The Journal for Executive and Governance Leaders
The Journal for Executive and Governance Leaders
May 2019 edition
Welcome to the May edition of Trust. I am pleased to provide my synopsis of the topics covered in this issue. In her lead article, Leora Cruddas, CEO of CST, shares her reflections on autonomy. She considers what we understand by autonomy, where autonomy should sit and whose interests’ autonomy…
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The term ‘autonomy’ is a highly contested and misunderstood concept. The whole question of the practice of autonomy needs more careful thought and analysis. What do we understand by autonomy? Where should autonomy sit? Whose interests does autonomy serve? A loss of freedom or interdependence? Recently, there has been a…
Every trust executive needs to prioritise taking care of their teachers and leaders. The evidence on exit rates shows that we cannot afford not to do so. Earlier this year, the Department for Education’s Recruitment and Retention Strategy articulated the complex challenges we face to attract and keep talented educators…
There are growing numbers of people - teachers, parents, students, employers - who believe that our current education system and the debate around it is too narrow, too small, too introspective and ultimately not living up to the vision needed for the challenges the country faces. It is clear what…
You will not have missed the continuing dialogue concerning challenges in school funding. Impassioned reactions of education leaders and the concerned public into the state of school funding have maintained prominence for some time. Education conferences would have you believing that the education world is in melt-down! £87.2bn is not…
Chairs of multi academy trusts (MATs) are spending an average of fifty days per year - or approximately one day a week - carrying out the role, recent new research from the National Governance Association (NGA) revealed. This is well above the twenty days per year which practice from the charity sector…
There is so much that has been written on the subject of clarity of purpose and vision and how that should shape and drive everything done in an organisation to optimise organisational results. Without a clear vision and purpose how are the people in an organisation able to see the…
For Multi Academy Trusts, the matter of accountability and transparency remains a growing concern with parents calling for greater clarity on decision-making processes and lines of responsibility. In 2018, Parentkind research found that nearly nine out of 10 parents want to play an active role in their child’s education, with…
Once upon a time, schools were schools. Some of them were good, some of them less so. But they were all schools – and they were all called schools, whether they were grant maintained, comprehensive or foundation. Then the Labour Government of Tony Blair conjured up academies, failing schools taken…