The School Improvement Board (SIB) is a team of educational advisers employed directly by the Trust to facilitate school improvement work.  They are experienced and expert in their field, engaged with the current research and evidence, and able to share their knowledge and skill with schools.  

In the short term, these advisers work with schools to improve the quality of their provision.  SIB has the expertise and experience to lead CPDL activities at any scale, from supporting groups of schools to leading one-to-one coaching for individual leaders and teachers.  SIB is also able to perform diagnostic observations and reviews to help schools identify specific areas for improvement. 

In the long term, our advisers aim to increase the capacity for schools to run their own school improvement projects, through supervision and support of leaders at all levels. 

SIB is also able to support with governance functions, challenging and supporting schools so that leaders can be confident they have an accurate insight into the quality of education and leadership in their schools. 

There are over 20 advisers with days dedicated to school improvement work who, between them, specialise in all aspects of strategic leadership and a range of subjects, including English, maths, science and whole-school reading.  These dedicated days mean they have capacity to support schools intensively and ensure they have a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of their areas of practice, informed by substantive theoretical research, many observations of practice in a variety of contexts, conversations with expert colleagues in numerous schools, and experiences of multiple Ofsted inspections.   These advisers are supported by our Assessment and Innovation Team, which comprises over 50 teachers from schools across the Trust, ensuring the central team has specialist expertise from every subject and every phase of education. 

For more information on our advisers and the work of SIB, please click on the links below