A few years ago when I started working for one of our clients who specialise in alternative provision, you could rarely find a piece of news coverage or recent research telling you much about alternative provision or pupil referral units in England. Now it seems a week doesn’t pass without a national media outlet producing …
Alternative provision and inclusion – is change on the way?Read More »
Yesterday I was at the Academies Governance and Leadership Conference 2019 to hear from speakers including Claire Collins from the NGA, Lord Agnew, Leora Cruddas from CST and Ernest Jenavs from Edurio. A common theme across the day was about increasing MAT accountability and ways to strengthen good academy trust governance at a local and central level. …
Themes from the Academies Governance and Leadership Conference 26th November 2019Read More »
In July, Damian Hinds, then education secretary announced the creation of the Trust Capacity Fund aimed at helping academy trusts grow. This £17m fund is the new sponsor capacity funding round – the previous one being the MAT development and improvement fund which opened in late 2017 and made £53m available. At the end of …
Anyone who works in schools or academies will often be asked to explain what is the difference between a school and an academy? What is a multi-academy trust? It’s easy to forget when working inside the education bubble how confusing our current fragmented education system is to parents and the wider community. To cut through …
As the education world speeds along to the end of the school year, the DfE and other national organisations have been busy publishing their research, findings and ideas about governance and the structure of schools across the country: The DfE have published their annual summary paper on schools, pupils and characteristics in England – which …
TES referred to him as “the man at the top of the academy tree” – today the DfE announced that Dominic Herrington has been confirmed as National Schools Commissioner (NSC) – after holding the position on an interim basis since September 2018. It’s a significant appointment for the DfE with more than 50 per cent of …
The DfE are running a series of roadshow events across the country to consult on and introduce their new Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy to school, local authority and MAT leaders. I was at their first event held in London on Monday (4th March) at South Bank University with presentations from Jonathan Duff (Deputy Director, …
DfE’s Teacher Recruitment & Retention Strategy RoadshowRead More »
I spent last Friday at the Education Show in the cavernous Excel centre in London. It’s always hard to predict if it’s going to be worth going to these types of events, because of the market place nature of them, but this free event actually delivered some valuable education discussion, ideas and speakers. Highlights for …
The Education Show and other conferences of interestRead More »
First week of term and a number of our clients have told us that their new year resolution is to engage more with the ‘education world’, develop a better understanding of the ever changing educational landscape, join the online ed community and get to grips with Twitter. And our message to our clients is that …
As we all rush towards the end of term trying to balance the demands of pre-Christmas work and life, I thought this interview with Andrew Santella about his new book on the merits of procrastination might bring some light relief. It’s in the online business analysis journal Knowledge@Wharton which provides useful insights into wider world …
