Partners

Local Authorities

  

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ESIS is proud to be working in close partnership with our four authorities Bridgend, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf as well as the Vale of Glamorgan Council, who together make up the Central South Consortium, for which ESIS currently acts as Consortium Coordinator.


The Joint Commitee

ESIS is a local government organisation answerable to elected members of the four councils that make up the partnership. They operate and provide direction through the ESIS Joint Committee, which includes senior members and chief officers drawn from each partner authority.

Councillor Phil. J. Bevan - Chair
Caerphilly County Borough Council

Councillor Alana E. Davies - Vice Chair
Bridgend County Borough Council

Councillor Lynne Hughes
Caerphilly County Borough Council

Councillor Martin P. James
Caerphilly County Borough Council

Councillor Peter Foley
Bridgend County Borough Council

Councillor Richard Thomas
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Councillor S. Paul Brown
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Councillor Eudine Hanagan
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Councillor Michael Forey
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Sandra Aspinall - Director of Education & Leisure
Caerphilly County Borough Council

Mike Keating - Director for Education & Lifelong Learning
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Chris Abbott - Director of Integrated Children’s Services
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Hilary Anthony - Executive Director – Learning
Bridgend County Borough Council


Board of Management

Decision-making and accountability is managed by the Joint Committee and the Board of Management. This includes headteacher representatives from secondary, primary and specialist schools, together with heads of service for Education and Children’s Services from across the four authorities. The Board of Management provides additional professional perspective to the work of ESIS and advises the Joint Committee.

Greg Owens - Chief Executive
ESIS

Richard Landy - Assistant Director – Learning and Skills
Bridgend County Borough Council

Margaret Wagner - Head of School Improvement
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Jill Lawrence - Assistant Director Learning Education and Leisure
Caerphilly County Borough Council

Gareth Rees - Acting Service Director School Support and Improvement
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Meirion Stephens
Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari

Chris Major
Heronsbridge Special School

Jane Rosser
Aberdare Girls' School

Alan Pritchard
Cyfarthfa High School

Clive Evans
Trelales Primary School

David Lewis
Aberbargoed Primary School


Government Partnerships

Estyn
The Office of her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. ESIS operates as a school inspection contractor and provides lead and team inspectors for inspections and trainers to help deliver Estyn training programmes

GTCW
The General Teaching Council for Wales. ESIS works in collaboration with GTCW in delivery of Chartered Teacher programmes and in support of teachers funded for various training and action research projects.
 


University Accredited Networks

ESIS develops and operates a number of University Accredited Programmes, working closely with University of Wales, Newport, UWIC and Swansea Metropolitan University.

UWIC
UWIC
Cardiff’s Metropolitan University, UWIC, accredits courses offered by ESIS in Think2Learn training programmes. UWIC and ESIS are also partners in jointly delivered Chartered Teacher programmes.

University of Wales, Newport

University of Wales, Newport
The ‘LEAP’ courses accredited and delivered in partnership offer a wide range of Inclusion, ALN and SEN related courses for teachers and other practitioners.

Swansea Metropolitan University

Swansea Metropolitan University
The shared modular post-graduate diploma (CPDE) course provides training for middle managers and aspiring school leaders. Extended training based in current real practice.

University of Glamorgan

University of Glamorgan
Partnership courses focus on e-learning and ICT based approaches for learners. These programmes also form part of the ESIS Chartered Teacher programmes in conjunction with GTCW.

 

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