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Teachers in England face hefty paywalls to access As reported online by Schools Week last week, in education? education research journals while their Scottish a petition calling on Education Secretary Nicky counterparts can freely access the same material Morgan to provide free access to research journals under an initial deal secured by their teaching SIR THEODORE AGNEW council for just £30,000. Continued on page 2 New Year’s Honours

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SCHOOLS WEEK TEAM Society mag snubs northern schools PHILIP NYE Editor: Laura McInerney undertakings by private companies - and evidence about effective teaching can be @PHILIPNYE Head designer: Nicky Phillips publishers - so there would be a cost,” he said. accessed and shared.” SOPHIE SCOTT than other areas.” THE TATLER LIST OF TOP SCHOOLS CONTINUED FROM FRONT Some of those supporting the petition, The consultation, which is now closed, @SOPH_E_SCOTT Tatler’s editor, Kate Reardon, defended the PRIMARY SCHOOLS Waldegrave school, Middlesex Designer: Rob Galt is attracting growing support – including however, pointed to Scotland where, since stopped short of proposing free access to list which included West London Free School, Bousfield, London The Coombe federation, Surrey Sub editors: Jill Craven among high-profile academics. August, the 74,000 teachers registered with e-journals and instead proposed “an effective Schools in the north of the country have been opened by journalist Toby Young, and The Fox primary school, London Dame Alice Owen’s, Hertfordshire The petition has received a flurry of the General Teaching Council for Scotland online platform for knowledge-sharing” largely ignored by a society magazine which Cotswold school which offers shooting and West London free school primary, London Cherwell school, Oxford Jeremy Sutcliffe support in recent days, and Dominic (GTCS) have had access to online journals for drawing on models such as the York listed the country’s “top state schools”. riding.. William Tyndale, London The Cotswold school, Gloucestershire Senior reporter: Sophie Scott Cummings, a former special advisor to free. University Institute for Effective Education’s Tatler this month published its second Speaking with Schools Week she said: “We former Education Secretary Michael Gove, The scheme grants access to over 1,700 Evidence4Impact website, or the Education annual guide to state schools in which it listed do our best to provide a geographical spread St Peter’s Catholic primary, Hampshire Cranbrook school, Kent Senior reporter: Philip Nye tweeted: “When I left [in January 2014] this education journals, and is being run by GTCS Endowment Foundation’s Teaching and 12 primaries and 22 secondaries schools. Of and have included schools in north Yorkshire, Botley CofE primary, Hampshire Kings’ School, Hampshire Senior reporter: Freddie Whittaker was in pipeline to happen, DfE accepted the on a one-year, trial basis. Schools Week can Learning Toolkit. those 34, only five could be classed as in the Edinburgh and Lincolnshire. St Stephen’s CofE primary, Bath Sir William Borlase’s grammar, case and senior officials supportive.” reveal that the cost of the one year scheme is The consultation also said that a new north of England and two in Scotland. “However, our primary responsibility is Trinity CofE primary, Gloucestershire Buckinghamshire Reporter: Billy Camden Asked about this, however, a Department approximately £30,000, though Zoè Robertson, professional body for teachers could have a The move has been criticised by director to our readers, not to a geographically-based Dunchurch Boughton CofE junior, Bishop Wordsworth’s, Wiltshire Photographer: Ellis O’Brien for Education (DfE) spokesperson said the acting head of educational services at role “collating and disseminating educational of SCHOOLS NorthEast, Beccy Earnshaw quota system. Our concern is to provide our Warwickshire St John’s Marlborough, Wiltshire government was actively supporting efforts to GTCS, said that this was “very much an research in readily-usable formats and (pictured), who has said the list was part of a readers with information about schools which Meadowside primary, North Yorkshire Gillingham school, Dorset Cartoonist: Stan Dupp make teaching more research-led, but did not introductory price”. providing a focal point for best practice.” wider problem where national publications may be of interest specifically to them.” Bourne Abbey CofE primary, Lincolnshire Hardenhuish school, Wiltshire address the claim that bringing in free access Ms Robertson said that reaction to the This more cautious approach is echoed focus on schools in London and the south. She added: “There are many fine league Financials: Helen Neilly Sexey’s school, Somerset to e-journals had been due to happen. scheme had been “overwhelmingly” positive, by Tom Bennett, director of the ResearchEd “It is not just Tatler. It is a real issue. You tables which are readily available but our SECONDARY SCHOOLS Hills Road sixth-form college, Cambridge Victoria Boyle The petition, set up by English teacher and that around 3,000 search sessions had conference series, who said he was “broadly do not find schools which are doing fantastic belief is that they tell you only one side of a The Grey Coat Hospital school, London The Ecclesbourne school, Derbyshire Sales manager: Hannah Smith Dr Vincent Lien, says that free access for been carried out in the service’s first month. supportive” of the campaign but questioned work outside of the M25 area showcased,” she school, whether state or independent.” teachers was “absolutely fundamental” to She also said: “We’re only three or four its cost. Given the variable quality of said. Among schools listed in Tatler’s guide was Henrietta Barnett, London The King’s school, Lincolnshire Sales executive: Negar Sharifi enable teaching practice to be better informed months into our trial, so it would be too early education research, a drive to increase “Even things like conferences happen in a Highbury Grove in London, whose pupils Highbury Grove, London St Aidan’s CofE high school, North Yorkshire Sales administrator: Jasmin Fergus-Aghamiri by research. to make any formal statement about [whether teacher research literacy should also small area with selected heads being asked to come from a diverse background and more Holland Park, London Dr Lien set up the petition after completing the trial will be extended]. But certainly accompany the opening up of research access, attend. than half have been assessed as having NORTHUMBERLAND Administration: Frances Ogefere Dell a Masters of Education at Clare College, early indications from the data we have on he said. “London is a massive success story but additional needs and come from diverse TATLER SCHOOL Cambridge, and being frustrated that he the engagement so far, and from the feedback Meanwhile Dr Rebecca Allen, a reader in there are other success stories. The North backgrounds. LOCATIONS CUMBRIA Contributors: Jack Marwood could no longer access academic articles as we’ve received, it would be very hard to the economics of education, said she felt East is really changing the Headteacher Tom Sherrington was pleased DURHAM David Halpern they sit behind paywalls. justify not continuing this.” the campaign didn’t go far enough. She game in their localities with the school’s inclusion. He said: “It’s not Sarah Jones The petition has received the support of Responding to the petition, a DfE supported greater access to teachers but and you don’t see them a bad message to be given, that parents might One school 2 NORTH Harry Fletcher-Wood YORKSHIRE Professor Chris Husbands, director of the spokesperson: “The government is actively would also “prefer to see academics deciding mentioned in magazines want to look at schools like Highbury Grove. Multiple schools LANCASHIRE Nick Hassey London University’s Institute of Education; supporting initiatives to increase and to publish their work in open access or articles. “I feel we represent a certain type of school Steve Rose however he recognised its financial improve the use of research and evidence journals”, she said. “If you look at the by being included. I am under no illusions implications. in teaching – for example our recently “In most cases, the public will have paid for starting point of many that we are ‘special’ to pick, because you

