Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 Leading Learning Bethan Guilfoyle June THE STRATEGIC LEADER Day 2 – Strategic Leader

STRATEGIC? CLEAR sense of purpose WHAT needs to be done? HOW will it be done? HOW will progress be checked? Communicate the strategy clearly with expected outcomes – implement with a relentless focus on detail. Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June Day 2 – Strategic Leader

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June Treorchy Comprehensive School, Rhondda Mission Statement: “A community school committed to excellence” “ Day 2 – Strategic Leader

Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June COMMUNITY ? Moral purpose Every child matters and all succeed Champion of the most vulnerable Open to criticism Instilling trust and confidence High expectations regardless of deprivation factor Day 2 – Strategic Leader

Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June EXCELLENCE ? Relentless focus on learning and teaching for all Everyone a leader Capacity building Resilience Consistency Short term/long term “Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of focused attention, sincere effort, intelligent and skilful execution. It represents wise choices among many alternatives.” Day 2 – Strategic Leader

September 2000 Classroom Management Basics – expectations of pupils’ behaviour Focus – is always on pupils’ learning Biggest challenge of all is CONSISTENCY of expectations in these two areas as pupils move from lesson to lesson

September 2003 Consistency Expectations/Standards Rigour Differentiation Opportunities Support Teamwork

September 2003 Leadership Intervene early and often Use of data Capacity building/distributed leadership Conviction Communication Partnerships

Day 2 – Strategic Leader International Leaders Dialogue, Ontario September 2006 THE LITERACY AND NUMERACY SECRETARIAT Avis Glaze – Chief Student Achievement Officer and CEO Literacy and Numeracy: The most important outcome of schooling The foundation for learning, success in school, a better livelihood, later educational and social choices Makes possible full participation in society Students must function in an information-rich society requiring advanced levels of literacy A primary means of empowerment Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June

Day 2 – Strategic Leader School Boards, District Boards and Government working together fostering purposeful interaction between and among individuals within the system and ‘getting the basics right’ Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June

TRI LEVEL REFORM Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June The System Welsh Government Local Authorities/Consortia Schools “ Day 2 – Strategic Leader Context Minister’s three priorities:-  Literacy  Numeracy  Breaking the link between underachievement and deprivation

Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 PRESENT POSITION IN WALES Standards overall and outcomes for learners have consistently improved during the last three years Key Stage 2 L4+ in English/Welsh and Maths Key Stage 3 L5+ in English/Welsh and Maths Key Stage 4 L2 including English/Welsh and Maths June Day 2 – Strategic Leader

2013 HOWEVER SOME KEY POINTS TO CONSIDER… The gap between performance in: - L4+ English and L4+ Reading, Writing and Maths L5+ English and L5+ Reading, Writing and Maths is not closing and has widened from 2008 – 2012 and remained static from 2011 – Predictably the gap between L2 and L2 inclusive is widening and is now almost 20% Similar schools within some local authorities and certainly across Wales perform considerably better than others against the above indicators. Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader June Day 2 – Strategic Leader

2013 KEY FACTS Local Authorities LA Benchmarking Information 2011/2012 indicates a wide variety of quartile performance between the Key Stages although at Key Stage 4 there are consistently high performing authorities against the main criteria L1, L2, L2 inclusive and CSI. June Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader Day 2 – Strategic Leader What questions does this raise?

2013 KEY FACTS The performance of individual Consortia? – Early days. Current trend based on 2010 – 2012 outcomes indicate:- June Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader Key Stage 2 – the most challenged consortium has made the highest rate of progress in the CSI and in the L4+ R/W/M although there are significant differences between these two indicators. Key Stage 4 – the L2 inclusive showed little progress across Wales but the most challenged consortium made the largest gain from the lowest baseline Band 4 and Band 5 schools have made the greatest gains in L2 inclusive in Day 2 – Strategic Leader

High levels of individual and collective accountability High expectations of individuals and institutions Capacity building for sustainability and resilience. Leadership for all seasons. ALL focused on the quality of learning and teaching A CULTURE FOR RAISING STANDARDS June Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader Day 2 – Strategic Leader

2013 The way forward? Culture not only Structure June Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader Day 2 – Strategic Leader

“Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today, their bones are being formed ……. their senses are being developed. To them, we cannot say ‘tomorrow’. Their name is today”. Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Leader Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June Day 2 – Strategic Leader

Changing the structure takes time Changing the culture takes longer Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June Day 2 – Strategic Leader

“The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers” ( Sir Michael Barber) Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader 2013 June Day 2 – Strategic Leader

2013 Thank you for your time Diolch am eich amser Any Questions? Welsh Government Wales Public Service Summer School – Becoming an outstanding leader June Day 2 – Strategic Leader