Our strategic partners are central to the work of our alliance. Berkshire Teaching Alliance has six strategic partners who form our Steering Group. Each has a strong desire, capacity and expertise to contribute. They either take on a leading role in a key area or have more of a ‘watching brief’ in order to build capacity.
Membership as a strategic partner on our Steering Group means that they share collective responsibility for the outcomes of the work of the alliance against BTA and national performance indicators. Strategic Partners sign our terms of reference each year, confirming their commitment.
Strategic Partners |
Schools |
Key Area |
Catherine Morley |
Headteacher, Theale C of E Primary
|
Teaching School
School Support and Leadership
|
Florence Rostron |
Executive Headteacher, Calcot Schools |
Research and Development |
John Micklewhite |
Headteacher, Birch Copse Primary |
Specialist Leaders of Education |
Angela Hay |
Headteacher, The Winchcombe |
School to School Support |
Catherine Nisbet |
Headteacher, Mrs Bland’s Infant School |
Professional Development |
Catherine Bernie |
Deputy Headteacher, Brookfields Specialist SEN School |
Lead School - Initial Teacher Education |
Lee Simpson |
Deputy Headteacher,
Denefield School
|
Initial Teacher Education, Secondary Programme Lead |
Barbara Hunter |
Executive Headteacher, Westwood Farm Schools |
Leadership, Pupil Premium, Curriculum |
Oxford Brookes University |
We also work closely with OBU. They contribute at a strategic level to support our Initial Teacher Education |
Strategic partners meet many of the following criteria, they
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Have a specific skill connected to one of the ‘big six’.
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Are a current headteacher or individual holding a senior role in a member school whose school has a proven track record in successfully addressing key performance indicators in one of the ‘big six’.
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Have a proven track record and expertise in meeting an identified need within the alliance or can provide leadership on a priority area in our strategic plan.
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Are a current NLE or LLE or willing to become a system leader.
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Can contribute to system leadership, by sharing expertise across the alliance and providing leadership of an aspect of the strategic plan.
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Have good capacity to give time and energy to the alliance.