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Four of the eight offices directly overseen by Whitehall. 4 @SCHOOLSWEEK SCHOOLS WEEK FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 SCHOOLSWEEK.CO.UK EDITION 14 FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 5 NEWS NEWS Free school Conservative’s £1.8bn estimate of The many roles of Sir Theodore Agnew data release Labour policies is ‘over the top’ Awarding someone as close to the corridors of power as Theodore Agnew a knighthood was always going to spark controversy. PHILIP NYE Here, Freddie Whittaker takes an in-depth look at the man behind the honour and reveals the latest contentions around his many roles. delayed @PHILIPNYE implemented “pupil premium policy” and Labour’s education plans would cost more FReddie whittaker advising Michael Gove before the 2010 indefinitely than £1.8 billion in additional funding, @fcdwhittaker general election, Sir Theodore joined the DfE PHILIP NYE according to estimates produced for the board when the coalition took office. He also @PHILIPNYE Conservatives. IN DEPTH now chairs its Academies Board (see below). However, questions have been raised about No stranger to controversy, Sir Theodore The expected release of application forms the assumptions underpinning the estimate Sir Theodore Agnew is best known inside the joined the board of the Future Academies submitted by free schools in order to gain with Labour accusing the Conservatives of education world as a non-executive director Trust, founded by DfE colleague and Schools approval for opening has been delayed – and “untruths”. of the Department for Education (DfE) and Minister Lord Nash, but resigned after will now only be published “in due course”, The policy costings, revealed at a press chair of the Inspiration Trust. Outside it, Schools Week revealed his position. the Department for Education (DfE) has said. conference this week to kick-start debate he is known as a multi-millionaire who In October, he also threatened to make a The department had previously said the ahead of the general election in May, were pioneered the outsourcing of work overseas, formal complaint against The Observer after original applications submitted by open free released as part of a raft of documents especially to India. it alleged that Dame Rachel de Souza chief schools would be published before Christmas. describing the expected financial impact of Receiver of a knighthood in the 2015 New executive of Sir Theodore’s school chain, In the forms, free school proposers opposition plans. Year’s Honours, Sir Theodore (pictured, had been given prior warning of an Ofsted provided details of the expected demand for Based on assumptions provided by the right), who has admitted in interviews that he inspection. their schools and information on how they Conservatives, the Treasury estimated that PA never passed his 11-plus and that he “doesn’t An initial report into the matter, written From left): Sajid Javid, Nicky Morgan, George Osborne, Theresa May and William Hague would be run. Labour’s policy of bringing in directors believe in grammar schools”, once ran a by Ofsted’s director of quality and training In September, the DfE published the of school standards, as a ‘middle tier’ of untruths”. former Labour Education Secretary Charles company that cleaned brothels in Sydney. Sir Robin Bosher and released in August, application forms for seven free schools, in accountability for schools, would cost between He also said: “Labour has made no unfunded Clarke, described the costings as “game- Working in business upon his return concluded that there was no evidence to response to specific freedom of information £66 million and £68 million per year. spending commitments. We are undertaking a playing”, and said he could not take them to the UK in the late 1980s, he claims an substantiate claims that the schools had (FOI) requests. The cost of Labour’s plan to require all zero-based review of departmental spending.” seriously. identified skills gap in his workforce inspired received an unfair advantage. campaigning purposes, Sir Theodore has also singled out Sir Theodore as a “generous At the same time, the department teachers to gain qualified teacher status was After reviewing the estimates, Professor On the contrary, he suggested that by a renewed interest in education. According Ofsted has since announced a new given substantial donations to schools in his academy school sponsor”. committed to publishing application forms estimated at £386 million over five years. John Howson, a senior research fellow at the rearranging school oversight he thought the to an interview with the Eastern Daily Press, investigation by an “independent reviewer” academy trust - including £50,000 a year for He was also mooted as a possible for all free schools approved to open. But And the cost of expanding the number of University of Oxford and a Liberal Democrat director of school standards policy could be it also developed his interest in outsourcing following the emergence of what it called five years to fund extracurricular activities in replacement to Ofsted chair Baroness Sally on December 24 it was confirmed that the university technical colleges (UTCs) – based councillor, said the costing of Labour’s cost-neutral, or even lead to savings. work to India, where he could employ maths “new emails” that were not available during one primary school. Morgan after she was told her contract would information release has been delayed. on an estimate of 100 more UTCs – was put at qualified teacher policy lacked detail. The Liberal Democrats distanced graduates for less than low-skilled workers in the earlier investigation. Speaking of this year’s honours, a Cabinet not be renewed. She was eventually replaced Reasons for the hold-up have not been £1.4 billion over the next decade. Based on published unqualified teacher themselves from the costings. A spokesperson the UK. A major Conservative party donor who Office spokesperson said philanthropy had by former Teenage Cancer Trust chair David provided. Some Labour figures have called for an numbers, Prof Howson said the cost of for the party said: “In this parliament Liberal After funding research into the now- has given £134,000 to the party since 2006 for again been a “theme” among recipients and Hoare in September. Separately, the latest round in a two- expansion of the UTC policy, with former training each teacher without qualified status Democrats have ensured school budgets were CLARITY SOUGHT OVER ROLE PLAYED BY HONOURS SELECTION year FOI battle to secure the release Labour education minister Andrew Adonis may have been estimated at around £9,000. protected. In the next parliament we also want AGNEW’S CONTENTIOUS ROLE ON THE ‘ACADEMIES BOARD’ of information about all free school last year proposing that 100 new UTCs Part-time, on-the-job training could, to protect funding for the early years and 16-19 COMMITTEE MEMBERS applications, successful or not, will take place be established. Shadow education secretary however, be provided at a cost closer to education. EXCLUSIVE The government has insisted the process that led to As a non-executive board member later this month. Tristram Hunt has previously refused to give £3,000 per trainee he said – meaning that the “Unless the other parties say they will Theodore Agnew’s nomination for a knighthood was at the DfE, Sir Theodore has chaired Laura McInerney – now editor of his backing to this target, however. Treasury estimate was “way over the top”. also protect education funding, parents and fairly decided despite two close allies sitting on the the department’s Academies Board Schools Week – has been granted an appeal In a statement, Mr Hunt said that the Robert Hill, a visiting senior research fellow teachers will find their squabbling completely selection committee. since it was established. The board, after an earlier FOI tribunal ruled the costings were “riddled with bogus claims and at Kings College London and former adviser to irrelevant.” Dame Rachel de Souza, the chief executive of in turn, regulates the Regional School DfE did not have to publish free school Inspiration Trust, which Mr Agnew chairs, and Chris Commissioner who oversees the academy application forms and the government’s Wormald, Permanent Secretary to the (DfE), of which chain that Mr Agnew chairs. Theodore Agnew letters to applicants regarding the outcome of Agency costs down, overtime up at DfE Sir Theodore is a non-executive director, are both The Academies Board – a sub-committee Head of the applications, as it placed a significant burden members of the education committee for the New Year Academies Board of the main departmental board – was on the department’s resources. The request FREDDIE WHITTAKER Department for Education Honours. established to strengthen the department’s @FCDWHITTAKER was first submitted in September 2012. The Cabinet Office, which awards the honours, said relationship with academy sponsors. Agency/ The case will now be reviewed at Upper Overtime Size of Staff that the committee was “independent”, and that all payments workforce payroll contractors Consultants oversees As chair, Sir Theodore advises Lord Tier Tribunal on Thursday, January 22. Department for Education (DfE) staff are nominations were based on merit. Nash, the Academies Minister. He also The free schools policy was also the subject working more overtime as the government Aug-14 £39,620 2,190 £10,382,354 £341,739 £107,338 A spokesperson said: “The nomination for Theodore provides “challenge and support” on of several briefings over the Christmas department seeks to reduce its spend on Agnew, like any other, was considered on merit by the performance of academies and the period, with the Labour party upping agency staff and external consultants Sep-14 £37,437 2,198 £10,361,157 £306,684 £280,439 the relevant independent committee, in this case the capacity of chains. Dame Rachel de Souza its attacks on the government’s flagship According to workforce management education committee.” The board oversees the eight regional Oct-14 £44,870 2,200 £10,341,231 £322,118 £207,757 education policy. information published by the Department, Inspiration Trust has also issued a statement, telling schools commissioners (RSCs), introduced The party released figures showing that overtime payments steadily increased Nov-14 £51,729 2,187 £10,472,862 £254,945 £66,112 Schools Week that Dame Rachel was not involved in be the government last September as a approximately four out of every five free towards the end of 2014, rising from £37,437 in the decision. layer of accountability for academies. schools that opened in September were not September to £51,729 in November. A spokesperson for the trust said: “We are delighted As reported by Schools Week, RSCs full. It comes after the DfE’s overall full-time reducing administration costs by £120 2013, which rose to 1,007 by the same month that Theodore Agnew has been knighted for his are measured against a number of key Tim Coulson Of the 69 schools that responded to FOI equivalent (FTE) staff numbers fell to 2,187 million a year. Staff numbers have fallen by in 2014. services to education in Norfolk and at the DfE. It is well Regional School performance indicators, including the requests submitted by Labour, only 12 had in November, down from 2,298 in the same 40 per cent over the same period. Concerns were raised about the EFA’s deserved. Commissioner performance of academies in their area. opened with the number of pupils for which period in 2013. It also follows a reduction in “Our staff survey shows our staff are more capacity in a National Audit Office (NAO) “Dame Rachel de Souza, who sits on the education In the case of Tim Coulson, the RSC for they had been originally approved. spending on agency staff, interim managers, motivated and engaged than before. Results report in January 2014. honours committee, took no part in any discussions or oversees the east of England, Sir Theodore oversees The party’s figures showed a gap of 2,564 specialist contractors and consultants. have improved in every category over the The NAO’s auditor general, Amyas decision-making regarding Sir Theodore Agnew and the body that scrutinises his work, but is between the number of pupils on roll and the Kathy Prendiville, an industrial officer with last 12 months. Morse, warned at the time the funding was not aware of any decision made about his honour. also chair of one of the academy chains schools’ planned admissions numbers. the PCS union, said: “It is hardly surprising “Overtime is paid if staff need to do extra agency needed to “bring together its existing This is standard practice.” that Mr Coulson monitors. In response a DfE spokesperson said: that, having cut the department by nearly work to complete specific tasks.” improvement plans and quickly implement A DfE spokesperson said: “Theodore Agnew has The Inspiration The DfE said that in his work with “These figures are misleading. It is perfectly 50 per cent over the last four years, we find The data also shows the Education Funding an operating model capable of dealing with been honoured for his outstanding contribution to Trust the department, Sir Theodore had no normal for any new school to take time to overtime increasing. Agency’s (EFA) workforce continues to grow the new demands”. educational standards and opportunities for young involvement in decisions about the fully establish itself.” “This, alongside consultancy and agency as it seeks to meet the increasing demands He added: “Our experience of similar people, and for his philanthropic activities in the UK academy trust that he chaired, nor about The spokesperson also said free schools costs, which are still too high, merely masks of its extra responsibilities, which include bodies in other sectors suggests that the and India.” schools in the areas where the Inspiration were “predominantly” located in parts of the what is essentially an under-resourced consolidating academy trust accounts into its agency might otherwise become overloaded, Neither government department would comment Trust’s academies are based, or where country with a shortage of places, and were department, all in the name of austerity.” own financial statements and finding sites for to the detriment of its own performance on the extent of Mr Wormald’s involvement in the there could be any perceived conflicts of only funded for the pupils they actually have A DfE spokesperson said: “Since 2010, we new free schools. and risking value-for-money across the selection process. Theodore Agnew Dame Rachel de Souza interest. on roll. have delivered huge savings for the taxpayer, The EFA had 865 FTE staff in November education system.” Chris Wormald 6 @SCHOOLSWEEK SCHOOLS WEEK FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 SCHOOLSWEEK.CO.UK EDITION 14 FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 7 NEWS

