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• Leading schools
  • Academies
    • Research into the leadership of sponsored and converting academies
      • Background and aims of the study
      • Context, sponsorship, governance and collaboration
      • Leading an academy
      • Converting to an academy

Academies: research into the leadership of sponsored and converting academies

In September 2010, the College asked PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to research leadership in sponsored and newly converting academies to gain a greater understanding of what it means for a successful school to convert to academy status, the leadership implications of doing so, and to explore whether there is a distinctive nature to leadership in academies.

• The full report
• Executive summary

We have summarised some of the main points and findings from the report.

• Background and aims of the study
  An overview of the main differences between maintained schools and sponsored and converting academies. Also, a  brief summary of what the research project involved.
• Context, sponsorship, governance and collaboration
  A summary of how context has significant implications for school leadership and how all schools of academy status will manage change in governance and their working relationship with others partners and local authorities.
• Leading an academy
  Strategic, organisational and operational leadership are all explored as important aspects of leading an academy.
• Converting to an academy
  This section look as what it is that motivates schools who want to become academies and the enablers and challanges they face during the process. It also highlights the experiences of two schools that have been through the conversion process.