Kent Leaders of Education (KLE) recruitment

If you are a Headteacher and prepared to work with other schools to improve pupil outcomes, we would encourage you to apply to be a Kent Leader of Education.

Who can apply?

To become a Kent Leader of Education, you and your school need to meet the following criteria.

Criteria for Headteachers

To be eligible to be a Kent Leader of Education, you must:

• have at least three years of successful experience as a serving Headteacher
• expect to remain at your current school for at least two years after being selected
• have accountability for one or more school(s) that meet the criteria below
• have the support of your school’s Governing Body
• demonstrate that you have sufficient experience of providing support to Headteacher(s) or senior member(s) of staff at a school, or schools, other than your own.

Criteria for the Headteacher’s school

For you to be considered as a Kent Leader of Education, your current school must:

• have an Ofsted rating of good or better
• show consistently high levels of pupil performance or continued improvement over the last three years
• be above current minimum standards set by the government
• have experienced senior leaders with capacity to work with other schools.

What a Kent Leader of Education does

The majority of the work of a Kent Leader of Education is one-to-one support of another Headteacher.

Typical activities include:

• supporting school improvement
• coaching and mentoring the Headteacher to develop skills, judgement and professional effectiveness
• supporting or arranging coaching or training for staff in the supported school.

Each placement is negotiated separately with the commissioning body.

Schools that are a priority for support are those where:

• attainment and progress take the school below the floor standards
• the school is considered to be vulnerable and at risk of dropping an Ofsted category
• a new, first-time Headteacher has been appointed
• leadership, including governance, is not demonstrating sufficient impact of driving improvement at a fast enough rate
• the quality of teaching is not improving rapidly enough to ensure outcomes are improving for all groups equally well.

The next round runs from 8 January - 26 January 2018 with selection taking place by the end of January. Candidates will be notified by 9 February.

To apply, Headteachers should first read the KLE Protocols and Guidance document (DOCX, 164.8 KB) and then complete the KLE application form (DOCX, 24.3 KB). Email the completed form to leadershipgovernancecentral@kent.gov.uk.

Contact Details

Leadership and Governance team
Email: leadershipgovernancecentral@kent.gov.uk