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Leadership Matters
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Objective To view School Leadership as
essential to Raising Attainment And
Transforming Learning
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WBS Specialist Schoolin the Performing
Arts WBS High Performing Specialist
School WBS Arts College WBS Vocational
Status WBS RATL/ HPSS Mentor School WBS
National Support School
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The Consultant Head As a Model Head
Inspire or Suffocate Make a Difference
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Fog
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ICT OCR Science BTEC PE ALAN Super
6 Vision2Learn Skills Centre
Buy One Get One Free
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Expectations The key part played by Middle /
Subject Leaders There will be a sharp initial
focus on English and Mathematics with a
sharpened use of data, drilling down to identify
under-performance or in-school variation between
departments
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Compare Tim Brighouse Jigsaw of a Successful
School its fair to say that no teacher
(n)or Department should be ignorant of the way
some pupils with similar potential arent
learning in some areas but are in others..
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We were particularly impressed with the schools
distributed leadership, its leaders, who have
been forward-looking and successfully moved the
school from being good to great.
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Towards system wide sustainable reform
Building Capacity
Professionalism
Prescription
National Prescription
Every School a Great School
Schools Leading Reform
System Leadership
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Transformation By Schools for Schools /
Students
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System Leadership A Proposition
System leaders care about and work for the
success of other schools as well as their own.
Crucially they are willing to shoulder system
leadership roles in the belief that in order to
change the larger system you have to engage
with it in a meaningful way. David Hopkins

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System leaders share five striking
characteristics, they

• measure their success in terms of improving
  student learning and strive to both raise the bar
  and narrow the gap(s).
• are fundamentally committed to the improvement of
  teaching and learning.
• develop their schools as personal and
  professional learning communities.
• strive for equity and inclusion through acting on
  context and culture.
• understand that in order to change the larger
  system you have to engage with it in a meaningful
  way.

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Seven Strong Claims about School Leadership
School leadership is second only to classroom
instruction as an influence on student
learning. Almost all successful (school) leaders
draw on the same repertoire of basic leadership
practices. It is the enactment of the same basic
leadership practices not the practices
themselves that is responsive to the
context. School leaders improve pupil learning
indirectly through their influence on staff
motivation and working conditions. School
leadership has a greater influence on schools and
pupils when it is widely distributed. Some
patterns of leadership distribution are much more
effective than others. A small handful of
personal traits explain a high proportion of
the variation (such as being open minded,
flexible, persistent and optimistic) in leader
effectiveness.

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• So
• Inspire
• Extend School Leadership to System Leadership
• And
• Distribute Leadership within school

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like angels..Beacons of Hope Matthew Arnold
Rugby Chapel
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The most important single factor in the success
of a school is the quality of leadership of the
Head (DES. 1977,36). But - 2009 the
effectiveness of a Distributed Leadership
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Moral Purpose of Schooling
I get to learn lots of interesting and different
subjects
I know what my learning objectives are and feel
in control of my learning
I can get a level 4 in English and Maths before I
go to secondary school
I know what good work looks like and can help
myself to learn
I know if I need extra help or to be challenged
to do better I will get the right support
My parents are involved with the school and I
feel I belong here
I can work well with and learn from many others
as well as my teacher
I know how I am being assessed and what I need to
do to improve my work
I can get the job that I want
I enjoy using ICT and know how it can help my
learning
All these . whatever my background, whatever my
abilities, wherever I start from
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Evidence from OFSTED suggests that teaching is
still a relatively weak area
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L Ps
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Lead Practitioners / NSS Consultants
Associate Head (English) ASTs- Learning
Teaching (CM GT) ICT (x2) Mathematics
Science Data Leadership
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a key factor in the schools success is the
emphasis on building leadership at all
levels..including the development of a team of
lead practitioners working within WBS as well
as through the RATL and NSS status.
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• Sharpened use of Data
• Improvement has been achieved by
• Setting more challenging targets for the
  students, and
• By closely tracking their progress

