The SIA replaces the School Improvement Partner role within Wirral schools.The Wirral school improvement partner programme is a flexible service in which schools are entitled to use a SIA as part of the Wirral EQ service level agreement. The SIA provides a range of improvement options, allowing you to choose the element(s) most suited to your school and situation. Engaging the services of a SIA offers a number of advantages including:* A flexible, bespoke programme which can be as extensive or as focussed as required to meet the needs of individual schools and academies* Support and challenge – elements valued by schools, academies and governors * A SIA who is up-to-date with the latest developments in teaching and learning and school improvement strategies * A SIA who is accountable for the quality of their work.

Bidston Avenue Primary School is a large primary school in Wirral. It serves the Claughton and North End of Birkenhead.The core purpose of the headteacher is to provide professional leadership and management for their school. The headteacher will aim to secure improvement and success for the school by ensuring high quality teaching and learning opportunities for all its pupils and high standards of achievement in all areas of the school's work.The headteacher is responsible for creating an exciting, stimulating, productive learning environment for pupils and staff. The headteacher is the lead professional and lead learner in the school and, together with the governing body and whole school community, is responsible for:• securing the mission, creating vision and establishing the strategic direction of the school;• managing change and shaping the future of the school;• securing success and improvement for the school through school self evaluation;• ensuring high quality teaching, high quality individual learning opportunities for all pupils and high standards of achievement;• providing equality of opportunity for all;• developing, implementing, monitoring and continually improving policies and practices;• operating within a regulatory framework and interpreting and applying relevant legislation;• managing and organising the school from day to day to ensure that resources, including the school environment and human resources, are efficiently, effectively and safely used to achieve the school's aims and objectives;• securing the commitment of the wider community to the school by developing and maintaining effective networks;• ensuring his/her own professional development and the professional development of all staff in the school.

Part of a small group of Birkenhead Headteachers who analyse the locality schools’ results and provide support, as necessary.

Deputy Headteacher, responsible for Behaviour Improvement Programme (BIP), Basic Skills, ICT, Assessment, Recording & Reporting, Design & Technology, Science, and Modern Foreign Languages.

My main duties were to provide in-service training to Wirral teachers in ICT and D&T and provide Curriculum Focused Support to individual Wirral schools.