READER’S WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU @SCHOOLSWEEK [email protected] email tweet WEBSITE REPLY WWW.SCHOOLSWEEK.CO.UK Middle leaders shun NCTL course previously judged Good or Outstanding after concerns have been raised). Inspectors are advised to do ‘a review of the New Year – new name Bill Lord @Joga5 PSHE curriculum and how it links to issues of safety’ when Have to say that our experience of two colleagues going considering safeguarding. reply of the week through NPQSL was wholly negative. Very poor quality It appears, then, schools can use their ‘autonomy’ not to teach PSHE but they will be inspected on their (possibly non- Ben Trevail @BenTrevail existent) PSHE curriculum. Ian, address supplied Trying to find 150 hours, on top of an already full Good idea because I thought you had workload? New GCSEs face lack of invigilators aligned the paper to a political ideology Naureen @5N_Afzal Kelly Guthrie @guthrie_kelly and I had decided not to read the paper for that It’s the cost!! Since being licensed out, too expensive for Ah! Used to be one. Maybe should go back! standard school. reason. If the paper is about all schools then I Paula Wood, Hull will start reading it. So, yes I agree that you did Research review 2014 Any good examination officer does a lot of planning need to change the name, because it certainly and preparation. They would ensure they had plenty of James Wilding, Maidenhead misled me, and well done for realising this and trained invigilators. In the survey of heads and teachers [on what makes a doing something concrete about it instead of 8 Things You Might Have Missed in different to teaching], is there an elephant missing in ploughing on and spinning a story. How about the list - that of pupil behaviour? When Hattie first produced Ofsted’s Annual Report his summary on effect size, behaviour was missing, as it is in trying to get the DfE to cut the “spin” and be Janet Downs, Lincolnshire Sutton Trust/CEM centre follow-up. I am not just referring open, honest, and factual, in a similar way. to ‘improving’ behaviour but also ‘raising’ expectations and tackling issues of ‘mental’ health, all of which, attended to Sir Michael says previously high-attaining pupils really early give rise to prolonged year on year improvement (ie those with Level 5 in Sats) don’t achieve their ‘potential’ if in cohort outcomes. they don’t achieve GCSE A or A*. But high-attaining pupils School Business Managers now have make expected progress if they reach B according to the the chance to shape their professional Crispin Weston, address supplied Government’s expected progress for Level 5 pupils. development Sir Michael appears to be changing the goalposts. Morgan throws careers questions into black hole The perceived difference of view between head SJJones2014 @SJJones2014 teachers and teachers can surely be traced back to the Schools that meet new measures will get a Yay!!! It is about time we addressed issue of SBMs - role When asked by Liberal Democrat MP and employers. It would appear that from careers advisers?” FREDDIE WHITTAKER question, which asks what would make the most difference to year’s grace from Ofsted and professionalism. Real progress required David Ward if there would be regional October 1 the very role for the NCS, which Ms Morgan said: “I am not going to @FCDWHITTAKER “teaching and learning”. Although this phrase has now become careers advisers, Ms Morgan said: “It’s an it’s being expanded to do, is exactly the role mandate, no. I think it is up to schools to a clichéd way of covering up our embarrassment about the John Scattergood @jwscattergood It’s simple: the numbers just don’t add up Questions about a new independent independent company. They have a remit which you now say the new organisation is commission, and I would disagree that whole concept of teaching – teaching and learning are in Do they give you a microwave oven too? How stupid! organisation, to be set up as part of a £20 and they will be working the details out. going to do.” people are ill-equipped.” fact two quite separate things. The answers of head teachers SSAT @ssat million package of public money to improve I can’t speculate because it very much Ms Morgan said: “They will work in Mr Stuart raised concerns about one naturally concern how to improve teaching, which the Micon Metcalfe @miconm Principles underlying changes to GCSE maths are careers advice, went unanswered when depends on the company.” partnership together. The organisations are University technical college where a answers of teachers naturally concern how to improve Eventually when all schools are above average Ofsted sound but practicalities less so! Education Secretary Nicky Morgan faced a Ms Morgan, who used the space sector as different. They will work together to deliver receptionist was being trained to give learning (i.e. what constitutes good teaching in the first place). will be redundant. :-) grilling from MPs. an example of the need for a “broad range” that same goal.” careers advice. He added: “If you accept School travel fund for local authorities cut Ms Morgan was quizzed by the House of career options to be presented to young She was also questioned about the role the lack of an incentive for [schools] to It’s up to heads to decide on PSHE, Commissioners must convert schools by £6m of Commons education select committee people, was forced to defend the planned of professional careers advisers, by Labour take it seriously, which is pretty obvious to says Gibb on Wednesday morning about her plans careers organisation after committee MP Alex Cunningham, who said: “Unison anyone who has looked at it for any time, Leeds teacher @Value_added Jerry White @JerryWhiteCCN for a new careers and enterprise company, chairman Graham Stuart pointed out published a study in June which said 83 and you then look at the failure to mandate Michael O’Toole @otoole_michael Commissioners on commission then. Doorstepping Good job places like Cornwall, Kent or Norfolk are not as unveiled in December following the similarities between its remit and that of the per cent of schools no longer employed any any standards, you then end up with the Surely all children and young people are entitled to good schools continues. large rural counties then!! Chancellor’s autumn statement. existing National Careers Service (NCS). professional careers advisers, and the role is receptionist and the teaching assistant quality PSHE. Ofsted said PSHE “Not yet good enough”. She confirmed the initial funding would Mr Stuart said: “The government being picked up by people including in many fitting in a little bit here and there, and How will all of them access good PSHE? Rebecca Stacey @bekblayton cover the first two years of the company’s announced in its statutory guidance in 2014 cases teaching assistants and other support apparently that fulfils the duty.” Crazy! There seems to be no support plan in place - work, and that she hoped employers that the NCS from October 2014 will expand staff who are totally ill-equipped to do that. Ms Morgan admitted that the changes Janet Downs, Lincolnshire they just become about targets? would pay for it after that, but deflected its offer to schools and colleges. “Are you saying today, as part of the will require time to bed in, adding: “This is several other questions about how the “The NCS will broker relationships package, that every school should in not an issue that is going to be solved in 12 Nick Gibb obviously hasn’t read the latest Ofsted Mountain Boy @sharpeleven organisation would run. between schools, colleges, local communities fact have some support from professional months.” guidance about monitoring inspections of schools So the Govt’s plan is total academisation? Priming the with no formal designation (ie inspections of schools pump for total privatisation. reply of the week EDITOR’S COMMENT receives ‘the @miss_mcinerney | [email protected] Corrections Contact the team collector’s’ mug! In ‘Middle Leaders shun NCTL course’ To provide feedback and suggest stories please email here are approximately half a psychologists, policy makers, impartial reporting of the In our new guise we will continue (page 3, Dec 19) we wrote that 200 teachers [email protected] and tweet using @schoolsweek million teachers in England. the people who drive buses full of pupils whole schools sector, and reporting on the whole sector, and this have completed the National Professional Volunteers fill more than 300,000 to school come frost or storm. you were right – so we week we’re able to highlight a long and T Qualification for Middle Leadership (NPML). To inform the editor of any errors or issues of concern school governor positions. 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responsibilities and looked after premise Ultimately, the SBM is a specialist form projects, such as new buildings. of leader. It is a waste of time to deploy the JACK DAVID SARAH To recognise this, many schools recruited skills of a headteacher in the non-teaching SBM. Few changed the job role that went elements of leadership when someone with JONES with the title, though, and many are still not greater business knowledge would make MARWOOD HALPERN School Business Manager, having considered to be part of the senior leadership quicker, more effective, strategic decisions An education writer, writing about Chief Executive of the government’s worked in the sector for 10 years. She team. This is a misrepresentation of the SBM that will still fulfil the vision set by the head data and other school-related matters on the Behavioural Insights Team and has completed both CSBM and DSBM role. Being an SBM is not the same as being a and governors. ‘Icing on the Cake’ blog former Chief Analyst for the PM’s finance manager or an admin officer. Though Many SBMs are doing amazing jobs and Strategy Unit (2001-2007) these historic roles are part of the job, it is usually working more hours than they are more complex and strategic. SBMs are not paid for. They may or may not be on the Awards will inspire schools The third member of “admin support” – they offer significant, leadership team but even if they are, few Rewarding luck is not a targeted and valuable leadership to a school. are paid a leadership wage. Many are on to turn around children’s lives part-time contracts, term time only, yet are formula to beat disadvantage a school’s holy trinity expected to be “on call” for building works The whole point of the awards is to school’s control. To mitigate this the stage SBMs should over the summer and able to intervene if there The Pupil Premium Awards benefit the best numbers are assumed to have done highlight successful approaches we 1 qualifier awards are to be made on the is a premises disaster. This must change, schools that had a little more talent something unusual which has contributed didn’t even know existed basis of a three-year improvement in value- School business managers are more than No one questions the role of a headteacher, be involved in especially if the “holy trinity” of school and a lot of luck to those numbers - even if they have helped added attainment. One random year of a finance manager or an admin officer. and in the past few years, the spotlight has leadership is to happen. children in similar ways to hundreds of cientific evidence shows that well- great results will not be enough to ensure a But exactly what their role is should trained on effective governance and its role. strategic decisions, But there are also too many business obel Prize winner Daniel other similar schools. designed prizes can be powerful qualifier award. be clarified as schools take on more But the role of the SBM still needs its moment even where they managers who have merely adopted the title Kahneman, when asked to report But the regression to the mean shows Sdrivers of behaviour change. For Finally, the national awards will be responsibility in the limelight. with little understanding of what is involved. Nhis ‘favourite equation’, offered the that, actually, schools which have unusual example, the Ansari X Prize – which offered judged by looking not just at quantitative What is effective school business They (and often their head and governors) following: Success = talent + luck. Great numbers simply had a year when they $10 million for whoever could get a manned attainment improvements but also at he emphasis on performance and management? Historically, it didn’t really might be about have no idea what SBMs should be offering. success = a little more talent + a lot of luck. had ‘a little more talent + a lot of luck,’ as spacecraft into space, twice, in two weeks - a qualitative explanation of how that standards in the education sector exist, as local authorities dealt with most teaching They do the things that they have always done He illustrates this with an example from Kahneman suggests. Even now that schools prompted investment of over ten times the improvement was achieved. Tis exacting; financial pressures are necessary paperwork, such as budgets because that’s how it has always been done. sport. In a multi-day professional golf have to show unusual results over three prize fund; a boost to R&D that traditional Of course, the top-ranked school in this significant. In the future, both will continue and personnel. As schools received more They take no responsibility for their career tournament, he notes, some players will years rather than one to win up to £250,000, commissioning would never have achieved. metric may not be truly ‘better’ than, say, to rise and accountability will intensify. administrative freedom and responsibility, The SBM role needs clarification to development or the strategic direction of the always score exceptionally well on the first some schools somewhere will have got The new Pupil Premium Awards borrow the 34th. But from here, the role of the Everyone needs to deliver the best that they they typically took on part-time office staff recognise this change, especially its school. day. lucky three years in a row. from this rationale and similar successes. judges is key. They will ensure national can with the resources available. to manage personnel, premises and, most increased level of accountability. SBMs SBMs in this guise are neither effective nor Most casual observers will make Sometimes golfers get lucky more than The size of the prizes will turn heads awards are won by schools that not only At a recent school business managers’ importantly, the budget. These people had a should be involved in many more strategic fit for purpose in the new education landscape. assumptions as to why this has happened. once too. In last year’s British Open, Rory (indeed that is the point), but the total show statistical improvement but also meeting, the speakers discussed how schools number of job titles including bursar, finance decisions, even where they might seem to Accountability measures so prominent in The golfers must be more talented than McIlroy finished in first, second and third prize fund of £4 million is the equivalent a commitment and passion for could effectively meet this challenge. All spoke assistant or office manager. be about teaching. For example, highlighted the rest of the sector must be brought to bear others. The golfers are better, or have better in the first three rounds. He could only of just 0.16 per cent of the cost of the pupil helping other schools make the same of a “holy trinity” of headteacher, governing As pressures and accountabilities grew, so weaknesses in teaching will have an impact in this crucial role to ensure that schools coaches. manage to finish joint 35th (with 13 other premium policy itself. improvements. body and school business manager (SBM). too did the areas in which these people were on personnel and performance-related pay. If a are dynamically managed and capable of When discussing their performance, players) out of 72 in the final round. It If distributed evenly, schools would Indeed, the whole point of these awards is areer These three elements drive outstanding, employed. They began playing key roles in teacher is running a project – why not ask the surpassing the stretching demands and targets commentators say golfers have practised a was a thoroughly average performance receive just £160 each. Instead, national not just to reward schools that are already effective leadership and deliver the best recruitment, were often clerks to governors, SBM if there are additional sources of funding asked of them. lot, or have coaches who work wonders, or as he regressed to the mean. As a modern awards of £250,000 for secondary making progress but also to inspire schools outcomes for pupils. had more financial input, had safeguarding available to support it? Follow sarah on twitter @SJJones2014 have sorted out some minor aspect of their professional, McIlroy is also more aware and £100,000 for primary school are to engage with the EEF Toolkit or other games. than most about the reason for his win, commensurate with the importance of research and perhaps tell us of approaches But in fact, none of these explanations are saying afterwards: “I just needed something improving the attainment of disadvantaged we didn’t even know existed. likely to be true. to click. Luckily everything clicked.” In the pupils. The qualifier schools will be inspired to These kinds of explanations are things Pupil Premium Awards, luck seems to have They will highlight the art of the possible push harder and perhaps win the national people commonly think contribute to been ignored. and encourage successful schools to prize or one of the regional awards. performance but are actually attributions collaborate with those that need help Thousands of other schools that narrowly based on performance. This is well known tackling this vital challenge. missed out on qualifier awards will be told in some circles, so much so that it has Jack makes some thoughtful points, but how close they were and encouraged to become known as the halo effect, since all It simply isn’t appears to have missed some important learn from the EEF Toolkit how to improve kinds of erroneous assumptions are made features of the new awards. So, let’s first run further still. about successful performers. possible to get through how they actually work. This is what the awards are really about The explanation for the golfers’ success In stage 1, qualifier awards are won by – bringing to life and inspiring the other SAVE THE DATES is much more mundane than expected. lucky every year the biggest improvers. Eligible schools are schools to turn around the lives of their The golfers were lucky. And in subsequent automatically entered and ranked by most disadvantaged. rounds, their scores will be, in almost This is a huge pity, because schools across a three-year average improvement But Jack is right to challenge the current every case, closer to the average. This effect the country are working hard, all the time, in value-added attainment of premium funding and the awards in one fundamental – the regression to the mean – was first to support all their children, whether they pupils. sense. At present the pupil premium is noticed over a hundred years ago. Numbers win an award or not. The Pupil Premium In stage 2, national award entries are essentially distributed by input criteria THE ACHIEVEMENT SHOW THE ASPIRATIONS SHOW SSAT NATIONAL which are out of the ordinary tend to was introduced to help disadvantaged judged by an esteemed panel including (the number of disadvantaged students) 2015 FOR STUDENTS CONFERENCE 2015 regress towards an average expectation. children and the schools in which they pupil premium champion Sir John Dunford and schools are right to be sceptical of Similarly, the Pupil Premium Awards are educated. It means schools are being and Education Endowment Foundation simple ‘payment by results’ systems that For practitioners at all stages of their A careers show with a difference for For school and system leaders reward luck. Since the awards began, left out because those in charge of policy (EEF) chief executive Kevan Collins. can entrench the position of the high career students in year 12 3-4 December schools in England have been automatically simply don’t understand the halo effect, One secondary will be awarded £250,000 performers and hold back those who are entered. The rules of eligibility, as clearly or relatively simple concepts such as and one primary £100,000, with up to eight struggling. 26 June 2 July Manchester Central, Manchester explained on the website, are simple: regression to the mean. regional winners taking £100,000 and However, there is a compelling case to Twickenham Stadium, London The Emirates Stadium, London With world-class speakers from the world ‘All state-funded primary, middle and I wish the winners well, but I would be £50,000 respectively. be made for rewarding improvers, and far secondary schools in receipt of pupil surprised to see a school win more than There are three key features about this more than the 500 schools that will win at The largest practitioner-led event returns, with An inspiring new day for students to experience of business, as well as education, we will be premium funding with published key once. It simply isn’t possible to get lucky process that warrant elaboration. One, this year’s Pupil Premium Awards. eleven learning zones showcasing the best and a world of modern, popular and unfamiliar exploring how schools can achieve excellent stage 2 or key stage 4 data will be every year. Even professional golfers automatic entry means more schools will As Jack argues, there may well be next practice nationally. Hear from over 100 careers, the Aspirations Show is where your achievement and progress whilst also engaging automatically entered where you have an struggle to win the Open repeatedly, engage with the awards. others that are equally good but will, practitioners and inspirational leaders with both students can plan their next steps under the students, raising aspirations, and offering a overall Ofsted inspection judgement for and only 150 or so of them compete each Two, Jack correctly highlights the unfortunately, narrowly miss the statistical practical and innovative ideas you can take guidance of people who have been there personalised route to success. School-led effectiveness of 1 or 2.‘ year. There are 24,000 schools in the dangers of inferring too much from one- threshold for qualification. But the workshops will demonstrate how schools are Until recently, schools could win cash country working hard for their children. It’s off test scores and we are delighted to solution to the statistical problem that back to your classroom. and done it! Students will design their own meeting these challenges head-on. prizes “of up to £10,000”. These were given somewhat depressing to find their see him quote Daniel Kahneman, whose Kahneman wrote about would be to day, weaving their preferred pathway through to the schools that had seemingly most work being turned into some kind of luck- work we hold in the highest regard at the increase substantially the number of inspiring keynotes and engaging workshops that boosted the attainment of their most based game show, and a sad reflection Behavioural Insights Team. qualifiers for the national awards, not will share stories of success, hard work, and disadvantaged pupils. The problem with on current education policy and We agree that raw attainment will vary to abandon rewards for improvers overcoming failure in the real world. this kind of award is that those who have thinking. from year to year due to factors beyond a altogether. www.ssatuk.co.uk 10 @SCHOOLSWEEK SCHOOLS WEEK FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 SCHOOLSWEEK.CO.UK EDITION 14 FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 11 REVIEWS REVIEWS TOP BLOGS OF THE WEEK RESEARCH REVIEW This week’s guest reviewer is Steve Rose is Head of Children’s Services at deafblind charity Sense

