6.1 Roles and responsibilities

School managers have a range of responsibilities to ensure the school community is inclusive for all their learners and families. Some examples are below.

  • Ensure a culture of on-going self-evaluation, evaluate evidence from across the whole school and use this to plan change and further improve.
  • Ensure all duties and responsibilities are carried out as required.
  • Ensure all planning and implementation takes cognisance of national and local drivers.

HGIOS 4 identifies 5 quality indicators for leadership and management which can help evaluate specific areas of focus.

1.1 Self-evaluation for self-improvement

1.2 Leadership of learning

1.3 Leadership of change

1.4 Leadership and management of staff

1.5 Management of resources to promote equity

Classroom Teachers

Support for all learners begins within the classroom and is provided by the classroom teacherwhoholds the main responsibility for nurturing, educating and meeting the needs of all pupils in their class,working in partnership with support staff to ensure early identification of pupils additional support needs, plan, deliver and review curriculum programmes.

6.2 Five roles of Support for learning teacher/pupil support teacher