School Improvement

The service aims to provide strategic leadership and to support Northamptonshire schools and Early Years settings to raise standards of achievement and maintain a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum, providing the highest quality of learning experience for all learners and students.

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Northamptonshire’s School Improvement strategy is based upon the core guidance of the DfES ‘Local Education Authority – School Relations Code of Practice’ (2002) and ‘Schools Causing Concern’ (2005). The following document is the updated version September 2006.

•   School Improvement Strategy (PDF format 791kb)

This guidance links with the Local Authority's School Improvement Policy dated September 2006 (as above). Appendix 2, Section 5 of this policy outlines the Local Authority's statutory powers of intervention, including the establishment of an Interim Executive Board, under the DfES Guidance 2005 and Education and Inspection Act 2006.

•  Interim Executive Board 20-12-06 Policy (Word format 69kb)
•  Interim Executive Board Appendix 1 (Word format 61kb)
•  Interim Executive Board Appendix 2 (Word format 274kb)
•  Interim Executive Board Appendix 3 (Word format 25kb)
•  Interim Executive Board Appendix 4 (pdf format 426kb)
•  Suspension of the right to a delegated budget  (Word format 94kb)

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