Ashton on Mersey School Vicky Beer Headteacher vbeer@aom.trafford.sch.uk

1. Ashton on Mersey School Vicky Beer Headteacher vbeer@aom.trafford.sch.uk

2. Standards 50% £ 8 Secondary 43 Primary Beacon School Sports College High Performing Status 50% Mentors 61% £Outreach NW Network Applied Learning Training School National Secondary Support School Pilot National Teaching School Teaching School Collaboration

3. ‘Continuous Improvement is better than delayed perfection’ Mark Twain

4. Remaining Successful = Change B A Sigmoid curve - Handy,1994

5. School to School Support Parrs Wood School - Manchester Westhoughton - Bolton Levenshulme – Manchester Flixton – Trafford Broadoak – Trafford Egerton - Trafford Forest Gate – Trafford Families of Schools Good to Great Gaining Ground SLE Pilot Operational Programme Leads Strategic Lead GMLS Teacher Training / CPD ITT GTP School Experiences Enrichment phase PGCE/BEd. Open Schools Associate Head/NPQH Teach First Transition to Teaching Student Associate Scheme Open Schools Maths MMU project LJMU PE project Trafford NQT North West Training Schools Beacon School ... Specialisms ... HPSS ... NSS... Teaching School Outreach Middle Leaders Senior Leaders NLE / LLE / SLE Governor Champion All staff Improving Teacher Programme Outstanding Teacher Programme Outstanding Facilitation Programme Specialist Leaders of Education Facilitation Hub Training Research Team Hubs

6. The role of Teaching Schools ... • Continuing Professional Development (CPD) • Leadership development and talent management • Support for schools • Coaching and mentoring • Initial teacher training (ITT)

7. Ashton-on-Mersey is an outstanding school… Outstanding leadership and management have enabled the school to go from strength to strength in developing the services it provides for students. The collaborative partnership that makes up the school’s leadership, with unstinting support from governors, has given the school a clear direction for continuous improvement. The system of distributed leadership, accompanied by high levels of accountability, works exceptionally well in all aspects of the school’s work.

8. ‘One of the barriers to distributed leadership is how leadership distribution is viewed by heads and teachers’ Harris 2008 Delegation … off-loading extra work to staff? erosion of power & loss of control? protection of ‘strategic space’? creation of a shared purpose? succession planning?

9. ‘Growing leaders is like growing fruit trees. Other owners may one day have the benefit of your trees, but maybe you will benefit from other unknown owners of orchards. The best organisations take pride in the fact that they grow more leaders than they need; they are net exporters of leaders.’ Steve Munby 2008

10. Distributed Leadership System Leadership Distributed System Leadership

11. ‘Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing that you don’t put it in a fruit salad’ Eric Cantona

12. Co-operation vs Competition Increased challenge Opportunities for reflection CPD Developing distributed leadership Recruitment & Retention Stronger partnerships Supporting the system Increasing standards & attainment Collaborative group = Acceleration of performance

13. Trafford Sixth Form College Blackburn Trafford Warrington Trafford Warrington Alliance A on M Teaching School Bolton Cheshire East HEi (M’chester) Trafford Wigan HEi (L’pool) Stockport Manchester Manchester

14. Cheshire Kent Leeds Trafford Sixth Form College London Blackburn Trafford Warrington Trafford Warrington Oldham Alliance A on M Teaching School Bolton Cheshire East Trafford HEi (M’chester) Trafford Wigan HEi (L’pool) Stockport Manchester Manchester Trafford/Oldham Oldham Networks

15. Developing a teaching school ethos ... Trust Attitude to risk Consistency Clarity Standards Commitment

16. Frequently Asked Questions • What will I be committed to providing? • By offering staff time and support, will standards and achievement slip at my school? • I’d like to be part of a Teaching School Alliance but I can’t see where I have the capacity to release staff. • How do I know my staff can make a difference in another school? • Can this become a funding stream for my school? • Does my school have to be ‘Outstanding’ to be able to offer support? • What about if my school needs support, how does that affect our staff’s credibility for working in other schools? • Who will Quality Assure our Teaching School’s Alliance support offer? • Will there be a mechanism to both assess need, to tailor provision, and assess impact, through measurable outcomes, of support provided? • How do I find out who my nearest Teaching School is? • Do I approach them or will they approach me?

18. Why bother? Annual grant from National College Opportunity to shape regional and national practice Strengthen relationships with key partners Improve the quality of Teaching & Learning Increase Standards & attainment Moral purpose

19. Annual School Improvement Plan ‘To sustain outstanding overall effectiveness by improving our school and community through consistency, collaboration and collective responsibility’