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Colin believes that culture and relationships are the key to ensuring that all members of the school community are engaged and play an active role in the school and education of children.

Colin leads a strong team of committed and driven staff. Ofsted (2022) reported that, ‘Leaders have high expectations of all pupils. Teaching staff do not accept second best. Pupils and children strive to achieve highly in lessons.’

His leadership style is a democratic and consultative one, which puts relationships, openness and trust at the heart. This has resulted in creating a positive, supportive and accountable culture. This ‘togetherness’ is evident at celebratory times as well as during more challenging moments – staff pull together, not apart. His favourite quote, by Martin Luther King, is something that he stands by: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

Colin has undertaken personalised work with individual headteachers throughout Bolton, including monitoring and self-evaluation activities such as data analysis, pupil voice, staff discussions and document scrutiny, as well as discussions about organisation and wellbeing.

The Personal Development aspect of his school is a strength, as evidenced in the most recent Ofsted report: ‘Pupils are proud to belong to this school. They develop confidence in their own capabilities. They enjoy offering each other support and guidance. Pupils develop strong leadership skills in the many roles that they carry out on the playground and around the school. They demonstrate respect and maturity in the way that they listen to and consider different points of view’.

Colin's areas of strength:
• creating innovative solutions to improve efficiencies across school.
• distributed leadership, staff development, recruitment and retention.
• Data Analysis.
• Working with Governors.
• Pupil Behaviour.
• Personal Development.