School Improvement & Pupil Outcomes Team
The School Improvement and Pupil Outcomes Team are responsible for ensuring all our children are making at least expected progress, are in good quality schools and receiving the best possible education. They will do this by tracking and monitoring the attainment and progress of all children, ensuring pupil premium is being used effectively to improve outcomes and work with designated teachers to create a culture of high expectations and aspiration and address any barriers to academic progress and achievement
Virtual School Deputy Head- Amundeep Bains
Amundeep leads the School Improvement & Pupil Outcomes Team and has a strategic responsibility for improving the attainment and progress of Walsall's children in care aged 2-18
Early Years Development & Intervention Officer - Jemma Llewellyn
Jemma Leads on improving outcomes for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Education Advisor for Learning - Debbie Woolfe
Debbie leads on improving the educational outcomes for children and young people in primary and secondary schools
Post 16 Development Officer- Kirsten Wilson
Kirsten works with schools, colleges and post 16 providers to ensure our young people are in appropriate education, employment or training placements to reduce the number of young people who become NEET
Education Support Officers
Our Education support Officers work closely with early years settings, schools and post 16 providers to ensure our children and young people are making good educational progress and have the support they need to succeed. Our Education support Officers work with designated teachers, social workers, parents/carers and other local authority teams and also provide direct interventions with children, delivering individual learning programmes, enrichment activities, therapeutic interventions and Speech and Language assessments .
Emily Richards is our Early Years Education Support Officer
Katie Dodd is our Education Support Officer for schools in the Central & South Locality
Emma Jones is our Education Support Officer for schools in the East Locality and is also our Education Support Officer for previously looked after children
Shirelle Hansel is our Post 16 Education Support Officer