Education Improvement Service

Find out more about the duties carried out by Knowsley Council and how they can help your child.

Knowsley Council Education Improvement Service

The Education Improvement Service (EIS) at Knowsley Council is responsible for delivering the council's statutory duties in relation to school improvement, attendance, admissions, the virtual school for Children Looked After, and advice and guidance to schools on safeguarding children.

The EIS is made up of a number of teams, including the Education Improvement Team, the school admissions team, the attendance team, and the safeguarding team.

The Education Improvement Team provides strategic leadership to the school system and consists of officers with significant experience of senior leadership in schools. Their work includes strengthening school leadership and governance, developing and aligning local educational policy to national policy developments, and delivering statutory duties in relation to schools causing concern.

The school admissions, attendance, and safeguarding teams provide specialist advice to schools and broader stakeholders within their area of expertise.

The EIS provides a wide range of services to schools

  • Advice, guidance, and support for all aspects of school improvement
  • Targeted Local Authority reviews to quality assure provision and identify priorities
  • Pre- and post-Ofsted support, including support for action planning and monitoring visits
  • Professional development and support for leadership and governance
  • Brokering school-to-school support for schools in categories of concern
  • Specific programmes for recently appointed and acting headteachers and Newly Qualified Teachers
  • Support for the recruitment of headteachers
  • Coordination of school admissions for primary and secondary school places, including appeals representation for community schools and the Fair Access Protocol
  • Collation of data and advice on the school exclusion process
  • Advice and guidance to schools in relation to school safeguarding
  • The virtual school takes the lead role in promoting educational attainment and progress for all Knowsley Children Looked After
  • Fulfilment of statutory responsibilities regarding school attendance enforcement and children missing education
  • Monitoring of Elective Home Education to ensure suitability

Contact

E-mail

Nadine Carroll

Head of Education 
nadine.carroll@knowsley.gov.uk

Michael Wharton

Head of Service for Inclusion and SEND
michael.wharton@knowsley.gov.uk

Joanne Knight

Education Improvement Officer-SEND
Education Improvement and Inclusion
joanne.knight@knowsley.gov.uk

Penny France

Education Improvement Officer, Education Improvement
penelope.france@knowsley.gov.uk

Karen Austin- Smith

Education Improvement Officer, Education Improvement
karen.austin-smith@knowsley.gov.uk 

Katy Race

Education Improvement Officer, Education Improvement
katy.race@knowsley.gov.uk

Telephone

Education Improvement Enquiries

0151 443 3234

 

 

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