To view individual blogs visit www.schoolsweek.co.uk/reviews BOOK REVIEW them know what is planned. Research: Adding scents to symbols: using “The research The study gives rise to the challenge to use scents in food fragrances with deafblind young people a meaningful way to help students select food for lunch to feel the emotions that come from solving Education and Learning – The authors also repeatedly break their making choices at mealtimes at school. The availability and accuracy of scents and difficult problems if we want them to become An Evidence Based Approach own rules for what constitutes evidence. illustrates that access to reliable supplies remains an issue. That said, motivated and persevere when doing maths.” Despite declaring the fact that correlation Authors: Heather Murdoch, Anne Gough, much of the equipment we use within the MSI fields can He offers an example of the solution to a Authors: Jane Mellanby and Katy Theobald does not equal causation is the “golden rule” Eileen Boothroyd and Kate Williams be specialist or adapted, so there is potentially a specialist STEP question (which I couldn’t follow!) to Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell of research, the chapter on comparative it is possible to use market for products in this area that could certainly be support his argument that: “We need to get ISBN-10: 1118483618 education is nothing but correlations in British Journal of Special Education, Volume 41, Issue 3, explored. the dopamine flowing!” ISBN-13: 978-1118483619 PISA and TIMSS data given causal meaning. pages 249 – 267 An interesting aspect of the research are the benefits Reviewer: Nick Hassey, Strategic analyst For example, the fact that some countries fragrances well” of scent to increase motivation, autonomy and reliability Being the teacher Year 10 deserve at TeachFirst near the top of the international rankings Publisher: Wiley Science The challenge of finding enough case studies and of choice-making with individuals who have limits By Jo Facer, @readingthebooks also have Confucian traditions is taken to examples is therefore a limitation of this study, and it on the information available to them through their mean that the Confucian values “appear to Article first published online: September 24 2014 is recognised; so this shouldn’t necessarily be seen as sensory system. These benefits are worth illustrating and Ever-inspirational Jo Facer reviews her role contribute” to the strong performance. This a significant criticism of this research. The design of something many practitioners have explored through with a year 10 intervention group. Asking his is a book that wants to be taken might turn out to be true, but the authors This study is an interesting piece of work that shows the study ensures there are measures to triangulate the objects of reference for many years. a series of telling questions as to how she seriously. It sets out to cut through the present no evidence beyond correlation for it. the importance of senses such as smell for those with a observations and the quality of them. It does however The potential for expanding on this research is balances their needs with the responsibilities Tdiverse opinions people have about Even more concerning is that all of the multi-sensory impairment (MSI). make it hard to draw conclusions for general MSI and significant. For example, if this works with young people of a leadership role and year 11 classes, education and provide an comparative analysis is One of the challenges of any research related to wider populations or for practice - given how far this who are complex learners with MSI it is likely that it could she identifies their needs and her actions “evidenced based” overview done by just looking at the MSI is that it is a relatively low incidence condition. would be extrapolating the research. be applied to a wider group of learners with complex Our reviewer of the week meeting them. The section beginning “These of the way that children countries at the top of the There are approximately 256,000 deafblind people in For some time people with congenital deafblindness learning and developmental needs. is Harry Fletcher-Wood, a children need to be nurtured,” for example, learn and the best ways to rankings. As the Brookings the UK, but many are older people, who have acquired and other disabilities have used objects of reference to The research illustrates that it is possible to use secondary history teacher and concludes by wondering: “Can I care for each educate them. In the preface Institute has pointed deafblindness. Although around 21,000 have some symbolise an activity, person or place. For example, a fragrances well and the mutually beneficial partnership head of teacher professional and every child individually?” Self-critical we are given an overview of out, careful comparative sight and hearing problems there are only around towel may indicate swimming, or a seatbelt may be used within the disability and corporate sectors. While the development and dedicated, she concludes upliftingly what the authors consider to research should explore 4,000 children with significant hearing and visual to show it is time to go to the car. This approach can research has a limited sample size it does establish the that: “Things are improving, but I’m not the be appropriate standards of across the distribution impairments. allow people to make choices and enables others to let concepts as robustly as possible. teacher they deserve. Yet.” evidence, and each chapter (bottom, middle and ends with a detailed list of top) and see if particular It is only our perception Who’s afraid of the special school? (part referenced sources. The structures or activities By Anonymous, @calamityteacher one of three) scope is also huge, covering (such as Confucian By Nancy Gedge, @NancyGedge a brief history of education traditions) are found more In this insightful reflection on an interview policy, from discussions on often at different points, from which she (or he) was sent home at In a gripping three-part series, Nancy meta-cognition and gender not generalise from just the A week in Westminster lunchtime, Calamity Teacher asks: “Why was Gedge considers the promise (and reality) differences, right through to high performers. Your regular guide to what’s going on in central government an outstanding school right to not hire a of inclusion from the dual perspective of a academies policy and what PISA can tell us The authors also refer to interventions formerly outstanding teacher?” She explains teacher and mother of a son with Down’s about education around the world. that produced results that are statistically that while her teaching style is light-hearted syndrome. Having begun from a belief in Unfortunately, the authors are undone highly significant as producing “significantly the highest take up in Inner London the next two years”. One twitter user Ofqual to transition to the new website and may occasionally include “standing on the importance of inclusion and the power right from the start when they don’t share higher” results. The two phrases mean very before NEW YEAR: with just over 90 per cent of reception, replied – “why are you reminding me by December 1. The Ofqual board chairs to teach and using books with swear of teaching, she finds herself forced to the method they used to select or reject the different things. High statistical significance Year 1 and Year 2 pupils taking lunch. you exist in the holidays?” So someone seemed a bit miffed that his letter words in as stimulus material”, the school re-examine her ideas, by recognising that research included in their book. They are only means the observed results are Some festive politicking from Deputy Mr Clegg shoved his turkey back in clearly didn’t have anything better to do. did not “accurately reflect Ofqual’s was “refined, traditional, reserved”. Seeing inclusion is something for every section clear that they have been selective in their very likely to be replicated in the general Prime Minster Nick Clegg just before opponents’ faces, with this rather merry independence from Government”. through a degree of disappointment, she of the community, not just schools, and sources but do not explain their methodology population, while significantly higher we headed off to cram our faces with quote: “The naysayers about this policy after NEW YEAR: The board, as we now know, agreed to recognises the decision was right: “They identifying the many barriers that are leading or selection criteria; this consistently suggests the size of the observed result is turkey, stuffing and gravy. Statistics can eat their hats, and all the leftover the move but “advised the Cabinet Office would have kept trying to make me teach parents who fought for inclusion to seek undermines the book’s claim to provide very large. Mixing these two up so completely showed that 1.6 million children, sprouts.” Hopefully, there weren’t too Pay scales of DfE staff were revealed just this was on the basis it had full editorial in a manner I didn’t enjoy and I would’ve places for their children in special schools something more than just another person’s is deeply misleading. a rise of 1.3 many leftovers at the primaries. after Christmas. A “junior” member of control”. I guess we will all have to keep been pushing against them to do something instead. The third part explains exactly what opinion. By far the most frustrating thing is that the million, One Department for staff can earn as little as £15,516 and up an eye on what is being posted on their completely different.” She hews a wise she wants for her son, concluding: “I want For example, in the chapter on memory, authors are obviously capable of interesting are now Education (DfE) official is to £33,200. At the upper eschelons the new website and whether that editorial moral from the tale: “Forget Ofsted my child, my children, to be educated and the authors discuss a tool to boost working analysis. The sections focused on psychology eating heading off on a training highest earners in the DfE included the eye is being maintained. judgments and apply to schools or hire grow in a system that is flexible enough to memory called Cogmed, suggesting that it are the strongest, with the authors free course on “Security Regional Schools Commissioners (see Ofsted also seems to have been teachers that fit in with your ethic because give him the education that he needs”. may have long-term advantageous effects demonstrating impressive command of the school Principles” next week, page 3), and £160,000 for someone in the having technical difficulties with a happy staff are as important as happy on academic performance, especially for subject and bringing in dissenting voices to meals, according to details Permanent Secretary’s Office. notice on December 23 saying its phone students.” Three teaching techniques that made 2014 children with ADHD. However, the only study be critiqued. There are also strong passages with of the department’s Now that Ofqual, and Ofsted, have service had “resumed” and another on By David Thomas, @dmthomas90 cited to back up this claim is that carried in the sections focused on education, there is expenditure over £500 moved over to the gov.uk website, December 29 saying its website was also Aha! out by the team that developed the Cogmed a brief but good discussion on academies and published last month. It’s regular users of the government’s “alert” now back online. No reasons were given By Danny Brown In a delightful bit of reflective practice, tool. A brief search reveals several papers free schools that I wished they’d spent more costing £1,750 and will system might have noticed a flurry of for the disruptions. David Thomas examines three techniques and multi-study overviews, published in time on. take place at Oxford minutes from Ofqual’s board meetings In a final announcement this week, I’m delighted that Brown, an erstwhile he tested in 2014 and intends to keep using many of the same journals the authors cite Ultimately, however, the flaws in the University. Wonder being sent to your email inbox. the Liberal Democrats have announced colleague, has returned to blogging. He and refine this year. Thomas has begun elsewhere, that criticise this study and claim methods are too important to overlook what naughtiness they What is rather dull reading in general their “Fantasy Cabinet” for after the next begins this post with descriptions of the ‘interleaving’ content (teaching each topic the Cogmed tool is actually ineffective. and the scope proves too much. As an got up to for that amount of did, however, lead to this little gem from election. They have predictably put the emotions of exceptional mathematicians on little and often to improve retention) and The problem of inconsistent selection of introduction to the psychology of learning cash to be spent? September’s meeting. It seems Ofqual current schools minister David Law completing hitherto unsolved problems, such explains this “made the questions I write sources occurs throughout. The authors this could be a useful book, but as an attempt There was no rest for the did not want to move over to the new as their pick for education secretary. as Maryam Mirzakhani’s analogy of going far richer and more interesting than ever”. sometimes reject studies for having poorly to cover the whole of education and learning over-worked on Christmas .gov.uk site. And Liz Truss – now the While the top slot may seem unlikely, it on “a long hike with no trail and no end in He has also introduced regular low-stakes selected samples; at other times reference it loses its way, and as an evidence base to Day when the DfE completed Secretary of State for Environment, Food certainly seems they will be pushing for sight,” then reaching the “‘Aha’ moment, quizzes to reinforce what students have studies with tiny sample sizes conducted “support and possibly change teaching” it its “12 days of Christmas from and Rural Affairs – had written in her Laws to stay at least where he is – if not the excitement of discovery and enjoyment learned, and he discusses using the Quick amongst undergraduates as evidence for how cannot be taken seriously. the DfE” by telling all of us, who previous role as a school minister to promoted to head honcho. of understanding something new.” He Key app to assess all students’ understanding children learn. The result is that the reader I am sure were glued to our phones the Cabinet office requesting the exam NEXT WEEK: acknowledges the importance of practising rapidly in class: “The laser-like precision with is effectively asked to trust that the authors’ Seeing what others don’t- the remarkable after opening our presents, that £1 regulator be “exempt” from the move. CHECK OUT @SWONLOCATION FOR the building blocks of maths, but believes “It which I can adapt during a lesson or plan the judgment is correct, rather than being ways we gain insights billion had been “set aside for funding Francis Maude ignored her pleas LIVE TWEETS OF WESTMINSTER EVENTS is essential that we give students the chance next one is having a big impact”. provided with convincing evidence. Reviewed by Patrick Watson free school meals for infant pupils over and in September was “pressing” for 12 @SCHOOLSWEEK SCHOOLS WEEK FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 SCHOOLSWEEK.CO.UK EDITION 14 FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 13 PROFILE IT’S A PERSONAL THING

