National Support School
Marine Academy Primary is a National Support School. National Leaders of Education (NLEs) are outstanding Headteachers who, together with the staff in their schools, known as National Support Schools (NSS), use their skills and experience to support schools in challenging circumstances.
Marine Academy Primary has a very successful record of working with other schools, Headteachers, groups of teachers and individuals to improve teaching and learning, pupil attainment and progress. In addition to leading within our own school, our leaders work to build the leadership capacity of other schools to help raise standards across the country.
Marine Academy Primary works closely with the Dartmoor Teaching School Alliance (DTSA) and Exeter Consortium. They are also working towards becoming a Teaching School themselves, they were successful in securing an Aspiring Teaching School Grant from the Department for Education. There are a number of staff members who have been designated as system leaders and are able to provide support to other schools, these include:
Georgina Brunning – Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) for Science and Maths
Annette Codner – Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) for Physical Education
Nicola Keeler - Pupil Premium Reviewer
Kingsley Clennel-White – Dartmoor Leader of Education (DLE) for Music
Schools seeking advice or support, guidance or help of any kind can contact us for an informal discussion via the school office or by emailing primary@marineacademy.org.uk
StepLab Coaching Hub
Having seen the amazing impact of our coaching programme, we're proud to have been selected as a Steplab Coaching Hub, supporting leaders to implement high quality professional development across their school. We love visitors and you're guaranteed lots of practical ideas and bottomless tea, coffee and biscuits! To find out more about our approach to instructional coaching, check out this free downloadable beginner's guide written by Peps McCrea, Director of Research at Steplab. To book a coaching hub visit to our school, just email the friendly team at hello@steplab.co
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