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LEEDS, LS6 2BX

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 THE SECTION 48 CO-ORDINATORS

The DBI will appoint named persons as Co-ordinators for Section 48 Inspections and delegate duties as appropriate.

In addition to fulfilling the criteria for the Selection of S48 Inspectors (See section 6) the Section 48 Co-ordinators will:

1. be  members of the DBI.                                         
    
2. in matters pertaining solely to Section 48 Inspections (S48):be the nominated persons in dealings with the  National Board of RE Inspectors and Advisers (NBRIA) and  the Regional Inspection Service Provider (RISP); and may be the nominated persons in dealings with the Catholic Education Service (CES)                                                                                          
3. represent the DBI at the termly meetings of the NBRIA S48 Co-ordinators group and present written reports from those meetings to the DBI.
4. maintain effective communication with the S48 Co-ordinators in other  dioceses  as appropriate
5. maintain effective communication with the RISP (The Centre for British Teachers (CfBT)).
6.  maintain a diary spreadsheet of all S48 inspections indicating progress of the inspection process pertaining to individual schools and report on the progress of S48 inspections to the DBI.
7. receive confidential notification of inspections from the CES (via NBRIA) and maintain that confidentiality.
8. allocate inspectors to inspection time slots (concurrent with Ofsted in the first instance) and ask them to ‘reserve’ inspection time.
9. notify the school of the S48 Inspection only after the RISP has contacted the school and disclose the name of the S48 Inspector.
10. notify the S48 Inspector of the school details.
11. be available to schools (via diocesan e-mail) and inspectors (via diocesan e-mail & home phone) to deal with any queries pertaining to S48 Inspections.
12. assist the office for Education and Schools and officers from the Diocesan Council for Education in preparing and running training events pertaining to S48 inspections.
13. prepare the draft S48 Annual Report for submission to the DBI using NBRIA guidelines.
14. liaise with the Vicariate Administrator with respect to the maintenance of the S48 area of the Diocese of Leeds Education website