What would be the soundtrack to your life? A samba or a cha-cha-cha so something DAVID by Tito Puente

If you could dance with anyone who would it be? Either one of the top female or male professionals in the world – and my WESTON husband, of course

What is your favourite book? A series by David Eddings [epic fantasies] that I re-read whenever I feel like having one of those types of books that you can David, age 29, the day after his liver transplant at Kings College Hospital in 2009 just pick up David in his last year of junior school, age 11

Where are you going on holiday next? The Peak District for a few days with some friends who have never been there before

If you could go to one place, where would you go? A mountain valley in Switzerland in an area called Grindelwald. It’s my favourite place

David behind-the-scenes helping out at his At a party in Lincoln College, Oxford, with a friend in 1998, age 19 husband’s fashion show in Malta, age 34

SOPHIE SCOTT one knew what was going on. It’s horrifying what could his mother, now living in South Africa (his parents His mother died two months later - “a really horrific summer, he received a letter from a former pupil telling him @SOPH_E_SCOTT have gone wrong. Nothing did, but I never really spoke to divorced when he was at university) had a diagnosis of time”, he says. “On the day she passed away I was rushed how inspirational his assembly was. Weston tweeted it and it Curriculum Vitae anyone about it.” late-stage lung cancer. to hospital. There was this really bizarre moment feeling instantly went viral. t’s been half an hour and David Weston has yet to pause He got a place at Lincoln College at the University of Weston also noticed his own health declining. “I something was wrong… I was in hospital in a ward all by By May 2012, he had left his job at Watford and formed Born September 10 1979 for breath. He’s covered the first 30 years of his life Oxford — “because my brother said the food was good” – to felt more and more ill that year and kept thinking that myself when I got a call saying she had died.” the Teacher Development Trust, a move prompted by his Iwhen he decides that he’d “better just have a sip of tea”. study engineering and computing. something wasn’t really going quite right. But I wasn’t He took time off, but eventually left his job in Camden, interest in the professional development side of teaching. It’s a family trait, this talking thing, he says. “My mum It was there that he discovered his passion for ballroom focusing on me because I was focusing on my mum, overwhelmed by his own illness and grief. He returned to “I was mainly fuelled by my naivety . . . I just thought it Education was always amazingly good at talking to people and, dancing. trying to hold Watford School for a maternity cover, but in 2008 found his was going to be a really easy thing to do and people would actually, now I think about it I really take after her and the “In freshers’ my job together own health declining again. give money because it was just such a good cause! 2002 – MEng (2:1) in Engineering and Computing Science way she would just talk to strangers and make them feel week I was and trying to do In early 2009 he had a liver transplant. “I am endlessly astonished, now, when I am sat in from Oxford University comfortable. She really had a lot of influence there.” dragged “I didn’t know quite some dancing “Then I was lent the film Milk [the story of Harvey Milk, meetings with amazing people, or I am in a meeting at the His first 35 years have been eventful. Now head of the along still. My mum California’s first openly gay elected official] and it was DfE, or I am in a meeting with some of the best heads in 2003 – PGCE in Science (Physics) from Oxford University Teacher Development Trust (TDT), Weston got an A-level kicking and ended up being immensely inspiring. It was one of those things about being the country or I am, I don’t know, just having phone calls when he was 12, taught physics, was a professional screaming brought back a role model and I remember thinking to myself at the or, frankly, just doing this interview and I think ‘it’s me, I’m how, but I was Career ballroom dancer, lost his mother, had a liver transplant, to do it from South Africa, time, assuming I do get better and assuming I do go back here, and I am doing this, that’s crazy’.” and “came out” in a school assembly. because and everybody, to school, I am going to be a role model. I am going to be He’s a great supporter of the proposed College of 1998-2000 – web developer for BioMedCentral online Born in Watford, north London, into a “fairly privileged” there were unfortunately, someone I wish I had when I was younger. Teaching, despite what it could mean for his charity: “It’s family, Weston went to Watford Grammar School for Boys free drinks. determined to knew why but no “I didn’t know quite how I was going to do it but I was an odd situation, because I know full well that if the college publications where, at 12, he was put forward for a computing A-level. “I thought one was saying.” determined I would and suddenly had more energy than I works really well, it might make TDT redundant. But that 2003 – 2004 – NQT Year at Watford Grammar He got an A. it sounded The same remembered having for the past eight years, frankly.” would mean that the charity has succeeded, even if it no “I was really smug because my brother was four years a terrible become a role model month she He went back to Watford and teaching, joined Twitter, and longer exists.” School for Boys older than me, and for various reasons was a year ahead in idea. But returned, Weston met Kevin, now his husband, before the end of 2010. He’s still dancing, although not as often. “Whenever I do, I 2004-2005 – Examiner for AQA and Edexcel education terms, so he was doing his A-levels as well. I ended turned yellow During a lesson, his sexuality came up and he end up trying to show off desperately, use muscles I haven’t “I was a really annoying younger brother and kept up going because everyone else did and I ended up really and was rushed to hospital, where he was diagnosed with decided he wanted to speak to the whole school about LGBT used for a long time and end up barely able to move for 2004 – 2007 – Camden School for Girls saying ‘I’m doing an A-level too’.” enjoying myself.” primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare liver condition issues – something that would have been illegal just another week. But it’s OK, I go and say ‘yeah I’ve still got it’ 2007 – May 2012 – Watford Grammar School for Boys Life became more complicated in his mid-teens when he Over the next four years, he spent a lot of time dancing. where the immune system attacks the bile ducts. ten years previously under section 28 of the Local and one day I might use it again.” realised that he wasn’t straight - but had no one to talk to And it was this love of dance that pushed him into a PGCE: He was told he would need a liver transplant, risky Government Act. Weston’s positive nature is infectious, he has 2007 – 2012 – Independent Education Consultancy about it. “To be honest I did a PGCE just to stay at uni to do some surgery that could kill him. “I was terrified the night before doing this assembly, overcome more challenges than most, and come out (Informed Education) “It was a strange time. It was the 90s and the beginning more dancing. Turns out, not a great combination, as a “My mum was getting worse and worse,” he says. “I never just totally, utterly terrified. But I was determined that I stronger. “I take the medication, try to look after myself and of the internet. At some point I went on a chat board, PGCE is hard and dancing is also really intense.” told her. I can’t quite remember why, but I think it was would do it.” just get on with life really, particularly at this point because, Jan 2012 – present – Founder and chief executive of the trying to find out what it might mean to be gay. He then headed back to his old school to teach, but soon because she was just going through so much at the time Everyone at school was supportive and he received only without trying to be too melodramatic, I don’t know how Teacher Development Trust “That was horrifying, looking back. I was unleashed; no took a job at Camden School for Girls. In 2005, however, and I thought I never wanted to tell her anything about it. positive feedback from pupils, colleagues and parents. This long I’ve got.” 14 @SCHOOLSWEEK SCHOOLS WEEK FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 SCHOOLSWEEK.CO.UK EDITION 14 FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 15 CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR’S HONOURS FREDDIE WHITTAKER @FCDWHITTAKER KNIGHTS AND DAMES MBE BEM he world of education is well- represented in the latest New TYear Honours List, with awards going to teachers, civil servants, trade unionists and other leaders from all our people were recognised with specialist college for pupils with behavioural, and this isn’t about me as an individual, it’s walks of life. knighthoods or damehoods for their emotional and social difficulties, and in 2011 about what we as a team have achieved. hen Ray Coe discovered that im Meynell, a governor for The education committee awarded Fservices to schools in this year’s Dame Oremi became executive head of the “I love my job with a passion, I love being one of his students needed a more than two decades, two knighthoods and two damehoods, honours list. pupil referral units in Herefordshire. involved with schools and children and my Wnew kidney, he didn’t hesitate Thas been awarded the BEM three of which went to school Brookfield School headteacher Dame A Cabinet Office spokesperson said she had community, and it’s a huge privilege to do my in offering one of his own. in recognition of inclusive and leaders and another to a high-profile Oremi Evans and Churchend Primary School received her award in part because she was job.” Now the special educational needs inexpensive music tuition driven educationalist. principal Dame Kate Dethridge received “head teacher of the only special school to Dame Kate of Hampstead Norrey, Berkshire, co-ordinator (Senco) at the Royal Docks by volunteers. The list included six people who will damehoods, while knighthoods go to receive three consecutive ‘outstanding’ has headed up the outstanding-rated Community School in east London can Mr Meynell (pictured) be made Commanders of the Most Gorse Academies Trust executive Ofsted judgements”. Churchend Primary School for 13 years. add an MBE to his Pride of Britain Award. has spent the past 15 years Excellent Order of the British Empire principal Sir John Townsley Speaking with Schools Week, In 2010 she became a National Leader of Alya Ahmed was 13 when she received teaching recorder and flute to (CBE), 22 who will be Officers of the and Inspiration Trust chair Sir Dame Oremi said: “I was very Education and is an associate director of the the life-changing operation in February pupils at Alconbury Church Most Excellent Order of the British Theodore Agnew. surprised but at the same time National Education Trust. last year. Both her kidneys had failed of England Primary School in Empire (OBE) and 20 who will be Dame Oremi (pictured), also incredibly honoured. It’s wonderful Sir John, of Cawood, North Yorkshire. and she was facing intensive dialysis Cambridgeshire. Members of the Most Excellent Order a National Leader of Education, and obviously going to the palace became principal of the Gorse Academies treatment. Her mother had called to tell He and one of the class teachers of the British Empire (MBE). has served as head teacher at The will be a large part of that. Trust in 2010 and under his leadership, two of Mr Coe that her daughter would need teach all year 3 pupils the The list also includes 13 recipients of Brookfield School since September “The thing is, any success that I’ve the four academies which make up the trust time off school and extra care when she recorder; more the British Empire Medal (BEM). 