School Improvement Managers - Secondary

Kate Broadribb

e: kate.broadribb@hants.gov.uk

------

Kate joined HIAS in 2022 after working in Hampshire secondary schools for 20 years and is currently the School Improvement Manager for New Forest and Test Valley. The core of her school improvement work is particularly linked to:

• leadership development at all levels – innovative problem solving; systems and processes
• providing support for school self-evaluation and school improvement
• supporting schools with the development of curriculum and leadership at all levels
• quality of teaching and learning.

Within her senior leadership roles and early background as an Advanced Skills Teacher Kate has strong experience in innovative curriculum design and an absolute commitment to developing inclusive whole school approaches to teaching and learning.

Alongside her work as School Improvement Manager Kate is a Leadership and Learning Partner for secondary phase schools and Geography Advisor. This subject role sees Kate work across primary, secondary and special schools providing challenge and support through in-school professional development and coaching.

Kate has a passion for education technology and since 2008 has worked at a national and international level in Finland, China and Scotland. Just before joining HIAS, she was project lead for the DfE Edtech Demonstrator programme, providing peer-to-peer support and expert advice to headteachers on whole school digital strategy.

Helen Dear

e: helen.dear@hants.gov.uk

------

Helen is an experienced senior leader, having spent the last eleven years in senior management within schools in Southampton and Hampshire and most recently being the Head teacher at a school in Hampshire.

Helen has worked within challenging contexts and has led in several areas of school improvement which include the curriculum and teaching and learning. She also worked with schools and leaders across the country as part of a school improvement model for a large academy chain.

Helen is an English specialist and presided over significant improvements in English both at middle and senior leadership level and worked with several schools to help improve their outcomes for English. During her tenure as a Headteacher Helen was passionate about personal development and the links between this and academic performance which in a post Covid world seem even more pertinent and relevant as an area of school improvement for Headteachers today.

Tania Harding

e: tania.harding@hants.gov.uk

------

Tania joined HIAS in September 2016 after being an assistant headteacher and leading a SCITT at a secondary school in Hampshire. Her commitment to teacher development at all levels led her to gain a Masters in Education, lead whole school CPD, implement a successful teacher training programme and create and deliver many training sessions for networks of schools.

Her main areas of responsibility are:

• secondary school improvement through working with leadership at all levels, teacher development, curriculum review and development
• School improvement manager
• Leadership and Learning Partner
• headteacher performance management
• working with school teams for improvement in performance, culture, curriculum design and delivery and consistency in pupil experience across departments
• secondary data lead focusing on effective use of data within school to improve outcomes
• ECT provision.

Tania is the lead for secondary data for the local authority. This work includes:

• supporting schools in their use of data, both internal and external (Analyse School Performance (ASP), Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR), Perspective Lite and Fischer Family Trust Aspire (FFT))
• ensuring that data is used effectively to impact on the curriculum and pupil outcomes and supporting schools to develop their understanding and use of data through a combination of bespoke training, courses, and network meetings
• ensuring that data is used effectively to impact on the curriculum and pupil outcomes and supporting schools to develop their understanding and use of data through a combination of bespoke training, courses, and network meetings

Tania also offers support for governors in school self-evaluation, induction of new senior leaders and the headteacher performance management process.