Middle School Leaders National Conference 10 th October 2006 Leadership in the future opportunities and challenges Sian Carr Operational Director Stakeholders and Networks National College for School Leadership

Future Leadership Roles From Victorian – 21 Century

Why change? Some personal reflections Changes in society Changes in schools Changes in leadership and management A relentless focus on improving outcomes for young people

Why bother? ECM agenda – integrated services, community leadership Structural collaboration – networks, federations, trusts BSF and specialist schools Workforce remodelling Curriculum for the 21 st century The demographics – opportunity or challenge?

Age profile of teachers: maintained mainstream schools Source:DfES Analytical Services Teacher Flows Presentation Many headteachers are nearing retirement age and the challenge will be most acute in

Howson “State of the labour market” 2006 Roman Catholic Inner London Primary Secondary Re-advertisements % The recruiting environment is already tightening, as shown in rising re-advertisement rates

At current rates, only a small portion of middle leaders will become headteachers Source:MORI “State of School Leadership” Survey Results (RR633) 2005; NCSL research (not in public domain) Ambition 28% of middle leaders plan to take NPQH 10 Head Teachers 43% of NPQH graduates are head teachers within 5 years Convert Graduate 84% of candidates graduate 100 Middle Leaders PRELIMINARY: CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION

“Headteachers are the change makers of modern society” Tony Blair NAHT Conference % enjoy the role 90% feel respected 91% confident in the role But perceptions are different: 51% stress 53% less contact with pupils 38% inspection and admin

Describe your present leadership structures and how you plan to develop them over the next five years. Challenge and interrogate these

System Leadership If we are to develop a world class educational system we need to ensure that we maximise the use of our best school leaders to influence the whole system

Do you see widespread use of school leaders offering leadership support to other schools at the same time as their own as a major benefit to the system? 1.Yes 2. No 3. Don’t know 83.3% 15.4% 1.3% Seizing Success Annual Leadership Conference 2006

Schools are changing Federations, Trusts etc Executive Heads, SIPS, NLEs, Consultant heads Increased school leadership teams Children’s centres and full service schools Aspirations for extended schools

Community Defining community need and establishing the school at the heart of the community Inter-school Collaboration Purposeful collaboration and networking with schools Multi-agency Partnership Collaboration with cross sector agencies – the children’s professional Sustainability Ensuring sustainability through entrepreneurship, local political acumen, capacity building, governance, accountability and the demonstration of impact. Key challenges as identified by schools:

Local leadership and leadership development are essential if we are to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities that the next five years offer.

What are the challenges and what do we know about effective local leadership? That schools need to develop their own leadership capacity That the future requires a wider leadership workforce That collaboration works and has benefits but it requires resourcing

That the best solutions are created locally That leadership needs to be dispersed and grown That there needs to be a common language, coherent local structures and a relentless focus on the child That working together does raise standards

If you were the Director for Children’s Services for Xshire – what might you do to raise standards for all children? What are the barriers to effective collaborative leadership and local leadership development and how might you overcome these? Discuss the local opportunities and catalysts for change