Charlie Taylor[i] has recently encouraged the development of a school led education system.[ii] He joins a growing list of others who advocate this means of school improvement including David Hargreaves.[iii] Using School Direct for training teachers, high quality leadership development and school to school support are all promoted as the means for school led improvement. The latter of course was also endorsed in The Importance of Teaching (DfE, White Paper 2010). Fine in principle but does it actually work?
I was delighted to be invited to participate in an evaluation by the Institute of Education, University of Warwick[iv] into the effectiveness of a school improvement group led by primary National and Local Leaders of Education (N/LLEs) in Birmingham. An aim of this blog is to share some of the background and findings from the interviews undertaken with national and local stakeholders including local authority (LA) officers…
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