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Every Child Matters
Ensuring that children are safe, happy, healthy and successful while they are at school is now critical for all leaders. The Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda is at the forefront of National College activities and provision. Our fundamental aim is to support leaders who are embedding ECM across everything that they do as part of improving standards. We know that schools and children's centres cannot fulfil that objective without working with their communities, partners and other agencies. This is why we see Every Child Matters as a priority. Many of the resources in this area of the website have been taken from ECM Leadership Direct. This online resource is still accessible.
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About Every Child Matters
What is ECM and why it is important?
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Planning, quality and evaluation
Planning in partnership, improving standards.
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Leading extended provision
Issues associated with developing extended services and working within a multi-agency model.
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Schools, families and community
Building relationships with students, families and the wider community.
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Models of leadership
Exploring the best ways to manage change.
Publications
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Emerging patterns of schools leadership: ECM perspectives
Examples of school leaders who are finding the local approach to collaboration and service design that offer their schools the best possible grip on local opportunities and difficulties -
What are we learning about: leadership of Every Child Matters - summary
Focuses on current knowledge and thinking about Every Child Matters (ECM) and school leadership -
What are we learning about: leadership of Every Child Matters - full report
Focuses on current knowledge and thinking about Every Child Matters (ECM) and school leadership -
Realising leadership: children's centre leaders in action.
The impact of the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL) -
Leading challenge workshops: a process to support leadership of local change
Outlines tools and techniques for hosting a challenge workshop to consider local approaches to Every Child Matters (ECM)
Case studies
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Working with the under fives helps build parental engagement
Case study looking at Loughborough Primary school in Lambeth who uses its children's centre to tackle parents' negative perceptions of school -
Working together for community cohesion
Case study about Guildford Grove Primary School who has used the opening of its new childrenâs centre as an opportunity to build community cohesion in an area with a history of conflict and antagonism -
Sharing a building builds a sense of cross-phase community
Case study about Saltburn Primary School and Huntcliff Secondary Schools who are exploring the advantages of sharing a single, new purpose built school -
Putting pupils first; resource sharing for the common good
Case study about Ladybridge High School and Rumworth Special School capitalising on the unforeseen advantages of co-location and accepting a moral responsibility for each other's pupils -
Creating a single school community
Case study examining how Hungerford Primary School and Bridge Special School have used a chance co-location to maximise opportunities for children
Interactive resources
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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 -
Leading a learning community
Leadership module examining the nature of learning communities and strategies they can use -
Every Child Matters
Leadership module exploring the origins and the five outcomes of the green paper 'Every Child Matters' -
Models of leadership to support 21st century schools: team leadership
An online seminar in which a headteacher shares her experiences of a field trial for next practice in system leadership -
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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Students of today - leaders of tomorrow
Information about the Students of today - leaders of tomorrow programme, designed by students for students. -
Context and culture
National College resources that explore the partnership working needed to implement the Every Child Matters (ECM) programme, as well as the cultural and contextual implications of these developments. -
Implications for leadership and governance
National College resources that examine the implications for the leadership and governance of schools brought about by the government's Every Child Matters (ECM) initiative. -
Role of the governing body
National College resources: offering extended services is a key part of the Every Child Matters (ECM) programme. Delivering a strong vision for schools will depend on effective, accountable governing bodies. These resources provide guidance. -
Developing extended services
National College resources: all schools are required to meet the Every Child Matters (ECM) programmeâs core offer of services by 2010. These resources examine what is involved in developing multi-agency partnerships and extended services.
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