Leadership

Breaking the Underachievement Cycle #Thursday Thunk

Most of my week has been spent in departmental self-evaluation meetings; most of the month in meetings, with various people, discussing the summer’s results and how we intend to move forward.  Our Progress 8 is down this year; think it will bounce back next; so over three years it will be pretty much spot on zero.

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How To Transform a School for Good

Alex Hill, Liz Mellon, Ben Laker & Jules Goddard have followed up their work on different types of school leaders – architects and surgeons – with more insights into the work of these transformational headteachers.  A copy of their briefing paper is here (Secrets of the Architect Leader); these are my reflections on it. Continue reading →

6 Steps to Getting It Right (More Often)

The year has started with the usual whirlwind of meetings and decisions to make.  It’s becoming increasingly frustrating to see a “guts to action plan” approach, bypassing the brain, with single solutions proposed to deep rooted issues.  Continue reading →