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Success and sustainability: developing the strategically-focused school
Author:
Davies, Brent; Davies, Barbara J; Ellison, Linda
Subject:
Strategic planning
Audience:
Headteachers, Middle leaders and aspiring headteachers, Stakeholders and partners
Date of publication:
June 2005 |
File format and size:
PDF, 585 Kb
When you're caught up in the day-to-day running of a school, it's all too easy to get bogged down by the nitty gritty and forget the bigger picture. Staff shortages, meetings with parents and even assemblies mean that target setting for the next year is often about as forward-thinking as your planning gets. So how do you go about planning for your school's future in the coming months and years? This report helps you find out.
School leaders are well aware of the need for strategic planning, but what does it really mean? This straight-talking report examines what strategy really is, why it matters, and how developing it can improve your school.
It examines the challenges facing different types of school, from the institution in difficulties to the outstanding school. Where one can struggle to convert short-term improvements into long-term developments, the other can forget to plan for the future and stagnate.
Within the report are useful frameworks to help you develop a strategy, and looks at new thinking and perspectives you can adopt. It focuses on increasing both capacity and capability for leadership among your staff.
This report offers you the vision of a whole-school approach to building for the future.
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