A new phase of an exciting journey!
When we converted our first school in late 2010, little did we think over 11 years later we would have helped nearly 300 schools in their journey to academy status. […]
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The White Paper – part 3 – Trust growth doesn’t start with another school
So, the White Paper makes Trust growth one of the most important aspects moving forward. Let’s explore what that looks like. There are certain things I can make a very […]
The White Paper – part 2 – Is the RSC role a blocker to the ultimate goal?
So, I’ve recently talked about the concerns I have about the White Paper and the opportunity – and complete need – to build in flexibility around growing existing Trusts but […]
Will the White Paper trigger the flexibility the academy sector needs?
You know the feeling of anti-climax when you’ve been expecting something for a long time and when it finally drops, you wondered why you’d expected more in the first place? […]
Isn’t it time we had a grown up conversation about jigsaws?
No, I don’t mean the frustrating, but ultimately satisfying, cardboard jigsaws my wife loves – our beautiful Dobermann Juno ( missed every day of our lives ), our adopted elephants […]
MAT’s – how have we arrived here and what next?
I started talking about the building blocks of the academy programme in 2013 as the number of conversions continued to grow. By then, we’d had three years of schools looking […]
The tipping point – is it as scary as it sounds?
Newspaper headline writers have had quite a bit to focus on in 2019. There is a little thing called Brexit, Mr Trump’s wall and the driving ability of members of […]
Academies: Instead of tarring everyone with the same brush – shouldn’t we be painting a brighter picture!
There are three things that I feel I can count on each year. I will get a tax bill in January I will get more letters inviting me to health […]
Cheers for the bet Lord Agnew…but you have made the wager with the wrong people!
I was at the Academies Show in Birmingham. As I stood there I heard delegates saying they were hearing the same old presentations and seeing the same old products. It was all […]