London West Alliance Hub.. The ride so far

Know your landscape!

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Training School from 2000 with a history of collaboration through GTP, as a Humanities College, as a Beacon School

HT was an NLE involved in London Challenge and so a history of school to school support

Pilot National Teaching School which was an OLEVI Centre delivering

OTP/ ITP / TLIP School to school support ASTs

The Background

Lampton

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Membership c. 15 schools

Defining factor: known and trusted Local HTs – mostly from the LA

or ex LASome HTs with shared

background in London Challenge

Predominantly secondary – little primary

Mostly outstanding / good

Stage 1 .. The first 12 – 18 months

The Foundations

Making a positive difference in the lives of our students through Improving teaching and

learning and student achievement

Support for schools in a vacuum

Developing school leaders

The big picture: moral purpose

Bright idea …

Whose hub is this?

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Use of the Teaching School programmes to bring different phases and schools together

Challenge Partner – central meetings for HTs

Local hub HT meetingsSLEs appointed early to assist

in knowledge transferSubject meetings

Structure needed .. To bring this into reality

Knowledge management/ growing Social capital

• Working groups (Big 6)• Leadership development

programmes (with external partners)

• Planning and creation of School Direct across 8 secondary schools

Co-creating new knowledge for current challenges

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External Partners

LWA

University / HEI

OLEVI

Future leaders /Teaching Leaders

Other TSAs(Richmond)

The BrilliantClub

C.PLocal experts (HLS)

RSC, IOP,ISSPPIXL, HEIP

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• About 22+ schools – beyond the inner circle

• Schools seeking help (many RI) in the absence of LA expertise

• Beyond our LA• Lost 2 schools to set up their

own hubs• Impact of ‘programmes’ on the

credibility of the alliance/ hub

Stage 2: developing the infrastructure – beyond the inner circleMembership

Outsourcing of OTP/ ITP to other schools with Lampton support – especially into primary schools

Delegation of key School Direct activities to the hub – programme construction/ interviews/ QA

Capacity building for the ‘big programmes’ through hub leadership: CtG. Funding

School to school support – an alliance responsibility

Growth of the hub …shared ownership

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Key idea … the power of the collective / many gifts

Growing the knowledge capital – investing in the future

Challenge the Gap – bid writing/ funding identification Project management/ developing hubs and capacity building at all levels

The Maths programmes – beyond a local initiative

EAL developmentProgrammes from conception

to productSchool Direct – school hubs

The Power of the Collective but the need for strategic development

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36 schoolsWord of mouth / impact of

programmes and initiatives / promotion of Senior Leaders to headships

Across authorities and LondonIncreasing numbers of primary

schools (now 50/50)Investment in infrastructure and

staffing - significant

Stage 3 … now

Membership

School Direct / Researchers in Schools shared across the alliance

Hosting Teaching School programmes across alliance

Problem – solvingSuccession planning and

Leadership development opportunities

Access to HMIs e.g. Maths/ Literacy/ Ofsted

CP – Project management

Importance of shared benefits

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Challenges ….

Infrastructure .. organisational- Project management – the size- Buildings- Team-building - Funding

Impact of turbulence .. social- Change of HTs- Ability to commit- Ofsted!- Sustainability

Managing expectations .. Moral - Worker owned cooperative vs- Service level agreements

Navigating the future .. Knolwedge

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Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that

holds all relationships.Stephen Cowey

What have we learned?

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Never take yourself too seriously

And

Never forget Rule number 6 …

Contact InformationLampton SchoolLampton AvenueHounslowTW3 4EP

Tel: 0208 572 1936Fax: 0208 572 8500Email: info@lampton.org.ukWeb: www.lampton.org.uk