2001. had is because of the team have gone from requiring improvement to returned. able players are taken out to learn The outstanding- of people I work with – outstanding. “I made the decision in that moment,” more fluently, with many taking rated school is a you don’t work alone he told Schools Week. “I didn’t know if I up the flute and some reaching a was a match, but I just decided to offer Ray Coe coveted grade 5. one of mine. She’s like a totally different “Unfortunately it is unusual,” CBE student now.” caught the press’s imagination and it’s Mr Meynell said. “It’s important Mr Coe, 53, said he had been just got crazy. to teach music. My philosophy is “completely overwhelmed” by the “It was a bit surreal getting the MBE. that if you play a musical instrument you other volunteers or without the support manda Phillips, the executive principal they are entitled – has been an amazing journey. response to his gesture, and by the two My first thought when I saw a letter from will never get bored again in your life. of the head.” of the Paradigm Trust and one of the “I have been inspired and encouraged by the awards he’d since received. the government was ‘what have I done’, “Music is expensive to teach, but we He added that he was “extremely original “magnificent seven” heads passion and commitment of the very many A “I thought it would be a nice little news and then it was just that spine-tingling have been quite successful at it in the pleased and surprised” to receive his singled out for praise by Michael Gove, has people who have worked tirelessly to achieve the story locally for the school but it really moment. It’s quite an honour.” school. We couldn’t do it without the award. received the CBE for services to education. outstanding results at our schools.” The former headteacher of Old Ford Primary Trade union stalwart Fred Jarvis also received School in Bow, east London, now part of the trust the CBE. The former president of the National with Culloden Primary and Solebay Primary, Union of Students led the National Union of NEW YEAR’S HONOURS LIST – 2015 said she shared the honour with the whole trust Teachers as general secretary for 14 years in KNIGHTHOODS Principal Graham John Mungeam Ian John Courtney MEDALLISTS OF THE ORDER OF THE community. the 1970s and 1980s, and served as president Whitley Academy Non-executive Chairman Chair BRITISH EMPIRE (BEM) “It was a total surprise to get the letter from of the Trades Union Congress in 1987. He was Theodore Agnew DL Oasis Community Learning Executive Governing Body, Dartmoor Federation Chair Stephanie Brivio Lesley Calvert the Cabinet Office, and I really could not quite nominated for parliamentary and political Inspiration Trust Assistant Director Dr Anne Philomena Murray Geoffrey William James Dunn Manager Child Protection, Safeguarding Group, Department Principal Principal Funfishers Out of School Club and Playgroup believe it at first. This honour is really for the services. John Arthur Townsley for Education Oakgrove Integrated Primary and Nursery School Ballysally Primary School pupils, families, staff and colleagues with whom The other CBEs for services to education were Executive Principal Ronald Victor Cox The Gorse Academies Trust Professor Margaret Louise Brown Michael Brian Pears Elizabeth-Jane Formby For services to education and to the community in Holt I have had the privilege to work over many rich awarded to the head of St Ambrose Barlow High For services to mathematics education and to Assistant Director Team Leader and Kelling DAMES COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE governance of schools in South London Academies Group, IFD, Department for Education Children’s Social Care, Department for Education and rewarding years. School in Salford, Catherine Marie Garside, BRITISH EMPIRE Tracy Catherine Cullen Adam Vincent Stewart Chedburn Jennifer Clare Preece Elizabeth Ann Garnham Business Manager “The creation of Paradigm Trust – with its Cambridge Assessment Group director of Kate Dethridge Headteacher Bill Principal and Manager Chair of Governors Queensbridge Primary School commitment to offering every child equal assessment research and development Tim Principal Whitley Bay High School Childcare, Special Educational Needs and Children’s Uffculme and Hamilton Special Schools Churchend Primary School, Reading and National Strategy, Department for Education Ashley Jayne Hall access to the knowledge, skills, opportunities, Oates, and the head of Glenwood Special School Leader of Education Dr Lesley Sharon Curtis Teresa Helena Harper Fundraiser and Volunteer Amanda Phillips Headteacher Margrit Wendy Scott Head of Teacher Development Rocklands Special School aspirations, life chances and dignity, to which in Essex, Judith Salter. Oremi Evans Everton Nursery School and Family Centre, President Education Standards Directorate, Department for Headteacher Association for the Professional Development of Early Education Maureen Georgina Higham The Brookfield School John Peter Robert Dashlstrom Years Educators Founder Headteacher Stephen Hill Stay and Play Group, Warrington COMMANDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE Hope Special School Professor Iram Siraj Deputy Headteacher, BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE) Professor of Early Childhood Education St Joseph’s RC Primary School Janet Inglis Lynn Greenwold Institute of Education, University of London Deputy Headteacher OBE Catherine Marie Garside Chief Executive Officer Susan Jane Kirkham Immanuel College, Bradford Headteacher Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Sharon Mary White Lately Curriculum and Assessment Specialist St Ambrose Barlow RC High School Specific Learning Difficulties Founding Member, Association for School and College Leaders James Jackson School and Public Health Nurses Association Head Caretaker Frederick Frank Jarvis Ian Hart Judith Kay Miln Woodhouse College For parliamentary and political services Department for Education Liaison Officer MEMBERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH Deputy Headteacher National Network for Children in Employment and EMPIRE (MBE) Clapton Girls’ Academy Timothy Meynell Tim Oates Entertainment School Governor and Volunteer Music Teacher ynn Greenwold, chief executive of the with our campaigns and continue to build good Currently assistant director of Group Director of Assessment Research and Shabana Iltaf Abasi Stephen Royston Parsons Alconbury Church of England Primary School Development David John Hudson Head of Service For services to education and the community in Bristol Professional Association of Teachers of Students practice.” the academies group at the DfE’s Cambridge Assessment Executive Headteacher Cafcass Margaret O’Prey Wickersley School and Sports College, Rawmarsh Anthony John Scott Voluntary Nursery Assistant Lwith Specific Learning Difficulties (Patoss), was Greenwold, from Cincinnati, Ohio, settled Infrastructure and Funding Directorate, Amanda Phillips Community School and Clifton Community School Gbolahan Ayorinde Bright Chief Examiner and Principal Moderator for GCSE Petts Wood Playgroup for Children with Special Needs awarded the OBE for services to pupils with special in the UK in 1973. She previously worked as a Pears has served as a programme Executive Principal Volunteer Maths Teacher Physical Education Paradigm Trust Nicholas Simon Hurn Bright Maths Club Edexcel Exam Board Nanette Lynne Pullinger educational needs. management intern for NASA, as a management manager and departmental risk Executive Headteacher Dagenham Heathway Library Lately Learning Support Assistant Judith Anne Salter Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead and St Sandra Simmons Burford School Greenwold (pictured), who has left Patoss since 2004, consultant, and antique dealer. improvement manager at the department Headteacher Robert of Newminster School Patricia Anne Burns Chair of Governors Glenwood Special School Staff Governor Kilgarth School Effat Rahimi-Kaloujeh Sims is also chair of the Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) After training as a specialist dyslexia teacher she since the late 1990s. Richard George Millington Appleby Grammar School Operational Manager (Inclusion) Assessment Standards Committee. She is also the taught and administered programmes for students He was assistant director Professor Caroline Elizabeth Whalley Executive Principal Charles Albert Stripp Westminster Academy Founder Chepping View Primary School Arthur Capstick Chief Executive acting chair of the Dyslexia-SpLD Trust, which aims with learning difficulties and disabilities at of universal services for The Elliot Foundation and Trustee of SHINE For services to education and to the community in Mathematics in Education and Industry Diana Elizabeth Robinson John Malcolm Morris Staveley and Kendal School Volunteer and Chair to promote better awareness and understanding of South Worcestershire College, where Patoss the London borough of OFFICERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH Headteacher Christopher Hayward Wells Old Girls’ Association, Bury Girls Grammar School dyslexia. has its central office. Hounslow for most of EMPIRE (OBE) Ardleigh Green Junior School Lynda Clapham Chair of Governors Librarian Federated Schools of Gislingham and Palgrave Pamela Jean Smith She said that she felt “very privileged” to be honoured, Senior civil servant Michael Pears, whose 2010 and early 2011 before Gulfaraz Ahmed Julie Morrow Sidney Stringer Academy Volunteer Headteacher Head Deborah Jane Withers Ivington Church of England Primary School “But any achievements have only been possible due career in government departments and local returning to Whitehall as Parkinson Lane Primary School Appletree and Stoneygate Nursery Schools and Raymond Coe Lately Headteacher Children’s Centres Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator Wren Spinney Special School to the amazing professional colleagues, a strong team authorities has spanned more than 15 years, deputy head of the Office of Lorraine Faith Allen Royal Docks Community School and with Patoss as a platform. Let’s hope it helps us was also awarded an OBE. the Schools Commissioner. 16 @SCHOOLSWEEK SCHOOLS WEEK FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 SCHOOLSWEEK.CO.UK EDITION 14 FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2015 17 jobs

