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Following the success of the Attainment Champions pilot launched in January 2023, new schools are being recruited in a 12-month expansion of the scheme.
Attainment Champions are school leaders appointed based on their work to address the impact of poverty on educational attainment in their schools. They provide peer-to-peer support to other schools and help to inform Welsh Government policy around educational attainment.
Phase two of the Attainment Champions scheme will start in September with headteachers of new participating schools working collaboratively with an Attainment Champion in one of five networks with up to 3 schools in each network.
Each school will be provided with peer-to-peer support from within the network from teachers who have experience of supporting learners from lower-income households.
Interested schools should contact the National Academy for Educational Leadership (NAEL), who are delivering the scheme on behalf of the Welsh Government.
Information on how to apply and download the recruitment pack here.
Deadline for schools to apply: 24 June 2024.
The Attainment Champions appointed in 2023:
- Janet Hayward OBE, Executive Headteacher of Cadoxton and Oak Field Primary Schools in Barry.
- Heather Nicholas, Headteacher at Tonyrefail Community School
- Jennifer Ford, Headteacher at Treorchy Comprehensive School in Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Joe Cudd, executive headteacher Ysgol Pen Rhos and Ysgol Pentip in Llanelli.
- Innes Robinson, Headteacher of Whitmore High School in Barry.
- Stuart Davies, Headteacher at Cathays High School in Cardiff
- Gethin Davies, headteacher of Ysgol y Bedol, Cwmaman in Carmarthenshire