Ashton on Mersey School

Vicky BeerHeadteacher

vbeer@aom.trafford.sch.uk

Standards

Collaboration

Beacon School

Sports College

High Performing Status

Applied Learning

Training School

National Secondary Support School

Pilot National Teaching School

Teaching School

50% £8 Secondary43 Primary

50% Mentors61% £OutreachNW Network

‘Continuous Improvement is better than delayed perfection’

Mark Twain

Remaining Successful

= Change

A

B

Sigmoid curve - Handy,1994

Teacher Training / CPD

ITTGTPSchool ExperiencesEnrichment phasePGCE/BEd. Open SchoolsAssociate Head/NPQH

Teach FirstTransition to TeachingStudent Associate SchemeOpen SchoolsMaths MMU projectLJMU PE project

Trafford NQT

North West Training SchoolsImproving Teacher ProgrammeOutstanding Teacher ProgrammeOutstanding Facilitation Programme

Specialist Leaders of EducationFacilitation Hub TrainingResearch Team Hubs

Outreach

School to School Support

Parrs Wood School - Manchester

Westhoughton - Bolton

Levenshulme – Manchester

Flixton – Trafford

Broadoak – Trafford

Egerton - Trafford

Forest Gate – Trafford

Families of Schools

Good to Great

Gaining Ground

SLE Pilot

Operational Programme Leads

Strategic Lead GMLS

Middle LeadersSenior Leaders NLE / LLE / SLE

Governor Champion

All staff

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Leadership development and talent management

Support for schools

Coaching and mentoring

Initial teacher training (ITT)

The role of Teaching Schools ...

Ashton-on-Mersey is an outstanding school…

Outstanding leadership and management have enabled the school to go from strength to strength in developing the services it provides for students. The collaborative partnership that makes up the school’s leadership, with unstinting support from governors, has given the school a clear direction for continuous improvement.

The system of distributed leadership, accompanied by high levels of accountability, works exceptionally well in all aspects of the school’s work.

‘One of the barriers to distributed leadership is how leadership distribution is viewed by heads and teachers’

Harris 2008

Delegation …

off-loading extra work to staff?

erosion of power & loss of control?

protection of ‘strategic space’?

creation of a shared purpose?

succession planning?

‘Growing leaders is like growing fruit trees. Other owners may one day have the benefit of your trees, but maybe you will benefit from other unknown owners of orchards.

The best organisations take pride in the fact that they grow more leaders than they need; they are net exporters of leaders.’

Steve Munby 2008

Distributed Leadership

System Leadership

Distributed System Leadership

‘Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing that you don’t put it in a fruit salad’

Eric Cantona

Co-operation vs Competition

Increased challenge

Opportunities for reflection

CPD

Developing distributed leadership

Recruitment & Retention

Stronger partnerships

Supporting the system

Increasing standards & attainment

Collaborative group = Acceleration of performance

A on MTeaching School

Alliance

HEi (M’chester)

ManchesterHEi (L’pool)

Warrington

Cheshire East

Trafford

Bolton

Manchester

Stockport

Trafford

Warrington

Trafford

Wigan

Sixth Form College

Trafford

Blackburn

Networks

A on MTeaching School

Alliance

HEi (M’chester)

ManchesterHEi (L’pool)

Warrington

Trafford

Oldham

London

Kent

Cheshire East

Trafford

Bolton

Manchester

Cheshire

Leeds

Trafford/Oldham

Oldham

Stockport

Trafford

Warrington

Trafford

Wigan

Sixth Form College

Trafford

Blackburn

Trust

Attitude to risk

Consistency

Clarity

Standards

Commitment

Developing a teaching school ethos ...

Frequently Asked Questions• What will I be committed to providing?• By offering staff time and support, will standards and achievement slip at

my school?• I’d like to be part of a Teaching School Alliance but I can’t see where I

have the capacity to release staff.• How do I know my staff can make a difference in another school?• Can this become a funding stream for my school?• Does my school have to be ‘Outstanding’ to be able to offer support?• What about if my school needs support, how does that affect our staff’s

credibility for working in other schools?• Who will Quality Assure our Teaching School’s Alliance support offer?• Will there be a mechanism to both assess need, to tailor provision, and

assess impact, through measurable outcomes, of support provided?• How do I find out who my nearest Teaching School is?• Do I approach them or will they approach me?

Why bother?

Annual grant from National College

Opportunity to shape regional and national practice

Strengthen relationships with key partners

Improve the quality of Teaching & Learning

Increase Standards & attainment

Moral purpose

‘To sustain outstanding overall effectiveness by improving our school and community through

consistency, collaboration and collective responsibility’

Annual School Improvement Plan