The education profession is faced with a unique opportunity. Since the coalition government’s 2010 White Paper, hundreds of schools nationwide have been designated as Teaching Schools.
That represents a radical shift – with schools up and down the country taking on greater responsibility for developing the quality of teaching and leadership across their localities.
As context, my school, Mount Street Academy, was the very first Teaching School in Lincolnshire to be designated back in September 2012. Our alliance consisted of 11 schools to begin with and that has risen to 27 as of January 2014. The alliance now includes infant, junior, primary, secondary and special schools. These schools are at different stages of their development – they aren’t all outstanding or good schools – but our premise is that every school has something to give as well as to gain.
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