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Inspirational and Motivational Leadership
On Teaching Learning E-Learning
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Triple E Learning
Excitement Engagement Enlightenment
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Outstanding AfL practices
WBS Lead Practitioners
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Raise Attainment Transform Learning Interventio
n Strategies
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How do you know what students dont know?
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Try Something DifferentChange If it isnt
broken..
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The turtle only makes progress when his neck is
stuck out . . .
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Why innovate now? The Sigmoid Curve!
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Key Examples from the work of the RATL school
team Consultant Head / Mentor School
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Intervention Strategies School T A/A C/D
borderline students E/Ma/Sc
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• School T
• Thorough data analysis to target named students
• Saturday School Programme A / A C/D students
• Study Skills seminars
• Revision Skills Day
• Specific students to work in Masterclasses with
• 4 partner schools
• Develop a Staff Intervention Group
• Academic mentoring of specific students

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Intervention Strategies School C
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School C Short term rewards 100 attendance /
No school detentions / Course Work up to date
in a drawer for an IPod 12 students eligible in
September / 48 in October If students achieve
FFT B target grades in Mocks then in drawer
for IPod If D grades are achieved then Prom
ticket is paid for Coursework In INSET any
student not up to date with C/W attended school
to catch up. A C/W clinic was introduced after
school, between 3pm and 7pm. (Night Club) A
Macdonalds was brought in as an attraction to
stay. Revision Study Leave was abandoned for both
the actual and mock GCSE examinations. After
mocks a results day was held to give a flavour
of the meaning of success
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Intervention Strategies School E
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• School E
• Revision classes lunch time / after school with
• prizes awarded for attendance
• Year 11 noticeboard celebrating success
• Plasma screen with positive comments re HW / CW
• Course work catch-up sessions
• 15 most important subject facts..well published
• Abandon study leave
• Improved family contacts of Year 11 cohort
• Raised profile of tutors monitoring
• of academic progress

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School E I think we have a fighting chance of
making a noticeable difference to results.. But
it will take a lot of enthusiasm in the face
of apparent ingratitude from individuals
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• WBS
• Make A Difference to
• Identified Year 11students linked with SLT
• RATL 50 style WBS 1150
• All (?)Year 11 students
• 11 Intervention Day / Tina Turner
• Targeted Year 11
• Tutorial provision to replace Study Leave
• Course Work Catch-Up Days
• Course completion deadline ICT personal
  intervention
• Masterclasses with partner schools

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Moral Purpose of Schooling

Includes a Moral Purpose of Leadership
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The Art of Leading Networking
In terms of 2025 transformation is impossible
acting alone. The role of the Leader must be
to embrace transformation by networking. Brian
Caldwell Re-Imagining the Self-Managing School
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WBS and SST Networking 17 staffNational
Council / NHSteering Group Regional Steering
GroupArts Steering Group / Expert Panel
Leadership programmes NQT / Developing Leaders
/ Aspirant Headship Executive Headship CPD
centre in Arts/MFL/DTICT Register SchoolRATL
Mentor School / Consultant Head
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The Art of Networking

• Respecting the Trail Blazers
• Appreciating the tipping point in Learning in
  consigning slow and cumbersome classroom learning
  to history
• Identifying Like schools

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What does it feel like to be led by you? What
does Leadership feel like in your school? What
is your vision for your school? Is
this 20/20 vision? (DA vision?) Are you
prepared to hear from others what it feels
like being led by you? So, PLAN to
Intervene
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What now? Try Something Different Raising
Attainment as the compelling reason for Change
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The Art of Strategic Planning
PLAN AHEA
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The Art of Planning
The nicest thing about NOT planning is that
Failure comes as a COMPLETE SHOCK Sir John
Harvey Jones
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One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw
a Cheshire Cat in a tree. Which road do I take
? she asked. His response was a
question where do you want to go? I dont
know, Alice answered. Then, said the Cat,
it doesnt matter! Lewis
Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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The Art of Predicting
A Good leader can PREDICT likely outcomes/ or
manipulate them
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The Art of Predicting
A Good leader can PREDICT likely outcomes/ or
manipulate them Scandinavian Tusks
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Mission Statement
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Mission StatementKill Kodak
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Mission StatementFrom Good to Great.
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Inspire Strategically Quick sum What is the sum
of all of the whole numbers between 1 and 1,000
inclusive? Show all of the necessary
calculations on a single sheet of
paper. Mathematicians (or know-it-alls) to act
as facilitator / scribe
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Inspire Strategically Answer Pair the numbers
at the extreme end of the range 110001001 Move
up one at the lower end, and down one at the
higher end 29991001 Continue moving away
39981001 At the mid-point you will converge
5005011001 Thus, there are 500 pairs, each of
which adds up to 1001 The answer is 500 x 1,001
500,500
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• How?
• WBS SDP Strategy / Operation
• 2 ii. Continue to improve the of students
  gaining at
• GCSE 5xA-C with English and Mathematics
• Early entries in November / January
• 1150
• Sharpened use of Data

