Support for stepping into a Coventry headship - Video and audio transcripts

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New head teachers coming into the 
city can expect to be supported,  

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whether they're new to the city or their brand 
new head teachers starting on their first job.

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Working as a head teacher in Coventry I have 
been really supported in my role through the  

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local Authority and I think working 
in a trust you have the best of both.

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What I do like about Coventry is that it's 
um it's really honest and I find that in  

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the community that I work within, you know 
they'll tell you as it is and like it is,  

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and that's how I found support 
from other head teachers as well.

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You are the person that does have to make the end 
decision but knowing that you can talk to people  

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pick up a phone and have those conversations with 
people whether it be in your cluster of schools,  

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your trust or wider in the city, to have the 
backing of those sometimes and say "well, yeah,  

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we're experiencing the same thing this is what 
we're doing" and it adds a completely different  

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layer to your decision making and having 
more of a confidence in what you're doing.

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The head teachers within Coventry they network all  

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the time that you know you always 
have somebody that you can go to.

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There's, there are structures in place 
to support me as a new head teacher.  

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I never feel as though I'm on my own, 
because I feel as though there's always  

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someone through the networks that I've 
got to be able to turn to or talk to.

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I've also been enrolled on the CHIP programme 
which is an induction programme for new heads  

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and there again I get to interact with a small 
group of new heads. We're all at the same stage.

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Everybody's voice is really important from 
pupil voice up to adults, leaders in school,  

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everybody's voice is valued and we need to get 
a diverse range of applicants into our city to  

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be head teachers so that we can really 
represent the communities that we serve.

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Apply for the one that really 
attracts you and gives you the  

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buzz that you know you're going to 
make a difference to that school.

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