London West Alliance Hub .. The ride so far
Jan 12, 2016
London West Alliance Hub.. The ride so far
Know your landscape!
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Training School from 2000 with a history of collaboration through GTP, as a Humanities College, as a Beacon School
HT was an NLE involved in London Challenge and so a history of school to school support
Pilot National Teaching School which was an OLEVI Centre delivering
OTP/ ITP / TLIP School to school support ASTs
The Background
Lampton
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Membership c. 15 schools
Defining factor: known and trusted Local HTs – mostly from the LA
or ex LASome HTs with shared
background in London Challenge
Predominantly secondary – little primary
Mostly outstanding / good
Stage 1 .. The first 12 – 18 months
The Foundations
Making a positive difference in the lives of our students through Improving teaching and
learning and student achievement
Support for schools in a vacuum
Developing school leaders
The big picture: moral purpose
Bright idea …
Whose hub is this?
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Use of the Teaching School programmes to bring different phases and schools together
Challenge Partner – central meetings for HTs
Local hub HT meetingsSLEs appointed early to assist
in knowledge transferSubject meetings
Structure needed .. To bring this into reality
Knowledge management/ growing Social capital
• Working groups (Big 6)• Leadership development
programmes (with external partners)
• Planning and creation of School Direct across 8 secondary schools
Co-creating new knowledge for current challenges
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External Partners
LWA
University / HEI
OLEVI
Future leaders /Teaching Leaders
Other TSAs(Richmond)
The BrilliantClub
C.PLocal experts (HLS)
RSC, IOP,ISSPPIXL, HEIP
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• About 22+ schools – beyond the inner circle
• Schools seeking help (many RI) in the absence of LA expertise
• Beyond our LA• Lost 2 schools to set up their
own hubs• Impact of ‘programmes’ on the
credibility of the alliance/ hub
Stage 2: developing the infrastructure – beyond the inner circleMembership
Outsourcing of OTP/ ITP to other schools with Lampton support – especially into primary schools
Delegation of key School Direct activities to the hub – programme construction/ interviews/ QA
Capacity building for the ‘big programmes’ through hub leadership: CtG. Funding
School to school support – an alliance responsibility
Growth of the hub …shared ownership
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Key idea … the power of the collective / many gifts
Growing the knowledge capital – investing in the future
Challenge the Gap – bid writing/ funding identification Project management/ developing hubs and capacity building at all levels
The Maths programmes – beyond a local initiative
EAL developmentProgrammes from conception
to productSchool Direct – school hubs
The Power of the Collective but the need for strategic development
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36 schoolsWord of mouth / impact of
programmes and initiatives / promotion of Senior Leaders to headships
Across authorities and LondonIncreasing numbers of primary
schools (now 50/50)Investment in infrastructure and
staffing - significant
Stage 3 … now
Membership
School Direct / Researchers in Schools shared across the alliance
Hosting Teaching School programmes across alliance
Problem – solvingSuccession planning and
Leadership development opportunities
Access to HMIs e.g. Maths/ Literacy/ Ofsted
CP – Project management
Importance of shared benefits
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Challenges ….
Infrastructure .. organisational- Project management – the size- Buildings- Team-building - Funding
Impact of turbulence .. social- Change of HTs- Ability to commit- Ofsted!- Sustainability
Managing expectations .. Moral - Worker owned cooperative vs- Service level agreements
Navigating the future .. Knolwedge
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Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that
holds all relationships.Stephen Cowey
What have we learned?
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Never take yourself too seriously
And
Never forget Rule number 6 …
Contact InformationLampton SchoolLampton AvenueHounslowTW3 4EP
Tel: 0208 572 1936Fax: 0208 572 8500Email: [email protected]: www.lampton.org.uk