Within school variation
Seeing as research is the hot top and that I enjoy a splash of data here and there, let me share this corker of a databite (like a sound bite, only based on data) from a reputable education charity (backed …
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
Food for thought
Comment that’s passed my eye-line. When I talk to managers I get the feeling their important. When I talk to leaders I get the feeling I’m important. It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you …
FFT Aspire Higher
The release of 2014 KS4 data in Aspire may have been delayed a further week, there is still a lot to look forward to. In fact, the news of the delay came with a development roadmap. What will support schools An …
Difficult conversations
You think I would have learnt by now… ‘Strike while the iron is hot’ or ‘now, is not always the best time to act.’ The subtleties of leadership, perhaps management is more appropriate here. Regularly we are faced with the …
Knowing our students
Significant accountability*, curriculum and assessment reform is impacting upon our schools. There is barely pause for breath before adding careers guidance reform, the SEN Code of Practice, [breathe] pay and conditions reform is front with centre and capital funding rarely removed from the …
Leading data – what might it look like?
In preparation for the ASCL Workshop I revisited a visual diagram of leading data I have been building, rebulding and adding to as I work with the data team at The Wellington Academy. This is where I am at currently. It is …
Leadership of Data ’14
Any day that starts with bacon baps has a potential to become a good day. The ASCL Leadership of Data most certainly turned out to be a “good day,” more importantly it was an informative and insightful day that will impact on how we …
Wrestling crocodiles – challenges of school improvement
What is more important than the quality of teaching in schools? It is a difficult question to avoid when you are part of a school leadership team, not that you would want to avoid it any how. It is a …