Outlining vision and leading strategy
I wished I had been able to take a little more time to personally articulate how the first six weeks at The Wellington Academy have been. I know that I will never again get to experience this education adventure. It really has …
December was a significant month at The Wellington Academy. The decision had been made to reconstruct our curriculum timetable and move to a new Management Information System. Fulfilling one of these tasks alone, would have been challenging enough, but undertaking …
We are in the process of preparing all the schools data ready for analysis. It is not a glib comment. We really are setting up from a meagre starting point. Burning the candle at both ends. We are in the …
I know that I am a little left field in my outlook on teaching and on leadership. I make no bones about it and I am comfortable in my own leadership skin. One core value is that if I wish …
What are our priorities, what are my objectives? These two questions have taken on a new dimension, having moved into a VP role. Previously, it was about moving a dept on, or a group of departments on, now its the …
This post has been brewing for almost a week now. We broke up Friday afternoon, travelled home to Eastbourne and the comforts of a Travel Lodge family room that evening. We attended my sisters wedding, delivered presents, visited friends and …
Over the two days of our inspection, Ofsted were precise, supportive and challenging. At the end of inspections, this much I had gleaned from our conversation. There is an expectation of planning and not excessively planned lessons. I had decided …
‘Hold on tight… It’s a faster ride on the outside,’ Shouts the lead HMI are she grabs the Waltzer rail and sends you spinning into a haze that was your inspection. Seriously, I do not know where the two days went. …
