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Making School Led System Leadership Work For All Schools

Making School Led System Leadership Work For All Schools. Jonathan Crossley-Holland NFER Study Lead for the Presentation Tim Warren Wigan Borough Council Gillian Cawley Hertfordshire County Council. Herts for Learning ( HfL ) A Schools' company for Hertfordshire .

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Making School Led System Leadership Work For All Schools

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  1. Making School Led System Leadership Work For All Schools Jonathan Crossley-Holland NFER Study Lead for the Presentation Tim Warren Wigan Borough Council Gillian Cawley Hertfordshire County Council

  2. Herts for Learning (HfL) A Schools' company for Hertfordshire

  3. Standards and School Effectiveness (SSE) • SSE currently provides a wide and diverse range of core local authority and traded school improvement functions to help raise achievement and improve the quality of teaching in schools and academies.

  4. Drivers for change • A new way of working that reflects: • a change in the relationship between schools and the LA • financial and political context • a shared passion for continued improvement in outcomes for all children

  5. What is Herts for Learning (HfL) (formerly Hertfordshire Learning Trust (HLT))? • a schools’ owned company • a flexible school support and improvement service that meets the changing needs of schools • influenced by the shareholders that own it • strategic direction from a Board of Directors, drawn from shareholders • commissioned by HCC to deliver core functions on its behalf

  6. Mission: Educational excellence together Vision: Working together to improve learning, teaching and leadership Innovation Accountability Integrity Social responsibility Values: Improved outcomes for all children Herts for Learning (HfL) (formerly Hertfordshire Learning Trust (HLT))

  7. The NFER Study: Work in Progress • Purpose: Looking at the Leadership of School Improvement: • How systems, strategies and support are evolving in England • Particular focus on school to school support. • Draws on high performing systems international evidence • Interviews with national stakeholders. • 5 Case Studies: • Four LAs: York, Brighton and Hove, Wigan and Hertfordshire • One School Led Partnership: Southend Educational Trust

  8. Emerging Findings from the Case Studies • School to school support can be one of the main methods for delivering improvement for all schools • Potentially more cost effective for LAs but the system requires investment and evaluation • Schools need a range of base and strategic networks which are flexible in responding to schools’ changing needs • 6 key drivers emerged , made real  by good leadership and an engaged staff: • Relationships • Purpose • Vision and Strategy • Evaluation and Challenge • Systems • Sustainability

  9. Engaged Staff Good Leadership Leadership Good Leadership Engaged Staff 6 Drivers for Base and Strategic Networks – Given Force by Leaders and Engaged Workforce Relationship • Leadership Style • Embody Behaviours Purpose • Collective Moral Purpose • Focus Vision and Strategy • Long Term • T+L Framework Effective Middle Layer Systems • For QA (inputs & outputs) • Support T+L • Abandonment Evaluation and Challenge • Behaviour • Systems Sustainability • Embed 5 Drivers • Funding for Capacity

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