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1150 (42) E Ma strategy 2008/00 3 boys
failed English but passed Mathematics 6 boys
failed Mathematics but passed English 3 boys
failed to succeed in both subjects 30 boys
succeeded to pass both subjects! So why
innovate? Try Something Different! More of the
same would produce more of the same!
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As with Michelangelo The greatest danger for
most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, But That our aim is too low and we reach
it.
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You need 2 things to achieve great things A
Plan and Not quite enough time
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Super 6 Vision2Learn
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The House System at WBS

• 8 Houses
• Vertical Tutoring
• Intensive inter-house competition
• Integral part of the school ethos

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Year 11 Attainment

• Aiming for 90 A- C
• Motivation of C/D Borderline Pupils
• Introduce a competitive element with
  tangible rewards

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A Natural Progression

• 48 C/D Borderline pupils
• 6 from each house
• House Leader selects and manages the team

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Super Six Selection

• Marketing of competition and selection of
  pupils is key
• Attainment data, predicted grades and teacher
  feedback used
• Possibility of substitutions throughout

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The Competition
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Results and Rewards
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Results and Rewards
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Feedback

• Earlier Identification of pupils
• Careful Marketing resentment?
• Introduction of 6th Form Mentors

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• Vision2Learn
• Vision2learn for schools is an e-learning service
  that provides over 20 vocational qualifications
  online for 14-19 year olds.

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• Why use vision2learn
• Choice students are able to choose their own
  path, with a variety of different qualifications.
• Flexibility students can access the courses
  24/7, either at school or at home.
• Control all schemes of work are pre-written
  online, and only need to be assessed by the
  school.

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• Benefits to students
• Students can learn at their own pace, as work is
  student led, not teacher led.
• Independent learning.
• Personalised curriculum.
• Achieve a GCSE equivalent.

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• Benefits to school
• Courses are pre-written.
• Progress and tracking online.
• Variety of qualifications allows for gifted and
  talented students as well.
• Low maintenance

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• Implementation
• June 2009 pilot scheme with selected group of
  boys.
• September 2009 onwards vision2learn timetabled
  in Year 9.

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• Raising Attainment and Transforming Learning
• This program should impact in a number of ways
• Raising attainment at KS4 through higher number
  of GCSE A-C.
• Allowing the students to handpick their
  qualifications to tailor their needs and
  abilities.

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Inspire Motivate
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lessons from Geese
Developing effective Leadership at all
levels Quality Honking
Local
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Quality Honking
Fact 1 As each Goose flaps its wings, it creates
an uplift for the bird that follows. By flying in
a V formation, the whole flock adds 71 greater
flying range than if each bird flew alone. Fact
2 When a Goose falls out of formation, it
suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying
alone. It quickly moves back into formation to
take advantage of the lifting power of the bird
immediately in front of it. Fact 3 When a Goose
gets sick, wounded or shot down, two Geese drop
out of formation and follow it down to
help and protect it. They stay until it
dies or is able to fly again. Then they launch
out with another formation or catch
up with the flock.
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Fact 4 When the Lead Goose tires, it rotates
back into formation and another Goose flies to
the point position. Fact 5 The Geese flying in
formation HONK to encourage those up front to
keep up their speed.
Quality Honking
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In Summary
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Be Optimistic
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And cheerful!
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In Leadership Inspire with Optimism Should be 6
Nations and Triple Crown Champions CYMRU
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