Course Title LEADING LARGE SCHOOLS: CHALLENGES & PERSPECTIVES Richard Fawcett & Geoff Barton Plus special guest star, Roy Blatchford! Leading Large Schools

Course Title AIMS l To explore the challenges of leading large schools l To develop practical problem-solving strategies that will make an impact on learning l To develop a specific school improvement project for your school and evaluate its impact Leading Large Schools

Course Title Welcome & Overview Session 1: Roy Blatchford: “The Restless School” Session 2: Reviewing the impact of your mini-project Session 3: Implications for us of the new Ofsted model Leading Large Schools

Course Title Session 1: “The Restless School” Roy Blatchford Leading Large Schools

Course Title Session 2: Reviewing the impact of your school mini-project Leading Large Schools

Course Title Session 3: Exploring the implications of the new Ofsted for large schools Leading Large Schools

Course Title Teaching & Learning: l Getting away from the compartmentalisation of subjects, the bunker mentality of faculties l Rejuvenating whole-school approaches, such as literacy l Sharing practice across teachers to move to good and outstanding Leading Large Schools

Course Title Leadership: l How effective is leadership & management at all levels? l Are you providing training for your leadership team? l Are you talent-spotting and developing your future leaders? Leading Large Schools

Course Title Communication: l How do you communicate your vision and values? l How do you ‘keep the herd moving west’? l What are the mechanics of communication and consultation, and do they work? Leading Large Schools

Course Title What do we know about the new Ofsted approach? (September 2009) Leading Large Schools

Course Title The new Ofsted … Inspections will be more tailored to the needs of the school. All schools judged to be satisfactory or inadequate in their most recent full inspection will be inspected within three years; in general, schools judged good or outstanding will be inspected within six years, although one ‘health check’ report will be published in the intervening years. Leading Large Schools

Course Title The new Ofsted … Inspectors will take more account of the views of parents in deciding when a school needs to be inspected. Leading Large Schools

Course Title The new Ofsted … Criteria for outstanding and good schools will be more explicit and standards for satisfactory and inadequate will be defined so that schools are much clearer about what they need to do to improve. used in those decisions. Leading Large Schools

Course Title The new Ofsted … Inspectors will take more account of the capacity of the school to improve than in the current arrangements. Schools’ senior managers will be involved more consistently in the inspection process.2009, by which time all schools will have been inspected at least once under the current arrangements. Leading Large Schools

Course Title The new Ofsted … We will report more explicitly on whether the school provides good value for money. We will explore whether ’no notice’ inspection is feasible. Leading Large Schools

Course Title … and (the big one for us) … Leading Large Schools

Course Title The new Ofsted … There will be increased focus on the progress made by different groups of children and young people which could include those most likely to underachieve, the most vulnerable and the most able. The well-being of learners, the quality of learning and the quality of teaching will feature strongly in the inspection. Leading Large Schools

Course Title What should we be doing to: l Ensure 2 levels of progress per key stage? l Focus on provision and feedback from different groups, especially the most vulnerable and most able? l Improve the quality of teaching & learning? Leading Large Schools Implications for large schools …

Course Title What are we already doing to … l Create the conditions for learning? l Use data to monitor and motivate? l Share the information with parents? l Use targeted interventions when progress is stalling? Leading Large Schools PUPIL PROGRESS

Course Title What are we already doing to … l Motivate and stretch the most able? l Ensure opportunities for the most vulnerable? l Get feedback from different target groups? l Involve others (eg Governors) in this process? Leading Large Schools DIFFERENT GROUPS

Course Title What are we already doing to … l Harness our best teachers? l Intervene with our weaker teachers? l Make training and CPD have an impact? l Balance accountability with freedom to innovate? Leading Large Schools TEACHING & LEARNING

Course Title Reflection & Reviews l What next for you? l What’s your action plan? l Who are your key players to engage in next steps? Leading Large Schools

Course Title LEADING LARGE SCHOOLS: CHALLENGES & PERSPECTIVES Richard Fawcett & Geoff Barton Thanks for coming and safe journey! Leading Large Schools