Naylor's Natter Podcast- an education podcast . Jo Jukes debut interview with 'The Researcher Teacher' Nimish Lad.........Its a Nimish Natter!
This week sees the addition of Jo Jukes to the Naylor's Natter team . Jo is the Trust Curriculum Research Lead @TEAL_Trust and @ResearchWolds. Jo is a Teacher of Business and will be contributing interviews regularly to the podcast.
Jo is interviewing Nimish Lad
Nimish is a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced senior leader in the education sector. A passionate education leader, Nimish had a high level of experience and expertise gained from nearly a decade in educational leadership roles. Nimish is delighted to now be focusing his energy in leading Curriculum, Sixth form, Data, Reporting and Intervention at a high performing secondary school in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
As a key member of the senior leadership team, Nimish champions the values of the school in which he works – Working hard, Respecting others, Enjoy learning, Never give up, Nothing is impossible. Instilling these values in the lessons he delivers and the teams he leads, Nimish has ensured that all stakeholders have the information they need to drive the rapid improvement that has taken place over the last few years. During his time on the senior leadership team, the school has moved from an Ofsted grading of a 4, to a Ofsted grade of a 2 within 18 months.
Nimish had driven the school to improve the use of data to plan lessons, and ensure that leaders at all level have access to the information they require to drive rapid progress and transformational change. Over his first two years on the senior leadership team the progress 8 score of the school improved by +0.5 with the percentage of students achieving English and maths at a grade 4 increasing by 22%.
Keen to share his expertise, Nimish has presented for ResearchED, Educating Northants NEDTalks and PiXL in the past, as well as hosting a global teachmeet for Its Learning. He is also completing his NPQH this year, conducting his 2nd placement in a local junior school.
Next week Phil interviews Joe Nutt