This is the first anniversary of my application to join the SSAT’s Vision 2040 Group. The first year has been an interesting and challenging one. All credit to Tom Sherrington (@headguruteacher), who leads the group, for keeping the wheels on the project along with the core team at the SSAT. The problem we’ve had with Vision 2040, from the beginning, is that it hasn’t really managed to differentiate it from what would effectively be Vision 2020 in terms of its thinking and proposals. Continue reading
I was really pleased when Ros McMullen asked whether I could attend a @HeadsRoundtable Meeting following a New Year blog post “Ofsted Get it Right for Once … Oh No They Didn’t”. This is a summary of a short presentation prepared for the meeting at Huntington School in York, hosted by John Tomsett. Continue reading
The nature of Continuing Professional Development is changing in schools from the one day course chosen from a booklet or website to teachers engaging in their own research. This research may be undertaken as part of the National Professional Qualification for Senior/Middle Leader, as part of an extended leadership programme – for example, the SSAT Aspiring Senior Leaders Programme – or the more traditional Masters qualification. Continue reading