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How to become an academy
The Department for Education has produced a step-by-step guide for schools who want to become an academy.
Models and partnerships
These pages are designed to help you to explore different models of organisation, collaboration and partnerships for your school. Current and emerging models and partnerships are developing in light of changes to the way schools are led and managed. There is no ‘right’ way – it is for leaders and governors to work with stakeholders to shape the right approach for their context, drawing on information about what is possible and learning from other schools.
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What are new models and partnerships?
Current and emerging models and partnerships and their structures.
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The National College's work on models and partnerships
Outline of our work on models and partnerships.
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Why change your leadership structure?
Common drivers which cause schools to re-examine their existing models.
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Creating your model of leadership
Advice, resources and toolkits that will help you identify which model is right for you.
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Models and partnerships training events
Exchanging knowledge and practice about new models of leadership.
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Here to help you – College associates for models and partnerships
Contact us for help to choose the right model for your context.
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Frequently asked questions about models of leadership
Find answers to questions that have been drawn from school leaders and consultants working in the area of new models of leadership.
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Case studies
List of case-study schools - all of which are developing new models of leadership.
Publications
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Impact of federations on student outcomes
Research report comparing federated and non-federated schools to explore the impact of this model of leadership on student outcomes -
A National College guide to partnerships and collaborations
A brief, practical guide to partnerships and collaborations -
A National College guide to federations
A brief, practical guide to federations -
Emerging patterns of leadership
A report exploring leadership within co-locations, where a school or children's centre shares its site with a school of a different type or with another service. It examines the impact on continuity for children and young people and the benefits to the wider community -
Leadership of management and change in South Africa
The purpose of the study was to examine the management of change within the schools, which continues against the background of the nation’s own long and profound change process. Part of the International Leadership Learning Programme.
Case studies
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Harris Federation
National College resources: new models of school leadership. Collaborative leadership for a federation of six academies: a case study. How the Harris Federation uses system leadership to raise attainment in its south London academies. -
Milburn school: innovation and partnership working
National College resources: new models of school leadership. A case study: led by a headteacher with a unique style, this school has become a laboratory for developing new approaches to teaching and learning. -
From the cradle to the school gates
Case study about Walton Lane Nursery and Children's Centre which operates on two sites and uses its own not-for-profit company to give local families better access to the support they and their children need -
Exmoor Coast Federation: collaboration across small rural first and middle schools
Case study exploring a unique approach to leadership support across small rural schools. -
The Durham Federation: two small rural secondary schools serving ex-mining villages
Case study exploring a school federation who is providing a wide and imaginative curriculum that would not be feasible in two small rural secondary schools.
Interactive resources
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Moral purpose of education
Interview between Maggie Farrar, strategic director at the National College, and John West-Burnham, professor of educational leadership, about the complexities and challenges of the leadership of Every Child Matters (ECM) -
Leadership of Every Child Matters
Interview between Maggie Farrar, strategic director at the National College, and John West-Burnham, professor of educational leadership, about the complexities and challenges of the leadership of Every Child Matters (ECM) -
Social capital
Interview between Maggie Farrar, strategic director at the National College, and John West-Burnham, professor of educational leadership, about the complexities and challenges of the leadership of Every Child Matters (ECM) -
Models of leadership to support 21st century schools: hard federations in primary schools
An online seminar in which an executive headteacher and head of teaching and learning share their experiences of a hard federation of primary schools -
Models of leadership for 21st century schools
An online seminar in which a headteacher shares her experiences of school leadership
Articles
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Models and partnerships training events
Events, online discussions and contact details for National College models of leadership consultants. -
Creating your own model
National College resources: if you're considering a new model of leadership for your school, the National College can provide a range of advice, resources and toolkits that will help you identify which model is right for you. -
What are new models and partnerships?
National College resources: the way schools are led and managed is changing. These resources examine current and emerging models of leadership and define their structures. -
Frequently asked questions about leadership structures
National College resources: find answers to questions frequently asked about leadership structures by those interested in new models of school leadership. -
Frequently asked questions about co-/joint/shared headship
National College resources: find answers to questions frequently asked about co-headship by those interested in new models of school leadership.
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