How do individual academies develop their own vision and values within restrictions of other education and MAT frameworks?

Fascinating challenge this morning during my Vision and Values training with Elevate Multi Academy Trust Aspin Park Academy. Next step: pupil and community consultation!

TCaF and TEG bid writing service 👇

The Barratt Developments Foundation are supporting charities/schools that align with their vision of helping communities throughout the UK to thrive.
•Deadline: 22nd April. 
•£5,000-£30,000
 
Two Information Sessions (online) on 3rd & 8th April

barrattfoundation.org.uk/apply/

Ethos Academy Trust is looking for a new CEO to lead our thriving family of academies into its next chapter.

Find out more about the role and express your interest at joinethos.co.uk

Great CEOs are strategic allocators of resources. That goes for people & talent

They spot and unleash experience & expertise on the board, on their exec team, and right across the organisation. Beware CEOs who believe they are the talent to be ‘supported’ by others

#BeingTheCEO

📚 📢School  and trust leaders of professional learning!  Don't forget there's a free treasure trove of research and insights into effective teacher development on our website here: tdtrust.org/research-3/?ut… #expertschools #teacherdevelopment

Excited to share that my book ‘Leading Exceptional CPD: how to create a culture of growth in your school’ will be published in November and is available for pre-sale now. It’s been a year long project and I have learnt so much!

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Culture happens whatever, whether schools attend to it or not. At St. George's conscious effort is given to promoting a caring culture where everyone feels valued, honoured and taken care of St Christopher’s Trust #flourishingcommunities #powerofus

Should a middle leader be ensuring fidelity to school policy, challenging it, or positioning themselves in a way that balances the two? The latest Middle Leadership Essentials is out today - see below!

Fascinating thoughts on this from Jon Hutchinson

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Couldnt agree more! Visions are undervalued in many schools but the most successful organisations use them as their North Star to create a shared purpose and guide all strategic and operational work

#wspa2024
International whole-school #physicalactivity conference
Bradford, UK, 17-19 June 24
The team is sorting the 100+ presentation submissions from 20 countries across 5 continents. Good blend of policy, practice and research
Don't miss out wspa2024.co.uk

🔍 EEF Evidence Review: Implementation in Education

Our evidence review explores how schools can approach putting new approaches in place to maximise their chances of success in the classroom.

Read here: eef.li/Yh19dk

It's #bookontheshelf time again! This week it's the indispensable 'Building Culture' by Lekha Sharma FCCT!

Lekha Sharma draws on her wealth of experience to create a handbook which helps to fortify school teams.

Discuss in the thread below! 👇

EEF Research Schools Network

✍️NEW THIS WEEK

Growing leaders | A strategy for succession planning

▪️Build formal knowledge
▪️Build contextual knowledge
▪️Move through stages of ego development
▪️Build trusting relationships

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Attention North West schools!

Pinnacle Learning Research School have developed this survey to support schools with engaging in relevant EEF projects and programmes aligned to local need.

Please take 5-10 minutes to fill it out & share across your networks.

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🙌 Today, we’re launching new research projects for schools nationwide to take part in.

These trials will test the impact of three programmes designed to boost pupil progress.

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Find out more: eef.li/D5uHRF

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Privileged to share today with Trust CPD Leads.

To summarise, if I were to set up a new PD programme across a group of schools, I would go:

1. Heavy on leadership development, empowering leaders to make great decisions.
2. Light on standardisation of strategies, giving teachers…

Long-term education policy-making & small, rural, and coastal schools 👏

🗓️ Wednesday, March 13th
🕟 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
📍 St George’s School, Blackpool, FY4 4PH

Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/46LBqIo

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Have you seen the programme for #SNECurriculum24 yet? 🤩

It's caused quite a buzz within the community already, and that's exactly what we hoped to achieve 🚀

Check it out in full here: bit.ly/49bnt8j
Book tickets here: ow.ly/613S50QjIAS

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