Callands Community Primary School

The SSAT Primary Network works closely with individual primary schools and academies and those in multi-academy trusts (MATs) to support trusts, leaders and teachers in their mission to shape the future of education for young people.  We are currently working closely with them as three of our teachers achieve Lead Practitioner Accreditation.

 Claire Whittaker (Lead Practitioner)

 In February 2019, Claire achieved the accredited SSAT (The Schools Network) lead practitioner status. She has clearly demonstrated that she has led impact with others and inspired excellence.

 Claire can present her ideas effectively to large groups of practitioners and has strategies to determine how successful she has been in leading learning. She is able to draw on an increasingly wide range of strategies to ensure that communication is as effective as possible. In working with colleagues, Claire has shown a high level of coaching skills and an ability to motivate and inspire. She is able to draw on an ever wider range of strategies to ensure that all colleagues are engaged in the work she is carrying out with them. Claire’s professional confidence enables her to lead change and make a significant impact within and beyond Callands School. As a highly effective leader of practice and coach, she has motivated and inspired colleagues from different organisations. She has identified professional goals and identified excellent practice. Claire is continually developing her communication skills and knowledge and understanding of practice in the classroom to achieve the best possible outcomes both within and outside her organisation.

 Claire has identified and modelled, to colleagues outside her team, well-judged strategies to enable students and practitioners to learn exceptionally well and make good progress. Reflection, enquiry and the consideration of resources and training are central to the continuing development of her own practice and her leadership of others' practice. She has developed highly effective coaching and communication skills so that she can enable colleagues to lead practice with different audiences in different contexts beyond her own school. Claire’s skills as a negotiator have helped her to reach professional agreement with others and to strike the balance between leading and promoting co-ownership. She has taken opportunities to form networks in a variety of contexts and has taken action to ensure they are sustainable and enable joint practice development.