Slide 1 © Crown copyright 2008 Strengthening Leadership and Governance ISP hub pilot Dissemination Conference 2 July 2008

Slide 2 © Crown copyright 2008 Aims To share the outcomes of the pilot so far To identify ways to replicate a small-scale pilot on a larger scale To support professional learning of all participants through sharing practice

Slide 3 © Crown copyright 2008 Conference timings overview and context learning from the pilot 1.00 lunch 2.00 setting up in the LA and school 2.15 strengthening governance 3.00 reflection on the day

Slide 4 © Crown copyright 2008 The rationale for the pilot The national agenda – the focus on pupil progress and school accountability The success of the ISP in raising standards overall but variability of impact and sustainability in some schools Leadership of the programme identified as key – taking ownership of change

Slide 5 © Crown copyright 2008 Aims of the pilot To strengthen primary headteacher leadership of standards and progress through improving teaching and learning. To develop strategies which can be used by serving headteachers who are working with schools and their heads to create the former. To create replicable models which can be used beyond the lifespan of the project. To explore how governance can be improved.

Slide 6 © Crown copyright 2008 Leadership & Management – the focus and the outcome Leadership: how effectively leaders and managers at all levels direct improvement (identification of priorities, action to be taken, support). Management: putting systems in place for self-evaluation, and to support implementation of plans.

Slide 7 © Crown copyright 2008 What we did Worked with 3 hub LAs, 12 lead headteachers and 20 supported schools A genuine pilot – co-construction and ongoing evaluation so responsive to feedback Working within existing structures and adding to them Ongoing evaluation – learning logs shared through ‘Blogs’

Slide 8 © Crown copyright 2008 What we did November and Feb: national re-group meeting to share developments and discuss next steps Summer Term 2007 Setting up the pilot Autumn Term 2007 Phase 1 Spring Term 2008 Phase 2 July: national meeting to co- construct pilot July: National Event Planning and review meeting in LA PNS support Collaborative work in schools + learning log updates Up to 10 days support Planning and review meeting in LA PNS support Summer term 2008 Phase 3 Planning meeting in LA PNS support Evaluation and case studies

Slide 9 © Crown copyright 2008 What we learned Overall success Three key factors: ISP cycle and core elements shared experience of leadership in school identified as ‘causing concern’ commitment to learning and collaborative working

Slide 10 © Crown copyright 2008 Why we wanted to get involved An LA’s perspective A school’s perspective

Slide 11 © Crown copyright 2008 Key factor 1: The cycle and the core elements Developing the Improving School processes Using the core elements to build leadership capacity in terms of: - leadership of learning - strong self-evaluation - capacity for sustained improvement

Schools are responsible for their own improvement. The diagram below illustrates the termly ISP cycle that supports school improvement and self-evaluation with pupil progress at its centre The Single Plan Whole-school systematic CPD Annual Review of attainment & progress Ensuring the progress of all learners: pedagogy and personalisation Monitoring, evaluation and review of impact on pupil progress Apply TeachPlan Assess Review The School Improvement Cycle The single plan drives the improvement against school priorities and is informed by self-evaluation and links to the school improvement plan Explicit focus on learning & teaching – identifies the key areas of learning & teaching that are priorities and quality first teaching as an entitlement for all pupils Whole-school systematic CPD – focuses professional learning around the agreed priorities. Tracking – provides a picture of pupil progress at whole-school and class level and provides a focus for professional dialogue to support assessment for learning and personalisation Pupil Progress Meetings – provide a regular timetabled forum for analysis and discussion of the factors that have supported progress and identifies collaborative actions to overcome barriers to progress

Slide 13 © Crown copyright 2008 Key factor 2: Shared experience of leadership in schools identified as ‘causing concern’ What are the common experiences of being a headteacher in a school identified as ‘causing concern’? How did the headteachers involved develop ownership and accountability?

Slide 14 © Crown copyright 2008 Case Studies 1 and 2 headteacher perspectives context and setting up what we did linked to the school improvement cycle and core elements how we worked collaboratively significant learning what made it successful

Slide 15 © Crown copyright 2008 Whole-group discussion What factors made the work successful in some schools? What factors led to the work being less successful in some schools?

Slide 16 © Crown copyright 2008 Key factor 3: collaborative working a range of ways of working to build capacity the skills central to collaborative working and learning together that build capacity developing our abilities as professional learners

Slide 17 © Crown copyright 2008 Collaborative working Look at the skills and characteristics listed. Do they describe the processes of collaborative working ? Are there some you’ve had to grow into? Have they supported leading on learning?

Slide 18 © Crown copyright 2008 Whole-group discussion Are there any common factors for professional learning (attitudes, characteristics, relationships) emerging that the success of collaborative working depends on? How do we work with those schools where there is resistance to collaborative working? What strategies did you use that were effective and why? What additional external support was useful or could have been useful?

Slide 19 © Crown copyright 2008 Next steps: taking the pilot further Identifying schools How discussed / set up / attitudes…… Timeline – focus for the 3 terms, LA meetings Guided resource on the Internet NS support

Slide 20 © Crown copyright 2008 Next steps what a local authority needs to know and do to set up a focus on strengthening leadership and governance within ISP in the LA what the leading school needs to know and do what the partner school needs to know and do

Slide 21 © Crown copyright 2008 Development: strengthening governance Case study from Gateshead

Slide 22 © Crown copyright 2008 Governors How can we use the core elements to develop the skills and abilities of governors? What are the effective ways to feed back on progress so that governors understand the implications, ask the right questions and take follow-up actions?

Slide 23 © Crown copyright 2008 Reflection on the day The three key factors – what we have achieved Evaluation Next steps