Mrs Westaway

NAME

TYPE OF GOVERNOR

COMMITTEES

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

Mrs S. Westaway

Co-opted Governor

TLPS
Appraisal and Performance Management
Pay Appeals

SEN
Children Looked After
Cluster Committees

Head of Arts Development

Children and Families, Leeds City Council

I have worked in Leeds for 40 years and I live in Wortley. I am Head of Arts Development for ArtForms - the music and arts service for schools and families, Leeds City Council. In this role I work with others to ensure that children in Leeds have access to arts and cultural opportunities in school and outside of school. My work includes:

Supporting schools to develop their Art, D&T, Dance and Drama curriculum offer;
Delivering subject leader and staff training in Art and D&T;
Working with schools to deliver their own arts projects, events or arts weeks;
Brokering partnerships between schools, artists and arts organisations;
Safeguarding and quality assurance;
Monitoring and evaluating programmes of work.
Fundraising

Previous experience includes working as a freelance drama and theatre practitioner, managing a community based youth arts organisation, support and development worker for CAPE UK and Theatre Projects Officer at the Studio Theatre, Leeds Metropolitan University.