In the January edition of Headteacher Update, I described five recurring systemic problems that I have noticed through my work supporting challenging schools (Challenging schools: Five recurring themes, January 2017: http://bit.ly/2j5xn39).
I promised I would follow up with some solutions to these problems. However, I included a caveat: I am sceptical of “initiatives”, because they often disguise rather than illuminate the unique problems schools face, encouraging the application of “one-size-fits-all” solutions.
I would like to address these concerns in a non-linear and non-consecutive way because I don’t think there is one solution per problem. Instead, I think that some broad-stroke approaches can address these quite different areas in a virtuous circle with cumulative effect.
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