Leadership recruitment Permanent and interim appointments

1. Leadership recruitmentPermanent and interim appointments Whether you require senior/middle leaders, short-term project managers, or a team to turn a school around, Creative Education can meet your needs (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

2. CreativeEducation • Creative Education recruits exclusively for the education sector • We are in a prime position to fill interim and permanent positions with candidates who have direct and recent experience of handling the type of challenges faced by our clients • Offering training, consultancy and recruitment services, over 20 years we have worked in partnership with more than 200 Local Authorities, 5000 schools and government organisations such as the TDA (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

3. The range of candidates ready to take up new assignments • Highly-qualified permanent staff on all levels for permanent positions from Headteachers to bursars • Interim managers who can provide much more than a holding operation by ensuring that standards are improved • Skilled project managers to provide specialist support • Teams of associates who are qualified to turn schools around (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

4. Interim Management Interim management avoids recruitment gaps and has the benefit of providing highly-qualified members of staff who bring skills, contacts, experience and energy to the team without risking a drop in standards Our interim managers are committed to developing the capacity for sustained improvement. (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

5. Six reasons for using our interim associates: • Covering all sectors of education, the calibre of our experienced associates is outstanding • They have full insurance and legal cover • They are focused, hands-on specialists with a track record of success • They achieve measureable results • They represent a cost-effective and flexible solution at times of change • They have the back-up of Creative Education training and support mechanisms (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

6. Creative Education’s track record of effective interim leadership • As successful headteachers, Ofsted Inspectors, School Improvement Partners (SIPs) and Local Authority advisers, our associates can apply their wide-ranging experience to maximum effect • Focused and results-orientated, our associates have evidence of successful interim leadership in their previous schools. (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

7. Examples of successful outcomes School Improvement Partnership 2006 – 2008: Creative Education Interim Management and Cardiff LEA Llanedeyrn High School • 100% of standards in lessons graded as satisfactory or better • Attendance has increased from 85% to 91% • Exclusions have been reduced by 70% The school was removed from special measures in January 2008 (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

8. Response to the school turnaround success at Llanedeyrn High School: “This is a tribute to the commitment shown by the interim headteacher, senior leaders, the staff as a whole, governors and officers within the service.” Chris Jones, Chief Schools and Lifelong Learning Officer, Cardiff “Let’s make sure that the learners are at the heart of every school - that’s what Llanedeyrn did and that’s what we want to see for every school.” Jane Hutt, Education Minister (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

9. School Improvement Partnership 2007 – 2008: Creative Education Interim Management and Surrey LA St John’s Community school Report from Ofsted monitoring visit May 2008: • Most pupils are making better progress in reading, writing and mathematics • Progress in Mathematics has accelerated • The rate of attendance is improving • Pupils are making better progress in basic skills and were better prepared for their economic well-being (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

10. Response to the school turnaround success at St John’s CE Community Primary School Ofsted commented that the interim headteacher and associate headteacher at the St John’s Primary School had formed: “a highly effective partnership and that this has been instrumental in the schools continued improvement.” (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

11. Meeting the expectations of each assignment • Our interim managers are committed to an interim career - they enjoy the challenge of working with a range of different schools and authorities • They have the expertise to meet agreed objectives and to manage change with sensitivity and consideration • They are dedicated to maintaining and developing high standards of achievement (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

12. Exceeding expectations “I want to be sure that you (The Governors) understand that what has happened here is above and beyond anything that could have been expected.” - a quote relating to increased achievement from the report of a Senior Advisor in an inner London Borough to the governors after just one term of Creative Education Interim Management in a school that had been failing (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

13. Interim - a flexible and cost-effective solution • Our interim associates are paid only for the days they work at an agreed daily rate • They can work full-time or part-time and their contracts can be extended with no penalties • Employer liabilities are not applicable • There are no additional costs (no NIC, pension payments, sick pay, holiday pay) (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

14. How interim placements work • Call us on 0800 458 4717 • Having discussed your requirements in detail, we can provide a shortlist of candidates within days • Once you have selected your preferred candidate we will set up an introductory meeting to agree objectives, targets and terms • A monitoring consultant will be available to discuss progress and conduct performance evaluations during the placement (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

15. Additional services • Interview process support • Consultancy • Professional development courses (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

16. Interview process support • The development of job descriptions, person specifications and selection criteria • Advertising in the appropriate media • The interview format • Testing for aptitude • School visits and presentation arrangements • Interview questions for the selection panel • References, CRB checks, initial screening and all safe-guarding procedures • Full feedback to unsuccessful candidates (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

17. Consultancy • Our team of consultants are highly-qualified practitioners who are currently involved in school evaluation • They specialise in providing strategic leadership and effective project management • The combination of their extensive, up-to-date experience and hands-on approach enables our consultants to have the maximum impact within a limited time-frame (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

18. Our key consultation areas include: • Leadership and management support and development • Strategic development (BSF) • Whole school/subject pre-inspection audit • Subject evaluation • Curriculum development (AfL National Strategies) • Behaviour management • Coaching and mentoring • 14 - 19 development (including new diplomas) • National Challenge Support (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

19. CreativeEducation’s support for all associates and consultants Access to: • Individual subject and SEN evaluation • Audits of CPD needs • Programmes of customised courses at preferential rates • Coaching and mentoring for staff on all levels (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

20. Professional development courses Creative Education is the largest independent provider of secondary school training courses in the UK Our catalogue includes more than 450 training courses The courses are designed to meet the specific needs of every member of staff in schools and colleges including: teachers, senior leaders, middle managers, SENCos, administrators, teaching assistants, technicians and site maintenance personnel All courses can be delivered inhouse and customised to match individual requirements (C) Creative Education Limited 2008

21. Contact details For further information, sample CVs, case studies and details of how we work, call us on: 0800 458 4717 Email: interim@creativeeducation.co.uk or visit our website: www.creativeeducation.co.uk/interim (C) Creative Education Limited 2008