Patrick Murphy Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

I joined a new leadership team at Judith Kerr in September 2016, as the school entered its fourth year. In April 2019, the school was judged ‘good’ by Ofsted in a section 8 inspection, and again judged 'good' in all areas in a section 5 inspection in May 2022. My leadership responsibilities include deputising for the Headteacher (in 2023 I stepped up as Acting Head for an interim period of two months), Designated Safeguarding Lead, German lead, phase leadership/ line management, behaviour… Show more I joined a new leadership team at Judith Kerr in September 2016, as the school entered its fourth year. In April 2019, the school was judged ‘good’ by Ofsted in a section 8 inspection, and again judged 'good' in all areas in a section 5 inspection in May 2022. My leadership responsibilities include deputising for the Headteacher (in 2023 I stepped up as Acting Head for an interim period of two months), Designated Safeguarding Lead, German lead, phase leadership/ line management, behaviour, assessment and recruitment. I am also involved in developing community links and partnerships, I have been a Trustee for the Friends of JKPS (www.fojkps.org) and I manage the school's social media strategy.In July 2018, we had our first SATS results, performing well above average in reading and maths, and leading the borough for progress in reading (see link). The school continues to perform well above average and is the primary school of choice in the borough. I have been on the Advisory Board for Native Scientists (https://www.nativescientists.org) since 2019, and a Board Member for the Bilingual Education Alliance (https://www.beaschools.com) since its foundation in 2021.Since joining Judith Kerr Primary, I have continued working with the Kings College London outreach team, establishing opportunities for children to visit leading science laboratories and setting up school visits with the scientists. In 2018, this included setting up an Art In Science Exhibition, where children took part in an Agar Art project, learning about bacteria. Show less

London, United Kingdom

My key areas of leadership included: deputising for the headteacher; phase leader (KS2); assessment lead (devising a new assessment policy following the 2016 changes); behaviour lead; English lead; coach. During my career at Burdett-Coutts, I taught across both key stages. Whilst at Burdett Coutts, I started to work closely with the Kings College London outreach team, establishing opportunities for children to visit leading science laboratories and setting up school visits with the… Show more My key areas of leadership included: deputising for the headteacher; phase leader (KS2); assessment lead (devising a new assessment policy following the 2016 changes); behaviour lead; English lead; coach. During my career at Burdett-Coutts, I taught across both key stages. Whilst at Burdett Coutts, I started to work closely with the Kings College London outreach team, establishing opportunities for children to visit leading science laboratories and setting up school visits with the scientists. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Class teacher (KS1 and KS2); MFL (French) lead; music coordinator.

London, United Kingdom

My role and responsibilities were: to work with the technical team to develop and optimise the user experience; to devise and carry out online and offline marketing strategies to bring new users to the site; to communicate with users by editing the weekly newsletter; to manage and analyse web statistics; to work with external partners.

Npqsl, Senior Leadership

Pgce, Elementary Education And Teaching

As I specialised in Modern Foreign Languages, my second placement was spent teaching at a French state primary school in Lons-le-Saunier.

Bahons, French/ Politics

This included spending a year at the Université de Pau in South-West France.