Ashton on Mersey School Vicky Beer Headteacher

Standards Collaboration Beacon School Sports College High Performing Status Applied Learning Training School National Secondary Support School Pilot National Teaching School Teaching School 50% £ 8 Secondary 43 Primary 50% Mentors 61% £Outreach NW Network

‘Continuous Improvement is better than delayed perfection’ Mark Twain

Remaining Successful = Change A B Sigmoid curve - Handy,1994

Teacher Training / CPD ITT GTP School Experiences Enrichment phase PGCE/BEd. Open Schools Associate Head/NPQH Teach First Transition to Teaching Student Associate Scheme Open Schools Maths MMU project LJMU PE project Trafford NQT North West Training Schools Beacon School... Specialisms... HPSS... NSS... Teaching School Improving Teacher Programme Outstanding Teacher Programme Outstanding Facilitation Programme Specialist Leaders of Education Facilitation Hub Training Research Team Hubs Outreach School to School Support Parrs Wood School - Manchester Westhoughton - Bolton Levenshulme – Manchester Flixton – Trafford Broadoak – Trafford Egerton - Trafford Forest Gate – Trafford Families of Schools Good to Great Gaining Ground SLE Pilot Operational Programme Leads Strategic Lead GMLS Middle Leaders Senior Leaders NLE / LLE / SLE Governor Champion All staff

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Leadership development and talent management Support for schools Coaching and mentoring Initial teacher training (ITT) The role of Teaching Schools...

Ashton-on-Mersey is an outstanding school… Outstanding leadership and management have enabled the school to go from strength to strength in developing the services it provides for students. The collaborative partnership that makes up the school’s leadership, with unstinting support from governors, has given the school a clear direction for continuous improvement. The system of distributed leadership, accompanied by high levels of accountability, works exceptionally well in all aspects of the school’s work.

‘One of the barriers to distributed leadership is how leadership distribution is viewed by heads and teachers’ Harris 2008 Delegation … off-loading extra work to staff? erosion of power & loss of control? protection of ‘strategic space’? creation of a shared purpose? succession planning?

‘Growing leaders is like growing fruit trees. Other owners may one day have the benefit of your trees, but maybe you will benefit from other unknown owners of orchards. The best organisations take pride in the fact that they grow more leaders than they need; they are net exporters of leaders.’ Steve Munby 2008

Distributed Leadership System Leadership Distributed System Leadership

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

Co-operation vs Competition Increased challenge Opportunities for reflection CPD Developing distributed leadership Recruitment & Retention Stronger partnerships Supporting the system Increasing standards & attainment Collaborative group = Acceleration of performance

A on M Teaching School Alliance HEi (M’chester) Manchester HEi (L’pool) Warrington Cheshire East Trafford Bolton Manchester Stockport Trafford Warrington Trafford Wigan Sixth Form College Trafford Blackburn

Networks A on M Teaching School Alliance HEi (M’chester) Manchester HEi (L’pool) Warrington Trafford Oldham London Kent Cheshire East Trafford Bolton Manchester Cheshire Leeds T rafford/Oldham Oldham Stockport Trafford Warrington Trafford Wigan Sixth Form College Trafford Blackburn

Trust Attitude to risk Consistency Clarity Standards Commitment Developing a teaching school ethos...

Frequently Asked Questions What will I be committed to providing? By offering staff time and support, will standards and achievement slip at my school? I’d like to be part of a Teaching School Alliance but I can’t see where I have the capacity to release staff. How do I know my staff can make a difference in another school? Can this become a funding stream for my school? Does my school have to be ‘Outstanding’ to be able to offer support? What about if my school needs support, how does that affect our staff’s credibility for working in other schools? Who will Quality Assure our Teaching School’s Alliance support offer? Will there be a mechanism to both assess need, to tailor provision, and assess impact, through measurable outcomes, of support provided? How do I find out who my nearest Teaching School is? Do I approach them or will they approach me?

Why bother? Annual grant from National College Opportunity to shape regional and national practice Strengthen relationships with key partners Improve the quality of Teaching & Learning Increase Standards & attainment Moral purpose

‘To sustain outstanding overall effectiveness by improving our school and community through consistency, collaboration and collective responsibility’ Annual School Improvement Plan