Warwickshire Maintained Nursery Schools – supporting the early years sector

The six maintained Nursery Schools in Warwickshire currently lead an DfE Early Years Teaching Centre, but hope to join forces with a group of Coventry and Warwickshire Schools to form a Teaching School which will be called: ‘The Warwickshire Consortium Teaching School’ which will focus on the Early Years and Key Stage 1.

Teaching schools play a fundamental role in developing a self-sustaining system where:

• Trainee teachers learn from the best teachers, supported by a culture of coaching and mentoring. Our Early Years Teaching Centre has a strong strategic partnership with Warwick University and will offer 15 places on a specialist early years PGCE commencing in September 2017. Please contact Rachel Gillett head1020@welearn365.com  for further information.
• Professional development is a key element of a teaching schools activity and ours is focussed on what works, so that teachers, support staff and leaders improve knowledge and practice through encounters with excellent practice within and beyond their immediate environment.

• Our Teaching School will lead this work through a new organisation called Warwickshire Early Years – ‘Bringing Quality to Life’. Please see warwickshireearlyyears.co.uk for more information or to book onto one of our courses. This traded service will be delivered in partnership with the Local Authority and is developed from the long standing Early Years Advisory Team.

• Bespoke support and advice: The Teaching School Alliance we have planned is well placed to provide support in the arena of EYFS and KS1 because their leaders have local knowledge and can identify where the key resources and expertise lie. So, as well as professional development, Teaching Schools will identify and co-ordinate expertise in partner schools and PVI sector settings, using the best leaders and practitioners to:

• Lead peer-to-peer professional and leadership development
• Identify and develop leadership potential (succession planning and talent management)
• Provide support for other schools
• Designate and broker specialist leaders of education (SLEs)
• Engage in research and development activity

All of our support packages can be adapted to meet identified needs and include clear objectives, an agreed action plan, agreed criteria for success and robust evaluation.  You may wish to purchase one of our annual subscription packages to provide you with ongoing support or a one off evaluation day.  For more information on commissioning bespoke support in your school or early years settings please contact Amanda King at head1002@welearn365.com  

 

We can help you with:

• Quality audits and reviews
• Leadership and management coaching or mentoring for new managers and leaders
• Support packages: PSED, Well-Being, Leadership, SEN/d, Learning environments, Curriculum and Planning
• Teaching and learning support; joint lesson observations, video reflection, improving practice
• Speech and Language support / CPD
• Observation, Assessment and effective use of data
• Narrowing the gap
• Strategic Development
• Governance, Trust and Committee support and CPD

 

The Warwickshire Consortium Teaching School includes:

Atherstone Nursery School, Bedworth Heath Nursery School, Boughton Leigh Infants School, Hillfields Nursery School and Childrens Centre, Kenilworth Nursery School, Stockingford Early Years Centre, Stoke Heath Primary School, Sydenham Primary School, Warwick Nursery School, Whitnash Nursery School