I started at Rosebrook Primary School in Stockton-on-Tees in September 2015. Rosebrook is a large primary school that serves a deprived catchment area. Many of our families are vulnerable and, in recent years, raising attainment had been a challenge.
My core responsibility at the school is to improve teaching and learning. As a leader I was determined to ensure better outcomes for pupils at Rosebrook. Rates of progress across all year groups and key stages had, up until 2015, been poor.
Teaching and learning needed to improve rapidly. When I joined, the senior leadership team were all new in post and most of the middle leadership team were either new or inexperienced.
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