Sarah Davies

I am currently a Senior School Improvement Advisor for St Chad’s Academy Trust with responsibility for English and Safeguarding. I also lead the Primary Excellence in English Project for one day per week on behalf of the Potteries Education Trust.

Previous to this, I worked for Stoke Local Authority as a Senior School Improvement Adviser and Strategic Moderation Manager for EYFS, KS1 and KS2.

I am an accredited school improvement adviser and have worked in a number of local authorities. When I worked as an adviser in Nottinghamshire, a key aspect of this work was establishing and leading the Local Leaders and National Leaders of Education programme, focussing on delivering high quality school to school support. As a result of the high-quality impact of this programme, the authority was asked to share their practices with a number of other Local Authorities. I am truly passionate about the benefits of school-to-school support and collaborative working; alongside a rigorous quality assurance system to objectively evaluate the impact of support in raising attainment and accelerating progress of all pupils.

I am a qualified teacher and, before becoming a school improvement adviser, gained extensive school-based middle and senior leadership experience in a range of different schools.