's aim to improve people's potential and achievement and contribute effectively to growing the economy.

The successful applicant will have the strategic overview for:

• Raising the achievement and attainment of all children and young people in Barnsley
• Ensuring that every Barnsley school is good or better
• Developing the Alliance Board of school improvement partners to ensure that resources are well targeted to tackle underperformance and achieve excellence in learning
• Building cross-phase partnerships between primary, secondary and post-16 settings to enable young people to make successful transitions in learning and future employment.

CVs will not be accepted.

Further details are available from our website at www.barnsley.gov.uk or (01226) 772250.

Closing Date: 14.11.2014

This post closes at 11:59pm on 14th November 2014.