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Getyourschoolsupportstrategyofftheground,managecompetitionandclarifytheprosandconsofdifferentCPDmodels

PaulButlerHeadofTeachingSchools


Context• TwoTeachingSchoolsinthesameAlliance:CopthorneandHortonGrangeprimaryschools.

• RecentlyaccreditedSCITT:ExceedSCITT,Bradford.• PartofExceedAcademiesTrust:TeachingSchoolis“the5th school”.• Inner-cityBradford– nottypicalofthemajorityofTeachingSchools.• Priorityareas:– School-to-schoolsupport– EALandNewtoEnglish– PREVENT– Recruitmentandretention,includingITT– Socialmobility.


Gettingyourschoolimprovementstrategyofftheground

1. Whodoyousupport?Informal,city-wide?Formalpartners?MoU?

2. Formalprocesswithwrittenagreements– simple,effective,measurable,monitorandreportimpact,namedinOfstedreports.

3. Accreditsystemleaders– Wheredotheycomefrom?Partnersonly?– NLEs– AligntotheTeachingSchool.– SLEs– howdoyouensuretheyaredeployed?– LLEs– Whatwilltheirrolebe?QA?


http://copthorne.ngfl.ac.uk/exceedtsa/support/


Gettingyourschoolimprovementstrategyofftheground

5. StrategicSchoolImprovementFund– fundamentalchange?6. SchoolimprovementcapacityforaMAT,orMATs.– OwnMAT– Partners’MATs capacity?Who?Whatcapacitydotheyadd?Who’s

namingyourTeachingSchoolastheircapacity?Spreadtoothinly?


Whathavebeenyoursuccessesinsecuringschoolimprovementbeyondyourownschool?Challenges?


Managingcompetition• LocalchangetotheLA’srole– playtoTeachingSchools’strengths.• BradfordTeachingSchools’Forum.• Collaborationnotcompetition.• Nationwidepartnerships.• Communicationanddissemination.• Qualityvsquantity– reputationvital.• ITT– recruitingfromthesamepool,hardtoavoidcompetition.Needclearrationalandvisionforyourprovisionandacceptthatofothersmaysuitsomeapplicants.


Hascompetitionbeenanissueforyou?Howhaveyouaddressedororavoidedit?


CPDmodels• School-ledsystemisanopportunitytoinnovate!• Abriefhistoryofourjourney…• TeachingReadingProgramme.• AspiringExecutiveHeadteacherProgramme.– SteppingUp:AspiringHeadofSchool/HeadteacherProgramme– “Recyclecontent”,useotherpartner’scapacity– collaboration

• Studyvisits.• In-houseCPD– whatshouldthislooklike?ResearchSchoolapplication.• TeachingandLeadershipInnovationFund– opportunity?• Helpschoolsunderstandtherelationshipbetweenleadershipprogrammes.


http://copthorne.ngfl.ac.uk/exceedtsa/leadership/


InrelationtoCPD,whathaveyoudoneorseenthatrepresentsanewwayofworking?


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