School Improvement Managers - Primary

Catherine Redgrave

e: catherine.1.redgrave@hants.gov.uk

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Catherine has worked in HIAS since 2009 and is currently the School Improvement Manager for Basingstoke and Deane/Eastleigh. The role involves supporting and challenging schools directly, as well as leading local authority (LA) colleagues. The core of her school improvement work is particularly linked to:

• leadership development at all levels – innovative problem solving; systems and processes
• quality of teaching and learning – particularly challenging higher attaining pupils
• assessment – statutory, formative and summative.

She works with teachers, school leaders and governors in schools.

She was previously a headteacher of a Church of England primary school in Hampshire, and has experience of successfully leading a school in challenging circumstances. Her MA(Ed) is in professional studies and is linked to action research exploring how to engage parents in their child’s education. She is passionate about developing the leadership skills of others.

She is an accredited member of the Association of Education Advisers (AoEA).

Martyn Beales

e: martyn.beales2@hants.gov.uk

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Martyn’s main role is to lead the school improvement across schools in Fareham and Gosport. In this role, he co-ordinates the work of local authority (LA) colleagues to provide support and challenge for the primary schools within both districts. This involves working closely with school leaders and governors to support self-evaluation and improvement planning and other aspects of school improvement.

Martyn was General Phase Inspector for six years before becoming the School Improvement Manager for Fareham and Gosport in 2021. He has a successful track record in supporting schools across the local authority and the Isle of Wight and was seconded to support school improvement in Oxfordshire in 2019/20. He has also worked with schools and multi academy trusts outside Hampshire through the provision of commissioned support. He is an accredited associate member of the Association of Education Advisers (AoEA).

Before joining HIAS, Martyn was the headteacher of a successful infant school in the New Forest and held leadership positions in primary schools in several neighbouring local authorities.

Chris Brooks-Martin

e: chris.brooks-martin2@hants.gov.uk

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Chris joined HIAS in April 2022. He began working in Hampshire schools in September 2000 as an NQT. He has worked in both infant and primary schools across the county as a teacher and leader at all levels, including a non-class based deputy position within a federation. He has held two headships in his career. In his role as headteacher at both schools he has attained high quality outcomes for pupils, including successful Ofsted and SIAMs inspections.

During his educational career he was selected to be a lead teacher in Peer Coaching, identified as an outstanding Early Years teacher, has worked in partnership with Winchester University to assist in both core phonics teaching and what it means to be a subject leader in a primary setting. He has been seconded within his headships to help secure and continue progress in other local schools. He has lead school self-evaluation, is experienced in school improvement planning and has a wide knowledge of the curriculum for primary and early years aged children.

His main areas of responsibility and interests include:

• coaching and development of staff and leaders at all levels
• developing community engagement
• curriculum development
• supporting new headteachers
• working in partnership with governing bodies and headteachers

Chris values a holistic and creative approach to learning and strongly believes in the power of pupil voice, engagement, equity and thinking about thinking. Above all he believes in a curriculum where all pupils receive a high quality education and where children believe that they can succeed.

Kirstie-Anne Sangway

e: kirstie-anne.sangway2@hants.gov.uk

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Kirstie-Anne joined the HIAS team in September 2020, having worked in Hampshire for over 20 years and having been the headteacher of a junior school with a high percentage of vulnerable children.

Her main areas of interest and experience include:

• developing Rights Respecting schools where the ethos, curriculum, policies and practice are rooted in the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
• developing rich, relevant and engaging curriculum projects, which ignite curiosity and engender in children a sense of themselves and the world around them
• establishing school approaches that focus on resilience and positive emotional health and well-being for children, parents and staff, with a particular focus on the importance of positive mental health and resilience for school leaders
• developing inclusive, whole school approaches to teaching and learning
• supporting school communities through the development of positive and collaborative infant and junior school partnerships
• securing improved accountabilities for staff, including main pay range (MPR), upper pay range (UPR) and teaching and learning responsibility payments (TLRs).

Derek Myers

e: derek.myers2@hants.gov.uk

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Derek is a fierce advocate for social justice and the right of children to achieve well at school, including those pupils who may be considered disadvantaged or receive support for Special Educational Needs and Disablities(SEND). His main role is to lead the school improvement function across all schools in the New Forest and Test Valley district council areas. This involves supporting and challenging schools directly, as well as leading local authority (LA) colleagues, securing improvement through:

• working with senior teams of staff
• validating the school’s self-evaluation
• working with governing bodies.

Derek has considerable experience and skill in leading and developing pupil progress meetings so that colleagues are able to identify and meet pupils’ unmet needs or overcome barriers to learning so that pupils can re-engage in their learning, catch up and achieve well.

Derek re-joined Hampshire as the School Improvement Manager for the New Forest in 2017, after a period as Her Majesty’s Inspector with Ofsted. He has led a range of school inspections, including schools causing concern. Derek first worked for Hampshire as a Primary Phase Inspector in January 2004 and, consequently, as the Senior Inspector Inclusion and Headteacher of the Virtual School for looked after children, for both Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. He was also a member of the minister's expert advisory panel on the education of looked after children.

Derek is a qualified teacher and has a masters degree in primary education. He has considerable experience as a school leader in challenging contexts, including leading a school out of an Ofsted category. He has also provided leadership, on behalf of the LA, to a school in difficulty. Over his career Derek has supported school colleagues and governors in a range of areas including developing effective teaching and learning, developing effective leadership and management practice, school self-evaluation, strategic school improvement planning, monitoring and tracking pupil outcomes, assessment, curriculum design, transition and meeting the needs of the more vulnerable pupils. As Senior Inspector Inclusion and Headteacher of the Virtual School for looked after children for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Derek conceptualised and commissioned the Personal Education Plan (PEP) Toolkit.

Derek is a fellow of the Teaching Awards Trust, a former judge and regional recipient of the School Leadership Award (Primary).

Julia Roberts

e: julia.roberts@hants.gov.uk

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Julia joined HIAS in 2020. Prior to this she was a headteacher in a large primary school where she successfully secured sustained improvement in challenging circumstances. As well as having taught in a range of infant, junior and primary schools, she has worked with schools across Hampshire and West Sussex as a Local Leader of Education.

Her main areas of work include:

• working with schools to secure improvement in the quality of education
• supporting self-evaluation and school improvement planning
• working on assessment – statutory, formative and summative.

She works with schools to support all aspects of work including professional development and has experience of delivering national leadership programmes. Julia is particularly interested in securing progress for vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils and supporting schools in providing an inclusive approach for all.

Julia is the LA senior accountable manager for Hampshire assessment and moderation.