Transcript School Place Planning Presentation to the Children

Building a Trust
partnership
model
Championing Children,
Championing Excellence
• The LA response to the Schools White Paper 2010
• Recommends that all schools urgently consider how
forming into local groupings could help secure
sustainability and improve provision
• Headteachers and school governors should take a
dynamic lead in developing local community based
school groupings
• This should include deciding what designation the
collaboration should take; e.g. to remain as local
authority schools, federate, acquire a trust or apply
for academy status
• The LA is keen to support headteachers and
governors in this work as a matter of priority
Some initial things to think about
• What are the opportunities for partnership
working in your area?
• What challenges are schools facing?
• Are there existing collaborative
arrangements on which to build?
• Are there opportunities for joint
appointments and shared staffing?
• Are there any vacant leadership posts?
• How could grouping together promote
school sustainability?
Building a Trust partnership model
• Based on the National College’s Exploring
Models of Leadership Toolkit
• Find the whole toolkit at:
http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index
/leadershiplibrary/publications/publicatio
ns-practical-resources/exploring-modelsleadership-toolkit.htm
A six step method
1. A shared purpose and vision
2. Defining the partnership
3. Types of shared provision
4. Form and location of leadership
5. Boundaries and form of governance
6. New relationships and alliances beyond the
partnership
1. A shared purpose and vision
• Why are we doing this?
• What are the reasons/motivation for the
partnership?
For example:
• Improving learner
achievement
• Sharing high-quality
leadership
• Delivering shared
services more efficiently
• Resolving headteacher
succession issues
• Developing
curriculum provision
• Regenerating the
community
• Improving access to
specialist provision
• Tackling falling rolls
2. Defining the partnership
• Who’s in? Who’s close by? Who’s out?
• Who might join later?
• Which other agencies or services might we
want to join with?
Examples:
• Schools
• Governors
• Community groups
• Voluntary sector
• Businesses
• Local authority
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Youth services
Heath services
FE providers
HE providers
Police
Other agencies
3. Types of shared provision
• What will or could we do together?
• This might be immediately or in the future
• What would we want to keep separate?
Examples:
• Teaching and learning
• Business management
• Curriculum provision
• Back office, ICT and
management information
systems
• Extra-curricular activities
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Facilities management
Professional development
Transport
Safeguarding
Human Resources
Inclusion
School policies
4. Form and location of leadership
• How will the partnership work?
• Who’s in charge? And where?
• What roles and responsibilities will be
needed?
• Will additional staff be required?
• What other resources might be required?
• What is the existing capacity?
5. Boundaries and form of
governance
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Is a Trust model the right model?
Who will be members and who will be trustees?
Who might be associate members (e.g. VA schools)?
Engaging legal advice and support – how will this be
funded?
Will the Trust appoint a minority or majority of
governors to each governing body?
How will we manage the statutory consultation
processes?
Implications for governors of being a foundation school
Who will run the Trust affairs, etc?
6. New relationships and alliances
beyond the partnership
• What opportunities might the partnership
open up for schools?
• Who might you work with now that you had
not before and how?
• How might your relationship with the local
authority change (e.g. shared services,
commissioning targeted support)?
• To what extent would the partnership help
you to meet the shared vision identified
earlier?
How can the LA help?
• Local knowledge
• Access to local and national experience
and expertise
• Partner in securing school improvement
and support services (e.g. HR, legal)
• Can help to ensure statutory proposals
are met and support processes relating to
personnel and finance requirements
• Working with partners to explore ways of
promoting sustainability
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