Specialist Leader of Education; RACHEL WOLFENDALE

National Teaching School EYELA Employing School Valley Primary School Position EYFS LEAD Area(s) of specialism

Early Years Learning environment Parental Engagement Cultural diversity Transition / home visits

Recent projects, activities, conferences or presentations

• Currently working on the Early Years Excellence Project – working with local pre-schools, school and childminders in a hub to develop a project to help vulnerable children prepare for school.

• SLE Project on outdoor learning environments

• ‘Back to our Roots’ project – whole school project to strengthen relationships with harder to reach families and enable communities from a diverse range of cultures to become more prominent in school.

• Parental Engagement Quality Standard award achieved for whole school and working with colleagues across the a federation.

Other information

Supporting qualifications

• Middle Leaders Development Programme completed 2012

• Became SLE in Autumn 2014 • 10 years teaching in Early Years across

Nursery and Reception classes and leading in both. Outstanding OFSTED gradings and settings used as exemplary practice for visits from other schools.