Cippenham Primary School Leading Practitioner (Maths) Elmshott Lane, Cippenham, Slough, Berks. SL1 5RB Full time, Permanent position Telephone: (01628) 604665 Fax: (01628) 660696 The Opportunity Required to start Summer / Autumn Term 2015 Headteacher: Mrs Nicky Willis For April 2015 start Derby Manufacturing UTC will open on 1st September 2015. The UTC will provide a distinctive and targeted curriculum for

Passionate about teaching? Enjoy sharing your skills with others? Ready for a leadership role • can demonstrate the ability to plan an exciting, inspiring curriculum and to inspire a love of Vice Principal (Quality Assurance) students from 14-19 who wish to study STEM subjects. that is all about developing the highest quality teaching and learning? learning in their pupils • can work with colleagues to develop teaching practice to a high standard Come and join our exciting team and make a difference! This role will combine classroom • can observe colleagues and feedback with accuracy in a supportive and positive way The successful applicant will have: We are offering: teaching for part of the week and working with other teachers to develop excellent practice across • is able to coach and mentor staff to reach high standards the school for the remainder (probably a 60:40 ratio). • is keen to develop and share their own knowledge and expertise and become involved in • Relevant qualifications (both formal and through appropriate • An attractive salary based upon experience and expertise. every aspect of school life experience). A proven track record in raising standards is essential. • A first class working environment with excellent resources. Salary scale L1- L5 £39,267 - £43,234 per annum • has a good knowledge of math strategies and a passion for the subject • A genuine commitment to making a positive contribution to the UTC and • The opportunity for professional growth and continued development most importantly a difference to the lives of young people including their within an organisation committed to continuous improvement. We are looking to appoint an experienced and excellent teacher with the inter-personal skills If you think you can make a positive and confident contribution to our school, we would be needed to share their craft with others. delighted to hear from you. We are a vibrant, thriving school with great opportunities for educational and broader achievement, self esteem and confidence, • The opportunity to shape the future of the UTC from the beginning. professional and personal development. Cippenham Primary School is an academy school and social well being and future employability. We are looking for a teacher who: part of the Cippenham Schools’ Trust. • is dedicated to raising standards and is able to demonstrate highly effective teaching skills and a genuine flair for innovative approaches for teaching and learning Application forms and further information are available on the school website: www. In the first instance please send your full CV, and a letter (max 2 sides of A4) stating your skill set for this role, to Mrs Amanda Miller, PA to the Principal, c/o • is an excellent practitioner with high standards and expectations in all aspects of school life cippenhamprimary.org Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact Lara Tehabsim, • is committed to Assessment for Learning strategies on (01628) 604665, to arrange a visit, or e-mail [email protected] Derby College, The Roundhouse, Roundhouse Road, Pride Park, Derby DE24 8JE or to [email protected].

