The emerging school landscape

 

By analysing what school leaders are asking and what they are looking at on our websites (usethekey.org.uk and tengovernor.com) we can make the following comments as to what is happening in schools ....

·        Schools are more willing to compete and are showing signs of less dependence – but also less collaboration.

·        The main preoccupation seems to be with inspection. There may be indication of reduced concern with compliance issues, but there isn’t evidence of innovation as a result of increased autonomy

·        The government’s philosophy is very much focused on the role of schools as educators in the more classical sense of the term. 

·        Evidence points towards a new single-minded focus on standards and results

·        School leaders are increasingly focused on their core role as educators, but the separation from the wider community has signalled a co-relative decline in interest in children’s centres, social wellbeing and extended services

·        This September has seen an unusually high level of interest in recruitment and capability

·        The early curve of schools converting to academy status is flattening. There are now significantly fewer school leaders asking questions about conversion