Bryn Roberts

• Strategic Leadership: Led inclusion services across the city, aligning vision with local and national priorities on inclusion, achievement, and safeguarding.
• Inclusive Education Champion: Designed and implemented inclusive education pathways and networks, embedding best practices across educational settings and achieving recognition from national stakeholders.
• Vulnerable Pupils: Held strategic responsibility for vulnerable groups including those at risk of exclusion, in AP, and EHE (elective home education); chaired the Vulnerable Pupils Panel with cross-organisational input.
• Commissioning & AP Oversight: Commissioned and quality-assured alternative provision services, ensuring compliance, effectiveness, and excellent outcomes for disengaged learners.
• Budget Leadership: Managed an annual education budget exceeding £8 million, securing additional grant funding and driving efficiencies through effective commissioning and traded service development.
• Income Generation: Expanded the reach and profitability of education traded services, including languages, healthy schools, and young carers
• National Recognition & Forums: Represented the council at national education forums and DfE consultations, influencing policy and showcasing innovation in inclusive practices.
• Partnership Working: Worked closely with schools, MATs, health services, social care, and voluntary sector organisations to co-produce inclusive strategies and support models.
• Ofsted Accountability: Provided strategic support to the council’s education performance and Ofsted inspection outcomes; developed reporting structures and ensured readiness across inclusion teams.
• Leadership Development: Supported and challenged headteachers and school leaders through direct partnership working, development networks, and structured accountability frameworks.
• Council Engagement: Regularly briefed elected members, the Director of Children’s Services, and Cabinet on education performance, risk, scrutiny panels and strategic priorities.

• Leading the Education Inclusion Team
• Strategic lead for statutory and non statutory services such as Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions, Fair Access and Inclusion Panels, Children Missing Education, Anti Bullying
• Led performance reviews, identified areas for improvement.
• Boosted department efficiency by streamlining operational processes.
• Strategic lead for the city's Behaviour and Attendance Partnership programme
• Development and implementation of the councils Language Support Service

This post was a one year interim post in additional to existing Team Manager role.

• Strategic lead for the promotion of the education and welfare of children looked after and previously looked after
• To provide vision, leadership and direction for the Virtual School
• To lead and enhance the educational experience of looked after children, ensuring they are in appropriate provision and have access to good teaching
• To support schools and individual CLA pupils in maximising attendance and progress.
• Oversight and distribution of Pupil Premium budget and EYPP
• Promotion and champion of education outcomes

Manage the authority's Education Exclusion team to promote inclusive practice and education through working with key partners and schools to reduce absence through exclusion and ensure children receive their full education entitlement

• Ensure all children have access to appropriate full time education provision and that time lost from education is minimised.
• Strategic Lead for exclusions and permanent exclusions]
• Lead and delivery the city wide Exclusions policies
• Strategic lead for Anti-Bullying
• Oversee advice and guidance to stakeholders around legislation relating to exclusions

Strategic Lead for the development of Youth Inclusion Programmes and YJB funded interventions across the city and surrounding areas. Focussing on supporting children and young people who are at risk of involvement in criminal and anti-social behaviour.

Manage and lead the YIP Engagement Teams to

• provide access to a range of services, including family support, learning support, social work interventions, and other relevant resources.
• reduce the number of young people involved in or at risk of becoming involved in anti-social behaviour and offending
• develop individualised and group programs focus on early intervention

• Led the identification of pupils at risk of withdrawing from the college and providing support to young people and their families to continue to access educational provision
• Provides a range of support to students outside of academic matters
• Monitoring attendance and pupil led data
• Engaging with course leaders
• Crisis Management interventions
• Safeguarding oversight for at risk pupils

• Work with young people aged 13-19 to provide support and guidance on education, training, and careers.
• Offer one-to-one and group support, assess individual needs, and connect young people with relevant resources and opportunities.