Geoff Barton Headteacher, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Developing our Future Leaders NCSL Annual Leadership Conference June (Presentation 75)

Building Early Leadership The Way We Were

Building Early Leadership The Way We Are

Building Early Leadership MATHS TEST What’s the answer? What’s the significance? (No calculators)

Building Early Leadership = ? (Clue = 25) Answer = 25 Question 1:

Building Early Leadership = ? (Clue = 20) Answer = 20 Question 2:

Building Early Leadership Michael Fullan’s summary of too many teachers’ careers 25: 20: Average trajectory NQT to headteacher (secondary)

Building Early Leadership Teacher Development …

Building Early Leadership Garforth Comprehensive School

Building Early Leadership 1985

Building Early Leadership Lawrie Lowton Headteacher

Building Early Leadership John Baumber Deputy Headteacher

Building Early Leadership Step 1: Create a leadership culture Middle Management Course

Building Early Leadership 1.Culture of leadership 2.Our leadership development course 3.Possible futures

Building Early Leadership Leadership Culture

Building Early Leadership The need for leadership Nowadays all the children behave like adults and all the adults behave like children (Terry Waite)

Building Early Leadership If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right. (Henry Ford)

Building Early Leadership "I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game- winning shot... and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." (Michael Jordan)

Building Early Leadership “It is far easier to learn to teach, and to learn to teach better, in some schools than in others” Rosenholtz

Building Early Leadership Our Leadership Development Course

Building Early Leadership First 2-6 years of career 8 after-school sessions; 1-day visit; 1-day conference with JWB Apply in writing Big picture & nitty-gritty Logistics:

Building Early Leadership Demystify leadership Leadership task & visit Moral dilemmas No writing Think-tank: “faking it” & micro-skills Leadership team secondment Placements in other schools Distinctive bits:

Building Early Leadership Young team: judgement matters more than experience Project management approach to leadership 65% have gained promotion Impact:

Building Early Leadership Possibilities …

Building Early Leadership There is no cavalry

Building Early Leadership We’re the cavalry

Building Early Leadership Take the Richard Fawcett Challenge

Building Early Leadership Create 6 future heads

Geoff Barton Headteacher, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Developing our Future Leaders NCSL Annual Leadership Conference June (Presentation 75)