2. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration 14 to 19: Leadership, change and collaboration Dr John Dunford General Secretary Association of School and College Leaders

3. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration l The next generation of school leaders l Sustainable leadership l Schools in partnership l Role map l Partnership issues l Mechanics and dynamics l Lessons from 14 to 19 pathfinders l Raising achievement l Government policy changes l “It could all go horribly wrong”

4. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration The next generation of school leaders l PricewaterhouseCoopers report l Recruitment and retention l Succession planning l Positives and negatives of school leadership

5. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Sustainable leadership l Focus on learning l Partnership working l Distributed leadership l Building a local learning community

6. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Partnerships that work l Excellence in Cities l London Challenge l Raising Achievement, Transforming Learning (RATL) l Sports colleges l 16 to 19 consortia l Federations l Networked Learning Communities

7. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Soft federations, joint management structure 14 to 19 consortia Benchmarking groups Hard federations/ trusts, single governing body Vertical integrations, secondary, special, primary

8. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Horizontal and vertical l Secondary schools collaborating l Primary schools collaborating l Primary, special and secondary partnerships

9. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration The partnership spectrum

10. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Developing Partnerships l 14 to 19 l Behaviour l Every Child Matters l Extended schools l Trusts

11. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Benchmarking group School improvement partnership 14 to 19 consortium Behaviour collaborative Specialist group

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13. Partnership issues (1) l Common goals l Extent of collaboration l Ethos l Uniform l Religious affiliation l Teaching and learning styles l Assessment l Lunchtime l Trust l Commitment

14. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Partnership issues (2) l Leadership and management l Governance l Timetable l IT systems l Funding l Exam centres l Quality assurance l Accountability l Developing a shared curriculum l Communicating with parents and community

15. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Mechanics and dynamics l Mechanics o Meetings o Audits o Systems l Dynamics o Relationships o Ideas o Values

16. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Potential partnership problems l Admissions l Loss of autonomy l Time l School/college pay and conditions l Staff fears l Parent fears l Student fears l LA/LSC roles l Costs

17. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Cost of partnership l Excellence in Cities l Leadership Incentive Grant l Beacon schools l Collaboration costs money l Cost of not collaborating may be greater

18. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Lessons from 14 to 19 pathfinders l Understand the interaction of national policy and local context l Develop strategic vision and high level commitment l Exercise strategic leadership to build consensus l Establish a robust infrastructure based on a high level deputies’ group l Model and estimate costs clearly l Assess the effects of different institutional structures l Work from fundamental curriculum principles rather than existing models in constructing student progression routes l Use protocols to deal with areas of divergent practice l Understand students’ learning aspirations and profiles l Build shared staff development programmes l Build in quality assurance l Stick at it – partnership takes time l Celebrate success

19. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Raising achievement l Collaboration raises achievement l ASCL research project 2007 l Supported by RM and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

20. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration Government policy changes needed l Evidence based reform l Promote more collaboration, less competition l Funding l Accountability l Inspection l LA/LSC roles

21. 14 to 19: leadership, change and collaboration “It could all go horribly wrong” l A levels, GCSEs and diplomas l Universities, especially Russell Group l Independent school participation l Clear link to work l 2008 review promised