1. School Leadership Toolkit for Accelerating Achievement
Erasmus +
Intro - Share an overview of the project and introduce some of its outcomes that you will be looking at and discussing today
A few words about ASCL – what sort of organisation it is – a few words about yourself
School Leadership Toolkit for Accelerating Achievement

2. School Leaders’ Toolkit for Accelerating Achievement
Erasmus + KA2
KA2 Strategic Partnership – School Education
School Leaders’ Toolkit for Accelerating Achievement
Project was a 2 year Erasmus+ strategic partnership – so it was about looking a ‘strategy’.
Project brought together 6 partners from 5 countries – led by Durham University in the UK – along with ASCL – University of Debrecen – hosting the conference, University of Lusofona in Portugal, University of Tartu in Estonia and Teach for Bulgaria – part of the broader Teach First network.
Different partner had different roles – Durham focussed on a research strand – which will hear about in the afternoon
ASCL – was a broker for identifying best practice and supporting the development of the materials
Other partners worked specifically with schools to test and refine our training modules you will see later.

3. SLT4AA Ofsted – National Inspectorate Reports published
Schools are graded on a scale 1 – 4
1 Outstanding
2 Good
3 Requires Improvement
4 Inadequate
Reports published
School results published every year
League Tables
So what was the project about and how was it strategic?
Firstly a little background about the UK Inspection system – few words about how Ofsted inspections work, the grading system and how it is all made public
Pressure on schools and in particular leadership teams – frequently if a school judged inadequate the leader is replaced
Importance of having good leadership in schools
How does this relate to the Erasmus+ project?
The project looked at how a good leadership team can change that inspection grade from a 4 to a 2 or a 1 in a short period of time
New leader expected to have an impact – and in some cases schools transformed by new leaders

4. SLT4AA
Aim to equip leadership teams with the competences, structures and tools required to transform underperforming schools into high performing schools based on examples of successful school transformation in the UK.
2 Year Project – budget of €299728
Main features:
Study of schools' best practice in the UK
Analysis of case studies
Development of Training Modules
Research Strand
The project itself – overall aim – to analyse what outstanding leadership teams did to turn a school around
Then to develop a ‘toolkit’ that school leaders could use
Turn that toolkit into a set of training materials, test them and refine them – then make publish them for free for anyone who wants them
Today is about looking a what that toolkit contains

5. SLT4AA Study of two schools Sydney Russell School - Dagenham
Starting point – all partners examined a case study of two schools ASCL has worked with
Both schools had been transformed in different ways
Both were now very successful –but had been failing
Partners visited the schools, interviewed staff and then analysed what the leaders had done
Skinners’ Academy - Kent

6. THE SKINNERS’ KENT ACADEMY Pupil Numbers
45 pupils started in in 2014
total numbers 193 in in 2014
last choice of parents in oversubscribed in 2014
Results
Bottom 5% nationally in top 5% in 2014
40% lessons good in % outstanding in 2011
Overview of what we mean by transformation – Skinners Academy – failing school, high levels of deprivation, falling numbers, threatened with closure
Numbers in 2011 – not viable – 45 pupils started – by 2014 – increased to 189
Overall school size in 2011 was 193 – by 2014 it was 534 and rapidly expanding as smaller numbers finishing the school replaced by much larger numbers joining
Parents did not want to send their child to this school – pupils were those whose parents did not care – now more parents want to send their child than there are places available.
Results went from the bottom to the top – why? Quality of teaching improved from generally poor to outstanding.
So how was this achieved?

7. SLT4AA Analysis of Leadership Practice http://slt4aa.eu/
Knowing your school
Having a Vision
Communication
Managing Change
structures
personnel
teaching and learning
Measuring Impact
Action Planning
Group used all of the information gather during the week’s study visit
Came up with the following conclusions as a result of analysing the practice
These were the priorities
What they then did was use each of these areas as a basis of developing the training modules – this is what you we look at in some detail today.
Will also have an opportunity to talk to some of the schools involved in the trials
Modules designed to address the specific issues of your school – starting point a data analysis
Flexible to enable you to pick and choose – supported by sample resources
Workshops broken down into activities – all available now on the website

8. SLT4AA Knowing your school
collecting data – comparing the school with the national average – the population, the results, the overall performance
Visioning
identify the drivers behind the need for a vision
identify how to create a vision statement
Communication
understand the different stakeholders for communication
be able to express your vision and priorities clearly
Managing Change
analyse personnel issues in the management of change
establish roles and responsibilities
develop strategies to confront passivity and opposition
develop structures to address the school’s priorities
identify quality and areas for improvement
Measuring Impact
create indicators for improvement
develop strategies for monitoring
Action Planning
plan for improvement in your own school
The journey through the training modules – firstly self analysis of the school – its specific feature and performance (school information sheet attached)
Some of the objectives of the other modules
Work undertaken has been evaluated – now hear a little about the evaluation process from Vilmos
Hope you find the modules interesting and useful – enjoy the day.

9. School Leadership Toolkit for Accelerating Achievement
Erasmus +
Intro - Share an overview of the project and introduce some of its outcomes that you will be looking at and discussing today
A few words about ASCL – what sort of organisation it is – a few words about yourself
School Leadership Toolkit for Accelerating Achievement