1. White Paper issues Which is which?

2. “This is radical…. tweaking things at the margins is not an option… this is essential… decisive action is needed”

3. “The heart of our plan is the vision of the teacher as our society’s most valuable asset. There is no calling more noble, no profession more vital and no service more important than teaching.”

4. Only by reform can we allow every child to…. shape their own destiny, be masters of their own fate…. History shows….individuals have been victims of geography, class, parents, gender and wealth….. That is why access is spread so inequitably….

5. “Education is a route to liberation - allows individuals to choose a fulfilling job, shape society around them, enrich their inner life…become authors of their own life stories”

6. “Far too long we have accepted the moral outrage of an accepted correlation between wealth and achievement at school - the soft bigotry of low expectations”

7. So…. “Head teachers and teachers do not need to be patronised, directed or hectored”

8. Duty to cooperate with Children’s Trusts Local Authority Children and Young Peoples Plan (CYPP) National (Ofsted/LA) common format to lesson planning Prescription of assessing pupil progress Financial Management In Schools system School Improvement Partner Self Evaluation Form Going…. Gone….

9. New language Academy conversion - Federations or chains – Multi school trusts - Free schools Pupil Premium (£2.5billion per year) - New models of School Governance - Education Endowment Fund - New funding formulae - Value for money Teach First - Teach Next - Troops to Teachers - Network of Teaching Schools - National Leader of Education - Local leaders of Education - Specialist Leaders of Education - University Training Schools - National Scholarship Scheme - Third sector CPD

10. Same day detentions - Powers of restraint, removal and search – exclusion appeals changed – heads can discipline to and from school Curriculum review to give freedom…. English Baccalaureate = good GCSE or iGCSE passes in En, Ma, the Sciences, a modern, or ancient foreign language and a humanity such as Hi or Ge) – Early years review….. Systematic phonics - Floor standards –

11. Headlines… 1.Schools to get more freedom and are centre of direct support and more in charge of it (money for CPD or staffing?) 2.Good opportunities for freelance workers to provide support direct (at less on-cost) 3.“Support Agencies/Intermediaries” will “go for” support needed and (due to rhetoric about “consultants” = tax loss) will probably require Ltd status.B

12. CHURN and independent consultants? The National Strategies ending (good or bad)? Local Authorities and Regions weaker/gone? The National College’s changed remit? Free schools? NLE, LLE, SLE? OFSTED & no SIPs – what will this mean? Every Child Matters and Cross agency working? Private education companies big on-costs?B

13. Issues for Independent Consultants Decline of the subject specialisms Schools missing LA link colleagues… A rise of pedagogy? (Cross-service awareness) Commissioning getting tougher in a time of cuts Blend/portfolio of permanent 0.8fte with independent 0.2fte (0.5 retirement 0.5 other work) + Fewer full time staff = lack of capacity - More consultants operating in the marketB OPPORTUNITIES? THREATS?

14. Consider… Activity What are the national issues regarding this developing agenda that will help (or hinder) you becoming independent?

15. and… Activity What are your local issues regarding this developing agenda that will help (or hinder) you becoming independent?B