Lea Valley Primary School and headteacher Maria Kokotsis have been awarded the Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI) Primary Leadership Programme Mark.
Maria Kokotsis says “We are delighted to have been awarded the Primary Leadership Programme Mark for our research work and will be proud to carry the Mark on our stationery and website as evidence of our commitment to inspirational teaching.”
The PTI is an organisation run by teachers for teachers. It aims to inspire teachers in their subject disciplines, to develop subject expertise and to give them the confidence to introduce their pupils to challenging material.
The new Primary School Residential and Leadership Programme aims to build on the PTI’s already successful secondary school model, connecting teachers and headteachers with a network of schools and the opportunity to explore other approaches to school leadership. The focus, as with all the PTI’s courses and activities, it to enhance and enrich the quality of subject teaching. They will also develop an ethos and culture of high aspiration for all pupils and provide effective professional development for primary school teachers and headteachers. Each school involved undertakes an action-based research project that will be of benefit to all participating schools. Lea Valley Primary School’s project focuses on teaching and learning, which encourages the recruitment and development of passionate teachers; it develops whole school, subject centred leadership and contributes to the body of evidence for what works in schools, whilst also encouraging collaboration between schools.