1. Jane Acklam Paul Greenough
Jane Acklam: Executive Principal Moor End Academy, CEO Moor End Academies Trust, Pennine Teaching School Alliance
Paul Greenough: Headteacher Honley High School

2. Area of Enquiry Leading system change through school transformation
Provocation question….. Given the variations in the quality of education across the region, how can we rapidly spread best practice in school turnaround, so that more schools improve more quickly?

3. Why would you want to work with an NLE / Teaching School?
Paul Greenough: Perspectives from the Head of an RI School

4. Stimulus
Match the vision statement to the car brand:
Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it does not exist design it.

5. Honley High School: September 2013
Ofsted identified the following development areas:
Students, including those who are eligible for the pupil premium, are not making the progress of which they are capable across a range of subjects.
More-able students are not attaining consistently the highest grades at GCSE.
Too much teaching is not consistently good enough to eradicate the pockets of underachievement which exist.
Teachers do not always plan lessons so that work is set at the right level. As a result, they do not consistently challenge and engage all students so that they achieve the highest grades of which they are capable.
Students are not given sufficient opportunities to work independently to develop their own reasoned ideas and arguments.
Teachers do not always check how well students are learning in lessons and so are unable to adjust their teaching to meet students’ needs.
The sharing of best practice in teaching in the school is not being shared fully for the benefit of all teachers.
Whole-school monitoring and evaluation processes and systems for the tracking of students’ performance are not yet being consistently applied across the school.
Not all subjects are allocated a sufficient amount of teaching time at GCSE.

6. Honley High School: September 2013
Ofsted identified the following development areas:
Lots!!

7. Honley High School: from Jan 2014
The response: rapid systemic change
Post-Ofsted Action plan implemented incorporating
Over-hall of appraisal and QA processes
Staffing restructure (at all levels)
Introduction of compulsory CPD
Review of assessment frameworks (all years)
Tracking of pupil progress and timely intervention
Re-direction of PPG
Curriculum re-design
Engagement of external partners

8. The role of the NLE Navigating the route … finding the right path
… identifying the next steps.

9. The role of the NLE
Critical friend

10. Honley High School The result of rapid systemic change Impact
Robust appraisal and QA processes
Staffing structure that supports pupil progress
Teacher CPD: led by teachers for teachers
Regular high quality assessment and feedback
Focus upon pedagogy applying a Growth Mind-set
Reduction in the achievement gap
Continuing to improve

11. Honley High School Sustainable improvement and the future
In a recent survey (Jan 2015) almost all staff agreed or strongly agreed that…
We have a clearly defined, shared and understood vision and values;
We are effective in improving the quality of teaching;
We cater for the needs of all pupils;
We are proud of our school and our community

12. Stimulus response A vision of a self-improving system
Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it does not exist design it.

13. What do Teaching Schools have to offer?
Jane Acklam

14. With limited funding what can be achieved?
Models of mature system leadership
Impact driven
Plans
Exit strategies defined
Reputation

15. In times of limited funding how can we make ‘sustainable’ change?
Funding sources
S2S
Self LA
Diocesan
Academy Trust
Dialogue is the key

16. What do we mean by transformation?
3 words

17. So, now we know what it is, how do we achieve it?

18. rapidly spread best practice………. more schools improve more quickly…………….
Speed……….
What is the urgency?
Moral purpose Or
Government agendas?

19. The role of system leaders….
The spirit of racing
It’s not about us…..

20. Provocation question…
Provocation question….. Given the variations in the quality of education across the region, how can we rapidly spread best practice in school turnaround, so that more schools improve more quickly?