Further information available from: www.derbymanufacturingutc.co.uk Closing Date: Monday 26 January 2015 at 10.00 am Shortlisting: Wednesday 4 February 2015 Interviews: Monday 9 February 2015 All appointments made are subject to satisfactory references and a criminal background check.

Closing date for applications is Friday 16th January 2015. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, pre- employment and DBS checks. Cippenham Primary School welcomes a diverse population of both pupils and staff and is committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its function.

Deputy Headteacher, Hoe Valley School - a new Secondary School in Woking, Surrey Holmfirth High School is ambitious and forward thinking. It is committed to providing an experience which develops the whole child, preparing students OUTSTANDING for a successful life and recognises this must be delivered in a way that ensures every pupil makes the very best progress at all times. If you are the type of school leader that has yearned for the chance to create a school - from Hoe Valley School is planned to open in September 2015 subject to final approval, and the scratch - without the burden of a legacy, then you will see this as a tremendous opportunity to Governors are looking for a candidate to lead the implementation of the school vision and LEADERS The school was recently designated as a Teaching School and, along with two join an exciting project. ensure that the school successfully materialises in line with the DfE’s timeframe. local primary school partners, is leading the expanding West Yorkshire Teaching School Alliance. This will provide significant personal development opportunities INSPIRE Working to create a new school will not be like working at most other schools. As Deputy So, if you are: innovative, a team player, a great leader and you are driven by a strong sense of as you further enhance the school’s reputation locally and nationally. Headteacher of this new venture, you will have the challenge of: purpose to improve the life chances of young people, then we are the school you are looking If you are an experienced senior leader in a secondary setting with a successful for; to ensure every one of your students develops the skills and qualifications necessary to LEARNING track record of sustained improvement, this role offers an exciting and • Assessment and reporting succeed in an ever changing world. challenging opportunity. • Building the trust and partnership with our parents • Attainment and progress, establishing a track record We anticipate that the role will initially be offered in the salary range up to £62k. For more information contact • Enrichment and intervention Woking is only 26 mins from London Waterloo by train, on the edge of the North Downs. There Executive Headteacher, £exceptional Martin Blair on 07736 791 138 are also excellent road links to the M25, M3 and A3. West Yorkshire, to start September 2015 or email [email protected] Hoe Valley School, founded by a group of parents, has the support of the community, parents and other local schools. We have already received enough applications for our first year of 120 The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people pupils. Our Initial surveys of support from local parents have indicated a high level of demand and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful appointments are for places at the free school for every year until 2021, and particularly in the first two years. subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check

Interviews will be held in early February with a view to the successful candidate starting in May, or as soon as possible thereafter. Express your interest by emailing [email protected] to receive an application pack or request an informal conversation. hays.co.uk/jobs/holmfirth Closing date: Friday 19th January 2015

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Head of School Leadership 22 - 26 Dates: Apply by 16th January 2015 (£64,075 – £70,668 p/a) Cannon Lane Primary School Salary: L8 – L12 Required April or September 2015 Cannonbury Avenue, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 1TS Location: Pinner, Harrow STEP HEADTEACHERS REQUIRED www.cannonlaneprimary.org Contract Type: Full Time Academies in the Croydon area Competitive salaries (London Borough of Harrow) Contract Term: Permanent We are seeking a dynamic and ambitious Head of School who is passionate about high standards of The STEP Academy Trust is seeking to recruit dynamic and inspirational, senior leaders wishing to begin teaching and learning to take us on the next steps of our journey to outstanding. As the Academy grows, headship in a supportive, mission and values driven organisation. Committed to improving the life chances of Following our recent amalgamation and expansion to a four form intake primary • Be able to inspire, challenge and motivate all children to achieve. with the formation of Bluecoat Academies Trust, this appointment comes at a key time when Bluecoat is all children, the Trust was established to work with partners in need of rapid improvement. As a result, STEP fulfilling its ambitions to support a growing number of young people’s learning. Headteachers must possess the passion and resilience necessary to lead schools in often challenging and school, the Governing Body is seeking to appoint four Assistant Headteachers to • Have a commitment to working strategically as part of a team to improve vulnerable circumstances. help lead our very successful and over-subscribed school. Whilst the job de- standards of teaching and learning. Bluecoat is a highly successful, oversubscribed Academy committed to raising achievement and scriptions for these posts are the same, Assistant Headteachers will be deployed • Have the confidence, skills and abilities to lead and manage teaching and The success and growth of The STEP Academy Trust has resulted in internal promotion and therefore, three curriculum innovation. We received praise from OFSTED, enjoy very good examination results and obtain according to their strengths and experience with responsibility for either the EYFS, learning in a designated ‘phase’ of the school. positive value added. We are ambitious to become a world class provider of outstanding education. We exciting opportunities to join our headship team. Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2 or Upper Key Stage 2. • Be able to analyse data to support school improvement. endeavour to be a distinctive and inclusive educational community with a strong Christian framework. Each appointment will receive a high degree of support in the early months of their headship. Consistent These are exciting new positions to commence in the Spring Term 2015 or as soon • Be a positive role model in school. with STEP’s leadership plus model, Directors will assign our successful candidates appropriate levels of as possible thereafter. • Be committed to the principles of inclusion. The creation of our brand new Church of England Primary School which opened in January 2015 is the Executive Headteacher or mentoring support. As well as enabling rapid school improvement, this approach • Be a team player, open to coaching and mentoring. most recent stage of the Trust’s growth and presents exciting opportunities for cross phase learning and has accelerated the career development of talented leaders. For example, a Headteacher who joined our The successful candidates will be passionate about improving outcomes for chil- • Have high expectations of achievement and behaviour. integral links between primary and secondary provision. organisation three years ago is now Executive Headteacher of two of our partner Academies. dren, excited about collaborative working and keen to join a school that strives for • Be committed to fostering excellent relationships between parents, carers and If you are interested in this role, please join us at our Recruitment Evening: We will be delighted to welcome prospective applicants for informal visits to discuss these leadership roles. excellence. the community. Please contact Cheryl Gilbert, Company Secretary – phone 01689 843103 or email companysecretary@ stepacademytrust.org Thursday 15 January 2015, 6 – 8pm We are looking for an Assistant Headteacher who will: In return we can offer: Bluecoat Academy, Aspley Lane, Nottingham An application pack can be obtained by email: [email protected]. Completed • Be an experienced class teacher who can demonstrate a record of success in • Highly motivated and well behaved pupils application forms should be returned by email ([email protected]), post or by hand raising children’s attainment. • A team of friendly, hard-working staff and a supportive Governing Body To register your interest for the recruitment evening and to access a full academy overview, job to Mrs C Gilbert, Company Secretary, The STEP Academy Trust, Wolsey Junior Academy, King Henry’s Drive, • Be able to work in a creative and inspirational way, demonstrating a record of • A well- resourced school description and application form please visit www.bluecoat.uk.com. New Addington, Surrey, CR0 0PH. consistently delivering outstanding lessons. • Excellent training and development opportunities. Closing date for applications: 12 noon Thursday 22 January 2015 The STEP Academy Trust believes that its workforce should reflect the local community and that all groups Interviews to be held week commencing Monday 26 January 2015 within the community should have equal access to the Trust’s employment opportunities. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, An information pack is available to download from: [email protected] As Bluecoat Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. people, any appointment will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and successful references. The STEP Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people Visitors are welcome and encouraged. To arrange a visit to the school or for any other enquiries please contact and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Mrs Raval on 020 8866 3536. Aspley Lane, Nottingham NG8 5GY This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check and references. T: 0115 929 7445 CVs are not accepted. The school is committed to safeguarding children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The school follows safe recruitment practices to protect E: [email protected] children. Successful applicants will be required to apply for an enhanced disclosure from the DBS. Further information can be found at www.direct.gov.uk Tenable: April 2015 or September, to be discussed at interview | Closing date: Wednesday 28th January Shortlisting: Thursday 29th January | Interviews: Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th February

Bluecoat Academies Trust is a recently established growing family of academies in the City of Nottingham believe built on the success of our 300-year history. We are believe in yourself, in others, in God ambitious about achieving an outstanding future as we seek to provide an excellent education for our young people through inclusive, enriching and balanced cross curricular teaching, preparing young people for lifelong learning based firmly on our Christian principles.

We are looking for outstanding educators who are interested in joining our highly successful, ambitious and growing multi-academy trust and can demonstrate their passion for their subject.

We are seeking to recruit teachers across the curriculum, including: HAPPY • Teachers of • Teachers of English Humanities

Recruitment • Teachers of • Teachers of Maths D & T NEW YEAR! Evening • Teachers of • Teachers of Science Business Studies

Thursday, 15th January 2015 In addition, we welcome individuals interested in becoming trainee teachers to work with the Bluecoat 6.00pm – 8.00pm at Bluecoat SCITT Alliance Nottingham, which provides both FROM THE SALES TEAM Primary and Secondary teacher training. Academy’s Aspley Lane campus, Nottingham NG8 5GY If you are interested in learning more about careers in an environment of proven success led by a talented For further information and to and supportive Senior Leadership Team which places register your interest, please visit teaching and learning at the heart of our work and provides state-of-the-art-facilities, please join us at our to advertise call us on: 020 81234 778 www.bluecoat.uk.com Recruitment Evening.