Award

School Improvement support 2022-23

LION ACADEMY TRUST

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

18 Apr 2023 at 13:39

Planning

19 Apr 2022 at 11:49

Summary of the contracting process

The Lion Academy Trust is seeking external partner(s) for School Improvement within its Wellingborough Hub of schools. The procurement involves leadership development, school development planning, self-evaluation, and governance support. The contract, to be awarded for 1 year from 1st September 2022, focuses on developing clear plans for improvement and monitoring educational standards.

This tender offers business growth opportunities for providers with expertise in educational leadership and school improvement services. Businesses well-suited to compete should demonstrate recent educational impact, expertise in teaching and learning, and relevant safeguarding knowledge. The ability to work with school leaders, deliver coaching sessions, and support the implementation of improvement plans within educational settings is crucial for successful engagement with this procurement opportunity.

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Notice Title

School Improvement support 2022-23

Notice Description

The Lion Academy Trust is seeking external partner(s) to work with on School Improvement within its Wellingborough Hub of schools. The service provider will be required to deliver against key school improvement deliverables. This includes leadership development, school development planning, Self Evaluation, and delivering on the trust agreed systems and processes for school improvement. In addition: * Represent the trust and the school locally, developing a wider network of professionals that enhances the local offer. This includes holding the local authority and other stakeholders to account * Ensuring that the Heads of Schools are effective in their roles and that the quality of education is at least good are supported to ensure that Safeguarding remains effective * Supporting local governance to carry out their role effectively. * Write reports as required

Lot Information

Lot 1

The service provider must be able to demonstrate educational leadership and experience which matches the needs and approach of the Lion Academy Trust. It is expected the person(s) fulfilling the contract will be able to demonstrate clearly their recent educational impact within similar settings and that their expert knowledge on teaching and learning, safeguarding, and school improvement is relevant. Key deliverables - School Improvement. Supporting the implementation of the Lion Academy Trust "school in a box" model for all 4 Wellingborough schools. Working alongside the heads of schools and the Trust Executive to be able to: 1. Develop clear, achievable plans for improvement. This is the SDP and associated action plans 2. Support in monitoring and evaluating standards and the effectiveness of these plans for improvement through: * Developing leaders to be able to deliver effective monitoring practices - learning walks, and lesson observations in line with trust-specific priorities and monitoring systems. * Use of Perspective and other systems for Monitoring, Evaluating and supporting leaders to draft and finalise the school evaluation forms in line with the Trust system and expectations. * Self-evaluation of the effectiveness of the educational offer provided by the school. This includes: the quality of education provided, the effectiveness of the early years, pupils' personal development, behaviour and attitudes, safeguarding, and Leadership and management * The implementation of the trust's systems for teaching and learning including: Core pedagogy, Trust curriculum (pathways), and the Early years handbook, * Improving attendance and reducing persistent absence * Leadership of behaviour including the tracking of behaviour and the implementation of successful strategies to support the most vulnerable learners as well as ensuring school-wide expectations are maintained. * Mentoring and coaching new leaders to be effective in delivering school improvement. * Development of leaders' knowledge of the curriculum so that they are able to give a coherent and systematic explanation of the trust curriculum to a range of stakeholders. * Implement effective systems for PPA / Pre PPA so that staff are able to design lessons that meet the needs of all pupils. * Carry out effective data analysis of key information streams within the school including; Attendance and persistent absence, Arbor - and the use of the system to evaluate attainment and progress, and Perspective evaluations * Implement effective and targeted teacher development through effective CPD. This is to support the necessary improvements in teaching through targeted In addition to this, there will be a requirement to 3. Represent the trust and the school locally, developing a wider network of professionals that enhances the local offer. This includes holding the local authority and other stakeholders to account 4. Ensuring that the Heads are supported to ensure that Safeguarding remains effective 5. Supporting local governance to carry out their role effectively. 6. Write reports as required Any respondents will be asked to clearly articulate how the above would be met and provide an attestation of familiarity with required systems, procedures, legislation, or proprietary products. An initial internal review demonstrates this requirement will require c.136.5 days to fulfil over the 195 days of the school year, however, the Trust is open to alternative proven delivery methods. The contract will be awarded for 1 year from 1st September 2022 and may be considered for renewal subject to demonstrating impact achieved through contract delivery.

Options: Subject to successful KPI's, and any ongoing need within the Trust, this contract may be subsequently renewed on negotiation.

Renewal: The contract would be for an initial one-year term, with the potential to annually renew for up to a maximum of three years.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-032e69
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011111-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80100000 - Primary education services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£56,032 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Apr 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
4 May 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Jun 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LION ACADEMY TRUST
Contact Name
David Bond
Contact Email
david@lionacademytrust.net
Contact Phone
+44 2086193403

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E10 6EJ
Post Town
East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI5 Outer London - East and North East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest
Delivery Location
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, TLH3 Essex, TLI43 Haringey and Islington, TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest

Local Authority
Waltham Forest
Electoral Ward
Forest
Westminster Constituency
Leyton and Wanstead

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NICKY KINGSNORTH CONSULTING

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