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Strategies to tackle behaviour and attendance

Behaviour Attendance
How can pastoral leaders support pupil progress? Focusing on tackling behaviour and absence issues, school leader Osman Stackhouse reports on some of the pastoral strategies he has used successfully

I applied to join the Teaching Leaders Fellows programme in 2013 as the subject leader of geography at Park Hall Academy in Birmingham.

However, following a successful application for the programme, I was promoted to the senior management team in charge of key stage 3.

This change in role brought a shifting leadership perspective from being subject-specific to whole-school-orientated and the challenge of developing an Impact Initiative for a pastoral role that would be measured by academic progress.

The Impact Initiative is a project, set over one or two years, which encourages Teaching Leaders Fellows to establish a goal and create a vision to raise pupil progress within their area of responsibility. It is a key component of the Teaching Leaders Fellows programme as it enables Fellows to make a positive impact or change in their own school.

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