You will be working with our amazing education leaders right across the borough. We work across all designations and operate as a family of schools in Wigan. Based on data and intelligence, you will be required to provide sound advice and support to these leaders where appropriate to ensure that all schools and academies within the Borough are supported and challenged to be Good or better.
You will also provide strong leadership and support for a range of fabulous education services and teams as determined by the Assistant Director.
To support you, and our settings, you will also work closely with our partners within and beyond the Council as necessary and contribute to and help drive Wigan Council s Excellence in Education Strategy 2020-2030 so that priorities are met.
We are a forward thinking, supportive and dynamic service that is committed to school improvement and have made a measurable difference over the last 5 years. Strong make a further positive contribution. You will need extensive knowledge of current local, regional and national education issues and developments and be able to demonstrate how you have previously applied this to improving outcomes for children and young people.
You will have excellent, strong leadership and emotional intelligence skills whilst being empathetic, articulate and be able to demonstrate our Wigan behaviours. You will be able to motivate, inspire and enthuse our education leaders, council managers, members of their teams and colleagues.
You will have recent and relevant experience of Council and or school/college senior leadership.
Wigan Council has been voted Overall Council of the Year at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them., This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward thinking and incredibly aspirational education service. We are committed to ensuring that the children and young people in Wigan experience the best standards of teaching and the best experience of learning.
Our School Improvement is a highly effective system led; consortia model.
Through our Excellence and Education Strategy we are determined to improve the opportunities for all of our children and young people in their education journey and to maximise their potential for opportunities into adulthood. We have a strong history of excellent links with partners to drive continual improvement and work closely to support our schools with a range of strong well established education services.
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