1. Leadership in the 21 st Century Geoff Barton Head, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Download this presentation at www.geoffbarton.co.uk

2. Today: Talk about leadership Health check Debunk some myths Tame some big beasts Do something

3. Provocations: Vision is overstated Strategy is overstated Much futures thinking is hot air Britain isn’t Sweden Learning styles may be a cul-de-sac There’s no cavalry

4. UsThem Our schools

5. The Anxiety of Influence

6. Heroes & Villains

7. Inside education Outside education

8. Me

9. Lawrie Lowton

11. Steve Jobs

12. What can we learn from Gordon Brown?

13. School Improvement Health Check

15. History boys pic

16. Social engineering via grammars and comprehensives: sink or swim mentality prevails Postcode determines your life chances 50s, 60s, 70s …

17. National prescription, self-evaluation, LMS, specialisation, some autonomy Postcode determines your life chances 80s, 90s…

18. National strategies, school improvement, heavy accountability, investment, ECM, leadership, academies Postcode determines your life chances …? 1997-2009

19. Schools are becoming immune to school improvement Beacon SchoolsTraining SchoolsCoasting Schools London ChallengeNational challengeNational strategies Leading EdgeConsultantsSchool improvement partners Super HeadsConsultant HeadsExecutive Heads Gaining GroundLeading Light SchoolsTrust Schools

21. So now, it’s over to us

22. TAMING THE BIG BEASTS

23. Implications Our students Our staff Ourselves Our future leaders

24. TheoryPractice

25. TAMING THE BIG BEASTS

26. Michael Barber Identify what works and “implement” Targets to monitor progress Consistency Best-performing systems: Teacher training = craft Teacher recruitment = tough Teacher CPD = collaborative Teachers focus on pedagogy SEN is SEN, but not as we know it ?

27. Dylan Wiliam Architect of ‘real’ AfL No hands up Better questions No marks Questions VAK, etc Teacher learning communities ?

28. John West-Burnham Leadership a moral activity Schools account for 20% of a child’s life-chances (versus personal and social influences) Focus on learning, not teaching The purpose of a caterpillar is not to be a better caterpillar Need to move from schooling to education = transformation ?

29. Leadership in the 21 st Century Geoff Barton Head, King Edward VI School, Suffolk Download this presentation at www.geoffbarton.co.uk