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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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
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.
Many good LAs encourage and facilitate conversion. Nothing will prevent the school continuing to source any services it values from the LA.
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10012726.York_head_teacher_leads_nationa...
http://headteachersroundtable.wordpress.com/
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...
http://headteachersroundtable.wordpress.com/contribute-to-the-debate-and...
http://londonfestivalofeducation.com/
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