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Good But Stuck and Increasingly Fragile #WhitePaper
Professor Tim Oates described the English Education System as “Good but stuck”, I’d now suggest it is “Good but stuck and increasingly fragile.” Reacting to a pretty full White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere (who could possibly disagree), on day one has certain down sides; on reflection some ideas which appear rather poor improve with age and vice versa. Continue reading
More Meetings, Less Impact – How About You?
“Myself and Stephen feel like we are joined at the hip, we keep attending meetings so the Heads can get on with their jobs of running the schools.” The thought had crossed my mind more than once over the past eighteen months. It’s getting a bit too much. At one meeting I made myself really popular by stating that the meeting had been a rather poor one as we hadn’t had any impact on pupils’ outcomes. It didn’t help that I was the last person to express my thoughts; everyone else had thought it was a really useful meeting. Continue reading
Let the Teacher Auctions Begin #MeltdownScenario
It’s easy to forget, in the maelstrom of the academic year, just what it was like twelve months ago or twelve months before that. Teachers and school leaders will be experiencing sleepless nights about this summer’s results, the budget and recruitment; if school leaders have any sense they will be focussed on retention. Somehow this year feels different; more intense, more frenetic, more disturbing. Continue reading
Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing (New Book)
Liminal Leadership
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