HEAD TEACHERS' ROUNDTABLE

Adrian Elliott's picture
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Our local paper is carrying a story today that a group of headteachers, including at least two in my area are setting up a national organisation Headteachers' Roundtable which has arisen out of 'frustration with current government educational policy and the Labour opposition to it'.

Their areas of concern include (unsurprisingly) inspection,curriculum, examinations and accountability.

It doesn't surprise me: having been a member of the Association of School and College Leaders (previously SHA ) for nearly thirty years I have never know such anger and frustration amongst headteachers.

I don't know whether the group have a website yet but they have a twitter account (not my forte!) at @HeadsRoundtable,have set up a meeting with Stephen Twigg and are hoping to meet politicians from other parties.
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Janet Downs's picture
Thu, 01/11/2012 - 14:12

Ricky - How odd, then, that the head should be so keen to take his school out of LA "control". It became an academy today.

There are, indeed, only two Labour councillors on the County Council. But there are 24 Lib Dems, 7 independent and 3 Devizes Guardians. Of course, it's difficult to assess how influential this non-Tory grouping, which comprises 37% of the council, actually is. In any case, school improvement in Wiltshire is provided by the Council backed Wiltshire Learning Trust, which comprises ex-heads, experienced senior teachers and subject practitioners.

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/elections/electionresults/electionre...

http://wiltslt.com/index.php/home/who-we-are

http://wiltslt.com/index.php/home/wiltshire-learning-trust

agov's picture
Fri, 02/11/2012 - 06:43

Becoming an academy is possibly why the school got praised by Ofsted. What would the report have said if the school wasn't complying with Gove's bright idea.
Seems it might be the case (- have to see how that develops) that schools in counties with low rates of conversion to academy status are more likely to get slagged off by Ofsted.

Ricky-Tarr's picture
Mon, 05/11/2012 - 09:46

Many good LAs encourage and facilitate conversion. Nothing will prevent the school continuing to source any services it values from the LA.


Janet Downs's picture
Thu, 01/11/2012 - 11:53

The following article gives more information about the Headteachers' Roundtable including its six-point manifesto:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10012726.York_head_teacher_leads_nationa...

Andy's picture
Thu, 01/11/2012 - 14:39

People can also follow developments via the groups own site:

http://headteachersroundtable.wordpress.com/

Janet Downs's picture
Mon, 05/11/2012 - 10:19

Thanks, Andy, for providing the link to the Headteachers' Roundtable. It's interesting the the core group of heads comprises the primary and secondary sectors, mainstream and special, and academies and non-academies. And it's not just London based - there are heads from York, Leeds, Barnsley, Hampshire, Surrey, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire...


Janet Downs's picture
Mon, 05/11/2012 - 10:27

I notice that some of the Headteachers' Roundtable are hoping to meet up at the London Festival of Education (Sat 17 November at the Institute of Education, Bloomsbury). Visitors could perhaps seek them out.

http://headteachersroundtable.wordpress.com/contribute-to-the-debate-and...

http://londonfestivalofeducation.com/

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