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Putting Children First A Story of System Change. Kieran McDermott CEO One Education. 2006 Why Change?. Turbulence is a constant…..but The need for change was mainly from within High levels of underperformance and low attainment in LA schools Chronic struggle to narrow the gap - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Kieran McDermottCEO One Education
Putting Children First
A Story of System Change
2006 Why Change?
Turbulence is a constant…..but
The need for change was mainly from within
High levels of underperformance and low attainment in LA schools
Chronic struggle to narrow the gap
Over 400 children on a waiting list for an EP
Confused Accountability
The LA acting as a service provider with money held at the centre to subsidise services
The LA was unfocused
A culture of dependency in many schools
More time was spent apportioning blame to past events rather than planning for future improvement
Challenges
Restructure, devolve, delegate and re-culture
Separate traded services from other LA functions
Understand new roles and relationships
Change the local authority’s perception of schools
Change schools’ perception of the local authority
Improve outcomes………..
What it meant for schools
Schools are the leaders of the education system
Schools are autonomous and have complete responsibility for their own improvement
Resources are delegated to schools to enable decisions to be made as close as possible to children (Subsidiarity)
What it meant for the Local Authority
The LA acts as a champion of children
The LA has a duty to intervene in schools that are underperforming
Intervention in schools will be focused on governance
What did we need to make it work?
Compelling case for change
Clear and shared vision
Leadership & accountability
Communication
Stakeholder commitment
Capacity to change
Careful planning
Trading in practice
Demand led – pull not push
Scalability
Full cost recovery
Free market
How we behave now
We put children first by listening to those closest to them
We work hard to exceed customers’ expectations
We’re not consultants – we roll up our sleeves
Our people take ownership to solve problems
If we make a mistake we put it right quickly, say sorry and learn
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
Michelangelo
Contact details
Kieran McDermott – CEO, One Education
Tel: 0844 967 1111
Mobile: 07795 486536
Email: [email protected]
www.oneeducation.co.uk
