Transcript Ellowes Hall Sports College

The Way Forward
We’ve come a long way!
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Improved Teaching & Learning
Improved results
Better financial situation
Getting to Good
As recognised by HMI and LA
BUT ….
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transformational change
What is an Academy?
• Like a state run Independent School
• Funded directly from Central Government
• Free from Local Authority Control
• More freedoms than a LA controlled
school
What is a Multi Academy
Trust (MAT)?
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Group of Academies
Led by a Sponsor
Academies maintain their own autonomy
Share where advantageous
A different kind of MAT
• Led by sponsor school
• Four founding members
• Four equal partners
Crestwood
Edgecliff
Ellowes Hall
Ounsdale
Why join a MAT?
• There will be great capacity to improve when
combining the expertise and qualities found
in each school.
• We will be able to increase our financial
capacity by employing shared buying power,
economies of scale and pooling some of the
extra funding available.
AN EXCITING PROSPECT
FOR STUDENTS
The most obvious benefit is that all students
will quickly be part of a good or outstanding
school.
Additionally:
 More money spent on them
 Better facilities
 Improved learning environment
 Improved tracking and monitoring
 Further improved teaching and learning
 More opportunity to take part and succeed
Between the schools in the Trust there is the
potentially fascinating mix of collaboration
and competition.
Collaborative
• Sharing of clubs and societies
• Joint Arts and Sports events
• The students have the chance to combine and do something
significant in terms of charity or service etc.
Competitive
• We could have much larger inter school competitions. These
would have, especially for the Arts, a much larger audience. We
could also take such competitions into the public domain with
confidence.
Ethos
• Students want to be part of a successful and well regarded
school.
• With the highest academic standards and excellent behaviour,
students are free to excel without fear or hindrance because
studying hard is the norm.
BETTER FOR ACHIEVEMENT
HOW?
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The Sharing of Expertise
Growing leadership capacity
Reducing volatility in staffing
The Sharing of Best Practice:
Better and crucially,
better quicker
– between schools that are not competing for pupil numbers
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Comparison of data etc. – challenging our expectations
Exam Insights
Shared Resources
Shared Raising of Expectations
A Refinement of Approaches at all Stages of Pupil Development
e.g. an elite aiming at the best universities or the best vocational
provision.