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ECM models of leadership case studies

These pages contain case studies of schools that are implementing new models of leadership as part of the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda.

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• Building parental engagement and easing transition
  Asterdale Primary School gets to know children and families through its work with a co-located children’s centre
• Burnley schools collaborate to commission extended services
  Schools on the Burnley campus sought the most effective means of providing accessible and attractive services for a deprived community
• Centrally-driven approach to commissioning local services
  The London borough of Merton has retained responsibility for the management of its 11 children’s centres, of which 10 are co-located with local schools
• Church school partnerships and extended services support community cohesion
  Samworth Academy brings all ages together, delivering on a site that reflects every aspect of life
• Creating a single school community
  Hungerford Primary School and Bridge Special School use a chance co-location to maximise opportunities for children
• Community comes first
  St John Vianney Roman Catholic Primary School manages a children’s centre, making it accessible and inclusive to a deprived community
• From the cradle to the school gates
  Walton Lane Nursery and Children’s Centre 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
• Putting pupils first; resource sharing for the common good
  Ladybridge High School and Rumworth Special School are capitalising on the unforeseen advantages of co-location and accept a moral responsibility for each other’s pupils
• Sharing a building builds a sense of cross-phase community
  Saltburn Primary School and Huntcliff Secondary School are exploring the advantages of sharing a single, new purpose built school
• Working together for community cohesion
  Guildford Grove Primary School has used the opening of its new children’s centre as an opportunity to build community cohesion in an area with a history of conflict and antagonism
• Working with the under fives helps build parental engagement
  Loughborough Primary School in Lambeth uses its children’s centre to tackle parents’ negative perceptions of school