14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration

14 to 19:

Leadership, change and collaboration

Dr John Dunford

General Secretary

Association of School and College Leaders

14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration

14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration The next generation of school leaders Sustainable leadership Schools in partnership Role map Partnership issues Mechanics and dynamics Lessons from 14 to 19 pathfinders Raising achievement Government policy changes “It could all go horribly wrong”

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The next generation of school leaders

PricewaterhouseCoopers report Recruitment and retention Succession planning Positives and negatives of school

leadership

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Sustainable leadership

Focus on learning Partnership working Distributed leadership Building a local learning community

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Partnerships that work Excellence in Cities London Challenge Raising Achievement, Transforming

Learning (RATL) Sports colleges 16 to 19 consortia Federations Networked Learning Communities

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Soft federations,

joint management

structure

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Benchmarking groups

Hard federations/ trusts, single

governing body

Vertical integrations, secondary,

special, primary

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Horizontal and vertical

Secondary schools collaborating Primary schools collaborating Primary, special and secondary

partnerships

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The partnership spectrum

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Developing Partnerships

14 to 19 Behaviour Every Child Matters Extended schools Trusts

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Benchmarking group

School improvement partnership

14 to 19 consortium Behaviour

collaborative

Specialist group

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14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration

Partnership issues (1) Common goals Extent of collaboration Ethos

Uniform Religious affiliation Teaching and learning styles Assessment Lunchtime

Trust Commitment

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Partnership issues (2) Leadership and management Governance Timetable IT systems Funding Exam centres Quality assurance Accountability Developing a shared curriculum Communicating with parents and community

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Mechanics and dynamics Mechanics

o Meetingso Auditso Systems

Dynamics o Relationshipso Ideaso Values

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Potential partnership problems

Admissions Loss of autonomy Time School/college pay and conditions Staff fears Parent fears Student fears LA/LSC roles Costs

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Cost of partnership

Excellence in Cities Leadership Incentive Grant Beacon schools Collaboration costs money Cost of not collaborating may be

greater

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Lessons from 14 to 19 pathfinders Understand the interaction of national policy and local context Develop strategic vision and high level commitment Exercise strategic leadership to build consensus Establish a robust infrastructure based on a high level

deputies’ group Model and estimate costs clearly Assess the effects of different institutional structures Work from fundamental curriculum principles rather than

existing models in constructing student progression routes Use protocols to deal with areas of divergent practice Understand students’ learning aspirations and profiles Build shared staff development programmes Build in quality assurance Stick at it – partnership takes time Celebrate success

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Raising achievement

Collaboration raises achievement ASCL research project 2007 Supported by RM and Esmée

Fairbairn Foundation

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Government policy changes needed Evidence based reform Promote more collaboration, less

competition Funding Accountability Inspection LA/LSC roles

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“It could all go horribly wrong”

A levels, GCSEs and diplomas Universities, especially Russell

Group Independent school participation Clear link to work 2008 review promised