Heads of faculty and department will offer one-to-one consultancy as requested by partner schools and others
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Intended Outcomes Timescale Evaluation of Success

1. To share effective progress

2. To contribute to an improvement in GCSE results

3. To increase the effectiveness of secondary/primary liaison

4. To broaden the range of teaching and learning strategies
All courses to be offered annually 1. Responses of participants and their schools

2. Monitoring of GCSE results in the relevant subjects in partner schools

3. Survey of partners' work with primary school

4. Evaluation by HIAS inspectors

Activity 2: In-service training for heads of department. Pastoral heads and other middle managers

Intended Outcomes Timescale Evaluation of Success

1. To provide the opportunity to explore a proven, alternative model of school leadership and management

2. To increase effectiveness at middle management level

3. To improve leadership in some specific departments

4. To provide access to ongoing support and advice
All modules to be provided every year 1. Customer satisfaction' as indicated by responses on evaluation forms, requests for further support, etc.

2. Evidence of a developing whole-school culture of self improvement in partner schools

3. Improvement of raw and value added KS3 and GCSE results in partner schools, overall and in individual subjects targeted

Activity 3: Work shadowing experience for middle managers

Hall Mead to provide opportunities for middle managers in partner schools to shadow their counterparts here, ideally for one week at a time. Participants would take an active part in the life of the School, sharing practice in their own specialist areas but also more widely and experiencing the School's ethos. Programmes would be tailored to the needs of each individual participant and his/her school. One of the aims would be to encourage other schools to offer similar opportunities.

Intended Outcomes Timescale Evaluation of Success

As 1-4 for Activity

2 above plus:

5. To generate more openness, leading to increased debate and sharing of ideas

6.To provide opportunities for Hall Mead staff to learn from practitioners from other school

7. To meet the expressed needs of the participants' schools
Ongoing As 1-3 for Activity

2 plus:

4. Increased number of visits by Hall Mead and partner school staff to other schools to learn from good practice

5. Report produced by each participant, specifying the changes which will result from the experience

6. Report produced by participant's school quantifying the resulting changes.