As we near the end of an extraordinary academic year, I thought it might be worth reflecting on the strategic challenges that next year will bring. I think...
Read moreOrchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT) exists to support, enable and champion the talents, skills and rights of the most complex and vulnerable...
Read moreSteve Hodsman, Chair of Trustees of the Delta Academies Trust and National Leader of Governance, shares his thoughts about what makes trustees effective,...
Read moreCovid-19 times have shown us more clearly than ever the importance of education and why we need to protect it. We have not only seen how hard it is when...
Read moreWith increasing pressures on budgets, and staff absences increasing due to COVID, Nick Hurn discusses how we can support our schools with an ethical staff...
Read moreThere is no escaping the fact that the pandemic has caused significant disruption to the education of all of our pupils but particularly to the most vulnerable...
Read moreAmongst the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic were several societal shifts that many people are likely interested in maintaining. For some families,...
Read moreWith a more ‘normal’ schedule of Ofsted inspections expected to resume in the Autumn term, let’s take a bit of time to remind ourselves of key school...
Read moreWhen Hannah Woodhouse (RSC for the South West) and I joined a CST masterclass on ‘joining, merging and growing’ Academy Trusts, the discussion with...
Read moreThe landscape of inter-school collaboration is complex, encompassing a wide range of different types of collaborative activity, both formal and informal...
Read moreThe UK leaving the EU in December 2020 raised questions this year on the impact of procurement within education and concerns about new legislation to consider...
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