The Truth about Headship (But… only the good bits!) NCSL Leadership Conference Wednesday 24 th March 2010

Leader’s Lead “He who thinks he leads, but has no followers, is only taking a walk”

Leaders Lead … if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t” Margaret Thatcher “Being in power is like being a lady…

Outstanding Leadership “Ofsted have found that all outstanding headteachers had one factor in common they all had a deep sense of moral purpose” Christine Gilbert March 2010

Leadership or Management? Delivering the National Curriculum throughout a school is management not leadership People don’t follow managers

Moral Purpose What is moral purpose? Starbucks Starbucks Hewlett Packard Hewlett Packard Cadbury Cadbury Jon Lewis Jon Lewis Richard Branson Richard Branson

Moral Purpose Moral purpose transcends the external visible purpose of the organisation – which by definition will be both organisational and management based. What is your vision for a school?

My Vision for School Teacher – The desire to see each child in my class enjoy school and enjoy being in my class Headteacher – The desire to see each teacher/child develop a richness of relationship that builds a powerful sense of community

The school as Community “This school is the family I don’t have at home” Teaching Assistant

Moral Purpose is not something you do it is something you are Moral Purpose is not something you do it is something you are That’s a good idea I think I’ll do that You can’t

Traits and Core Belief Systems

Outstanding Leaders “It is impossible to separate the role of the leader from the leader as a person” Developing Outstanding Leaders (2009) John West Burnham

Leaders Lead “People don’t at first follow worthy causes. They follow worthy leaders who promote causes they can believe in. People buy into leaders first and then the leader’s vision” John Maxwell

The Purpose drives all you do Two Examples 1. The secretary chatting with the elderly gentlemen 2. The redesigning of the curriculum

What do we want children to leave with from their time at The Wyche? Towards a new Curriculum

The National Curriculum The School Curriculum comprises all learning and other experiences that each school plans for its pupils. The National Curriculum is an important element of the School Curriculum

The School Curriculum General Ethos 1a Happy Memories 1b Enjoyment and Fun 1c Love of learning 1d Friendship and Community

The School Curriculum Relating to Self 2a Self Esteem and Confidence 2b Reaching Potential 2c Developing a sense of Spirituality 2d Being Healthy

The School Curriculum Relating to Others 3aFriendship 3b Understanding Relationships 3cDeveloping Relationships 3d Teamwork 3eGlobal Awareness/Responsibility 3f Cultural Appreciation

The School Curriculum Managing Learning 4a Improving learning and performance 4bCommunication 4cApplication of Number 4dICT 4eThe Arts and Sport 4fThinking Skills 4gCreativity and Problem Solving

The School Curriculum Managing Situations 5aManaging conflict 5bManaging Disappointment 5cManaging Time and Resources 5dManaging Risk and Uncertainty

The Vehicle The “vehicle” is the means we used to describe how we would deliver the Wyche Curriculum

Farmers Market

Future Recordz

Scenes We went on Mission Maker and looked at space props, scenes, and characters.

BD Homes

WSR Radio Station WSR went live on air in Spring 2009

Tanzania

Running a Supermarket If I ran a supermarket my philosophy would be the same Leadership is who you are

The School becomes you and you become the school “The school is just like a little version of Geoff” Friend and Colleague from Kent “There is no blueprint for headship the role is a varied as those who do it”

The Power of Leadership “The true meaning of leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less” John Maxwell SAT scores in Year 6

Leadership from the heart Teachers change the world, one child at a time” Headteachers transform the world one school at a time