Lead Teachers & Specialist Leaders in Education (SLEs) 

The concept of the SLE role was introduced in 2011. The role aims to help to improve the quality of school leadership through school-to-school support, ultimately raising standards and improving outcomes for children. 

Our Lead Teachers and SLEs are outstanding middle and senior leaders who have the skills to support individuals and/or teams in other schools. They understand what outstanding leadership practice in their area of expertise looks like, and are skilled in helping other leaders to achieve it in their own context. This team focus on developing leadership capacity and developing classroom expertise. These roles allow for the development of other leaders so that they have the skills to lead their own teams and improve practice in their own schools. This may be done through one-to-one or group support and could involve a variety of activities.

BEST Education Services and School Improvement Team have successfully recruited and trained a team of Lead Teachers and SLEs to work in Central Bedfordshire and beyond. The Team is responsible for their deployment and have set a daily rate of £350 (minimum allocation of time is a half day) for all commissions. If you are interested in commissioning a member of our team, please contact Alison Wilshaw (details below).

The areas they cover include-

• KS 1/2/3/4/5 English                                               
• KS 1/2/3/4/5 Maths                           
• KS 1/2/3/4/5 Science
• MFL    
• HPA                                                               
• Humanities                                        
• PE
• Performing Arts 
• Music 
• SEND
• Early Career Framework Training
• NPQs
• EYFS
• Phonics                    
• Wellbeing
• Equality & Diversity                                          
• Behaviour/Attendance
• Art & DT

If you are interested in working with a Lead Teacher/SLE or would like to find out more about their areas of expertise, please contact:

Alison Wilshaw on AWilshaw@bestacademies.org.uk 

Susanne Combe on scombe@bestacademies.org.uk

Sarah Pearman on spearman@bestacademies.org.uk

 

Lead Teacher & SLEs

Lead Teachers			SLEs
Specialism	Name		Specialism	Name
Art	Jo Hammond		Behaviour & Attendance	Richard Scoot
Attendance & Behaviour	Michael Craddock		Behaviour / SEN	Becky Byrne
English/Science	Milli Evanson		English	Emily Wrigglesworth
Equality & Diversity	Vishalie Yadav		English (KS3/KS4/KS5)	Alex Mason
EYFS	Lucy Blackford		EYFS	Sarah Horne
Geography	Jason Hatchell		EYFS	Lisa Lenk
HPA	Lee Hubbard		EYFS & Leadership	Ashleigh Ferdinand
Maths	Julie Undrell		Geography	Alan Lovesey
MFL	Lisa Oestreicher		Geography / Teaching & Learning	Hannah Potter
NQT/ECF/Music	Emily Hardy		Humanities	Vicky Lake
PE	Jimmy Hart		Maths	Douglas Leonard
PE/Wellbeing	Natasha Cooper		Maths (KS1/KS2/KS3)	Sarah Hughes
Primary Geography (KS2)	Suze Prendergast		Maths (KS1/KS2/KS3)	Lynn Minshull
Primary History	Damien Roberts		Maths (KS1/KS2/KS3)	Juliet Parker
RE	Michael Ward		Maths (KS3/KS4/KS5)	Aaron Beckett
Science	Rob Graves		Maths (KS3/KS4/KS5)	Justin Togher
Secondary History	Julia Haynes		MFL	Katherine Brown
SEND	Thomas Rowell		PE (KS2/KS3)	Sarah Robson
Wellbeing	Alison Sugden		Performing Arts / Teaching & Learning	Joya Brahmachari-Limb
			Phonics / English (KS1)	Kate Mackenzie
			Science (KS2/KS3/KS4/KS5)	Christian Langley
			Teaching & Learning	Katie Bridge
			Teaching & Learning / Humanities	Flora Burt