The Power of Collaboration – Blackpool Rocks!

I’ve done it… I can now say that I have had the pleasure of having visited Blackpool and more importantly the privilege of spending the day in a fantastic Catholic school there. It was a unique opportunity to spend some time with Stephen Tierney, Executive Headteacher at St. Mary’s Catholic College and Christ the King Catholic Primary School. Stephen is a prolific blogger and is passionate about all things to do with education and learning. We are both part of the SSAT Vision 2040 group with a focus on Redesigning Schooling and curriculum reform. I suppose this led to the educational equivalent of “blind date” as we were paired up to progress with some work on identifying what makes a distinctive school curriculum. This will build on the effective work of Dylan Wiliam who led one of the symposia for the SSAT and also will author a resource…